Perry Foundation — Community Development Charity in Hamilton
Perry Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. CharityData rates this charity D+ (53.4/100). Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at May 2025.
Mission: Build stronger communities in the Waikato.
- Registration Number
- CC41034
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (53.4/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- perrin.park@perry.co.nz
- Data as at
- May 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 40.3 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-05-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.8M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.2M | $2.0M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $1.6M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.6M | $1.8M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $2.2M |
| 2017 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $2.3M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.7M | $2.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 53.4/100
- Financial Score
- 67
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.8%
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 (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Perry | Trustee | 2016-09-01 |
| Tiffiney Perry | Trustee | 2009-06-24 |
| Simon Perry | Trustee | 2009-06-24 |
| Marlene Julian | Trustee | 1994-12-01 |
Former Officers (3)
- Barry Coombes — Trustee (departed 2016-08-31)
- Kenneth Williamson — Trustee (departed 2008-09-16)
- Murray Gutry — Trustee (departed 2008-09-16)
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Perry Foundation
Financial data as at May 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 4. 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.
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$1.9M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D+ is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
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.
About
Build stronger communities in the Waikato.
Who We Serve
Key Statistics
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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 147 peers · Community Development · $100K – $1M
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