Mary Potter Hospice Forever Foundation — Health Charity in Wellington

Mary Potter Hospice Forever Foundation is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C (62/100). Annual revenue: $2.6M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mary Potter Hospice Forever Foundation is part of the same organisation as The Mary Potter Hospice Foundation (CC30221). Each registration files its own accounts.

Mission: To preserve and grow the value of the fund in addition to providing cash support to the Hospice in time of need.

Registration Number
CC32009
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
C (62/100)
Sector
Health
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Website
https://www.marypotter.org.nz
Email
accounts@marypotter.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (foundation)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$2.6M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.4M NZD
Total Assets
$13.0M NZD
Net Assets
$13.0M NZD
Reserve Months
89.7 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$2.6M$0.4M$13.0M
2024$0.1M$0.3M$9.9M
2023$0.2M$1.5M$9.3M
2022$0.1M$0.4M$10.1M
2021$1.5M$0.5M$11.4M
2020$0.4M$0.6M$9.1M
2019$1.1M$0.4M$9.1M
2018$1.2M$0.3M$7.8M
2017$0.6M$0.3M$7.5M
2016$0.7M$0.2M$7.1M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
C
Overall Score
62/100
Financial Score
75
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
65

Red Flags

  • 2 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 (1)

NameRoleAppointed
Tony PaineTrustee2022-01-04

Former Officers (21)

  • Phillip Jacques — Trustee
  • Stephanie Dyhrberg — Trustee (departed 2025-10-09)
  • Elizabeth Gibbs — Trustee
  • Peter Chew — Trustee (departed 2024-08-21)
  • Gregor Coster — Chair
  • Anthony Paine — Trustee
  • Sumati Govind — Trustee (departed 2024-02-08)
  • Andrea McCance — Trustee (departed 2021-10-21)
  • Brent Alderton — Trustee (departed 2022-02-22)
  • Emma Lester — Board Secretary (departed 2020-11-06)
  • Ria Earp — Trustee (departed 2017-09-14)
  • Malcolm Bruce — Trustee (departed 2023-10-26)
  • Michael Coleman — Trustee (departed 2016-06-10)
  • Nicola Sladden — Trustee (departed 2016-06-10)
  • Martin Lenart — Trustee (departed 2024-10-10)
  • Mark Cassidy — Trustee (departed 2019-12-31)
  • Barry Brook — Trustee (departed 2016-08-03)
  • Roger Miller — Trustee (departed 2010-04-13)
  • Carolina Gartner — Trustee (departed 2010-09-10)
  • Patrick Waite — Trustee (departed 2016-06-10)

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Mary Potter Hospice Forever Foundation

CC32009Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating4d ago

Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

C
62/100
Financial
75
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Revenue

$2.6M

Expenses

$351.6K

Assets

$13.0M

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

1 red flag identified- Review the Rating tab for details

Endowment Foundation

Special Entity Type

This is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.

Relationship: related_entity

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

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Health
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Wellington

About

Mission

To preserve and grow the value of the fund in addition to providing cash support to the Hospice in time of need.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOlder people

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$2.6M
Total Expenses
$351.6K
Net Assets
$13.0M
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
89.7mo
Could operate 89.7 months with zero revenue
Over-capitalized
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

5
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,529
High Concentration: 98% of revenue from Other
Other97.6%
Donations1.4%
Investment Income1.0%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 67 peers · Health · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
62
#31/68
Revenue
$2.6M
#24/68
Reserve Months
89.7
#1/68
Surplus
$2.3M
#6/68
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/68

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

C
Score: 62/100
Financial
75
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 75 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 69 → 62 after red-flag penalties → C.
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Latest Audit

FY2024
Clean
9 years of audit history

Contact Details

Registration

Registration NumberCC32009
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Health
Activities
Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)Other - Acts an Umbrella body

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 30 September 2026.