Shama, Ethnic Women's Trust — Social Services Charity in Hamilton
Shama, Ethnic Women's Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. Annual revenue: $2.0M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Shama is a vibrant social service agency providing support, advocacy and programme in order to empower women, their children and their families. The purpose is to empower and educate ethnic women so they can integrate into NZ and raise safe and successful families & communities and where they are able to exercise their rights and responsibilities, live a life of dignity free from the fear of violence and be recognized as valuable members of the community. Shama provides a friendly & safe environment where ethnic women can meet and bring their children. We provide social work support, lifeskill classes, resources, advocacy, home visits and legal advice. Our long term goal is to continue to provide culturally appropriate support and services to ethnic women, children and their families to enable them to reach their goals and aspirations and so to be able to contribute back to the community.
- Registration Number
- CC37381
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2009-02-02
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- info@shama.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.8M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 16
- Volunteers
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.0M | $1.9M | $0.5M |
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $0.4M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Nora Milena Arango Bedoya | Trustee | 2026-03-21 |
| Manuela Soldenhoff | Trustee | 2024-04-20 |
| Sripriya Somasekhar | Trustee | 2022-12-10 |
| Rachel Simon-kumar | Trustee | 2019-08-09 |
| Sarkaw Mohammad Randhawa | Trustee | 2019-08-09 |
| Priya Kurian | Trustee | 2006-11-20 |
| Gladys Stephens | Trustee | 2005-11-18 |
Former Officers (8)
- Anthea Fester — Trustee (departed 2023-11-24)
- Maria Crasta — Advisory Board (departed 2024-08-11)
- Vanessa McLean — Trustee (departed 2019-08-09)
- Arezou Zalipour — Trustee (departed 2023-11-24)
- Anjum Rahman — Trustee (departed 2020-06-05)
- Janet Franks — Trustee (departed 2019-04-01)
- Reynu Anand — Trustee (departed 2010-04-01)
- Nirmala Narasimhan — Trustee (departed 2016-09-30)
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Shama, Ethnic Women's Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. 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.)
How ratings work →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 7. 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Shama is a vibrant social service agency providing support, advocacy and programme in order to empower women, their children and their families. The purpose is to empower and educate ethnic women so they can integrate into NZ and raise safe and successful families & communities and where they are able to exercise their rights and responsibilities, live a life of dignity free from the fear of violence and be recognized as valuable members of the community. Shama provides a friendly & safe environment where ethnic women can meet and bring their children. We provide social work support, lifeskill classes, resources, advocacy, home visits and legal advice. Our long term goal is to continue to provide culturally appropriate support and services to ethnic women, children and their families to enable them to reach their goals and aspirations and so to be able to contribute back to the community.
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