Kelston Education Trust — Education Charity in Auckland
Kelston Education Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at December 2015.
Mission: The Trust is an investment trust and provides grants to Pathways College.
- Registration Number
- CC23967
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-05-05
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- gordonf@butland.co.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- December 2015
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Other charities, Religious groups
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $3.7M NZD
- Net Assets
- $3.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 5
- Financial Year End
- 2015-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $3.7M |
| 2014 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.6M |
| 2013 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.5M |
| 2012 | $-0.0M | $0.3M | $3.3M |
| 2011 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.6M |
| 2010 | $0.4M | $0.2M | $3.6M |
| 2009 | $3.6M | $0.2M | $3.4M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Hanson | Trustee | 2026-03-20 |
Former Officers (10)
- Danielle Diprose — Trustee
- Clintin Craig — Trustee
- Adrian Wood — Trustee (departed 2021-06-19)
- Adam Lynch — Trustee
- Alan Thorp — Trustee (departed 2022-11-16)
- Lloyd Port — Trustee (departed 2015-12-02)
- Ian Elliott — Chair (departed 2019-01-08)
- Graham Walton — Trustee (departed 2015-12-02)
- Gordon Fountain — Trustee
- Robert Burt — Trustee (departed 2015-02-02)
Reporting Group Members
Kelston Education Trust files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 1 sibling charity:
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Kelston Education Trust
Financial data as at December 2015. 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 5. 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.
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~491 months of expenses on $153K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
- Shared trustees with reporting-group siblingsOne current trustee also serves 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.
$153.0K
$89.7K
$3.7M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2015). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Reporting group parent. Kelston Education Trust files one consolidated annual return covering 1 member. Member-level figures are not separately reported with Charities Services.
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Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The Trust is an investment trust and provides grants to Pathways College.
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Ranked against 130 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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Reporting Group — Consolidated Annual Return
Kelston Education 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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