Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade — Social Services Charity in Queenstown

Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Queenstown, Queenstown. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: Emergency Services

Registration Number
CC28785
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Social Services
Location
Queenstown, Queenstown
Email
katherine.lamont@fireandemergency.nz
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Total Assets
$0.7M NZD
Net Assets
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
1
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2024$0.1M$0.1M-
2023$0.1M$0.1M-
2022$0.1M$0.1M-
2021$0.1M$0.1M-
2020$0.1M$0.0M-
2019$0.1M$0.0M-
2018$0.1M$0.1M-
2017$0.1M$0.0M$0.5M
2016$0.1M$0.0M$0.5M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (6)

  • Newell Hodgson — Senior Fire Fighter
  • Douglas Mckay — Senior Station Officer
  • Andrew Bary — Senior Fire Fighter (departed 2023-03-09)
  • Katherine Newman — Treasurer
  • Terrance O'Connell — Chief Fire Officer
  • Robert Robertson — Chief Fire Officer (departed 2014-03-31)

Funding Sources

  • One Foundation — $5,000

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Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade

CC28785Queenstown, QueenstownRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 6 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating4d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

Small volunteer-led organisations are not letter-graded: the standard financial template does not fit entities without paid staff, large revenue, or significant government funding. The charity's filed figures are shown above.

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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 register
    No 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.

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Revenue

$88.5K

Expenses

$68.3K

Assets

$741.2K

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

About

Mission

Emergency Services

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$88.5K
Total Expenses
$68.3K
Net Assets
$20.2K
Volunteers
1

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
24.6mo
Could operate 24.6 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

61
Score /100
Moderate
HHI: 3,865
Investment Income50.7%
Other30.8%
Donations18.6%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 295 peers · Social Services · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#41/296
Revenue
$89K
#14/296
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/296
Surplus
$20K
#25/296
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/296

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

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
10
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Queenstown, Queenstown

Registration

Registration NumberCC28785
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Social Services
Activities
Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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.