Christian Schools Trust — Education Charity in Christchurch
Christian Schools Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $5.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2021.
Mission: To uphold, maintain and propagate the Christian faith as set out in the Bible. To maintain schools for education of the young including instruction in the Christian faith.
- Registration Number
- CC34258
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- accounts@cst.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2021
Beneficiaries: Children / young people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $5.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $4.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $59.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $34.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 18
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2021-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $5.4M | $4.3M | $34.6M |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $4.2M | $31.9M |
| 2019 | $5.0M | $4.1M | $31.0M |
| 2018 | $4.9M | $4.4M | $30.1M |
| 2017 | $5.0M | $4.3M | $29.6M |
| 2016 | $4.7M | $4.5M | $28.8M |
| 2015 | $4.3M | $4.4M | $23.8M |
| 2014 | $5.2M | $4.1M | $23.1M |
| 2013 | $3.8M | $3.5M | $22.0M |
| 2012 | $4.9M | $3.8M | $21.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (10)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Velluppillai | Trustee | 2025-07-23 |
| Kris Morrison | Trustee | 2025-07-23 |
| Alexis O’Connell | Trustee | 2024-02-21 |
| Kevin Wakeham | Business Manager | 2022-10-03 |
| Adrianus van Ameyde | Trustee | 2022-08-03 |
| Christopher Hannen | CEO | 2022-04-18 |
| Carolyn Childs | Trustee | 2022-04-13 |
| Richard Smart | Trustee | 2012-04-24 |
| Aaron Donaldson | Trustee | 2001-10-17 |
| David Bayne | Trustee | 2000-10-05 |
Former Officers (7)
- David Mortimer — Trustee (departed 2022-02-09)
- Neil France — Trustee (departed 2020-10-27)
- Brian Koller — Trustee (departed 2017-06-21)
- Peter Marshall — Trustee (departed 2026-04-16)
- Peter Van Rij — Trustee (departed 2024-11-21)
- Joseph Mckone — Trustee (departed 2015-03-04)
- Keith Spragg — Business Manager (departed 2023-10-04)
Reporting Group Members
Christian Schools Trust files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 1 sibling charity:
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Christian Schools Trust
Financial data as at December 2021. Sourced from Charities Services register.
The most recent financial filing with Charities Services is more than three years old. Until a current return is filed, a rating is not assigned.
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (3)
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 10. 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.
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (H P Hanna & Co Ltd) for 5 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
- Shared trustees with reporting-group siblings10 current trustees also serve on the board of another charity in the same Charities Services reporting group (group has 2 member charities filing one consolidated annual return). Group-internal cross-trusteeship can be operationally efficient but should be visible to donors.
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.
$5.4M
$4.3M
$59.0M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2021). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Reporting group parent. Christian Schools Trust files one consolidated annual return covering 1 member. Member-level figures are not separately reported with Charities Services.
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To uphold, maintain and propagate the Christian faith as set out in the Bible. To maintain schools for education of the young including instruction in the Christian faith.
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Christian Schools Trust is one of 2 charities in a Charities Services reporting group. Members file a single consolidated Annual Return together, so the financial figures on each member’s page reflect the combined group — not standalone operations.
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