Bridge Housing Charitable Trust — Social Services Charity in Hamilton
Bridge Housing Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C+ (65.5/100). Annual revenue: $10.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: The purpose of the Trust is to relieve poverty by employing the Trust Fund to improve access to adequate and affordable housing for low to middle income families within the Waikato region of New Zealand.
- Registration Number
- CC60218
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2022-06-21
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (65.5/100)
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Family / whanau, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $10.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $6.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $8.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $5.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 10.4 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10.3M | $6.5M | $5.6M |
| 2024 | $4.1M | $2.4M | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 65.5/100
- Financial Score
- 80
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 1.0%
Red Flags
- 3 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Shona Fuller | Chief Financial Officer | 2023-08-07 |
| Sharleen Nathan | Trustee | 2023-03-01 |
| Jennifer Palmer | General Manager | 2023-03-01 |
| Peter Southwick | Trustee | 2021-11-29 |
| Leah Gordon | Trustee | 2021-11-29 |
| Leonard Gardner | Trustee | 2021-11-29 |
| Simon Perry | Trustee | 2021-11-29 |
| Marlene Julian | Trustee | 2021-11-29 |
| Nicholas Greene | Trustee | 2021-11-29 |
Former Officers (1)
- Joanne McLean — Trustee (departed 2022-11-18)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharleen Nathan | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Simon Perry | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Leah Gordon | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Peter Southwick | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Marlene Julian | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Nic Greene | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Nic Greene | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Leonard Gardner | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Marlene Julian | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Sharleen Nathan | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Leah Gordon | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Peter Southwick | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Leonard Gardner | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Simon Perry | Trustee | - | 2024 |
Funding Sources
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $25,000
- The Lion Foundation — $20,000
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Bridge Housing Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 9. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
$10.3M
$6.5M
$8.1M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The purpose of the Trust is to relieve poverty by employing the Trust Fund to improve access to adequate and affordable housing for low to middle income families within the Waikato region of New Zealand.
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Revenue Diversification
HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.
Peer Comparison
Ranked against 9 peers · Social Services · $10M – $50M
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