LifeLink/Samaritans Incorporated — Animal Welfare Charity in Hastings
LifeLink/Samaritans Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Animal Welfare sector, based in Hastings, Hastings. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: Lifelink/Samaritans Inc is an independent, Community based voluntary organisation dedicated to aid and comfort all persons in distress, lonely or confused, deprived or in conflict. To offer a free non-judgemental, non religious, 24 hour telephone service to anyone who needs to talk.
- Registration Number
- CC38030
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2009-02-24
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Animal Welfare
- Location
- Hastings, Hastings
- Website
- www.samaritans.org.nz
- central-east@samaritans.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Religious groups
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 4
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Gregory Halse | Committee Member | 2007-08-05 |
Former Officers (24)
- Charity Norman — Committee Member
- Maxine Hilliker Mitchell — Treasurer
- Jacquelynne Hills — Committee Member (departed 2025-05-06)
- Nigel Dawes — Chair
- Valerie Dale — Secretary
- Janine Colenso — Management Committee Member (departed 2024-03-29)
- Kay Farthing — Committee Member
- Cherie Jackson — Treasurer (departed 2022-10-27)
- Kerry Kelly — Management Committee Member (departed 2022-10-27)
- Cath Healey — Management Committee Member (departed 2022-10-27)
- Margaret Sillay — Management Committee Member (departed 2023-09-28)
- Elaine Fox — Committee Member (departed 2018-08-13)
- Melanie Kavanagh — Management Committee (departed 2017-01-09)
- Noel Lamberton — Management Committee (departed 2022-10-27)
- Allen Foote — Committee Member (departed 2015-08-10)
- Marie Townes — Committee Member (departed 2017-06-19)
- Keith Kavanaugh — Committee Member (departed 2017-01-09)
- Rosemarie Gray — Committee Member (departed 2015-12-14)
- Kay Brown — Treasurer (departed 2018-11-12)
- Graham Cobb — Vice-Chairperson (departed 2017-03-06)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $18,077
- Lion Foundation — $9,385
- The Lion Foundation — $3,000
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LifeLink/Samaritans Incorporated
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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Lifelink/Samaritans Inc is an independent, Community based voluntary organisation dedicated to aid and comfort all persons in distress, lonely or confused, deprived or in conflict. To offer a free non-judgemental, non religious, 24 hour telephone service to anyone who needs to talk.
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