Southern Lakes Sanctuary Trust — Environment Charity in Queenstown
Southern Lakes Sanctuary Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Queenstown, Queenstown. CharityData rates this charity C- (57.8/100). Annual revenue: $1.4M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To promote the conservation, preservation and protection of New Zealand's native species and advance the objective of Predator Free 2050, as further set out in clause 4 of the Trust Deed.
- Registration Number
- CC59200
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2021-07-06
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C- (57.8/100)
- Sector
- Environment
- Location
- Queenstown, Queenstown
- Website
- https://southernlakessanctuary.org.nz
- neil@shufflehub.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 3.8 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Volunteers
- 21
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.4M | $1.9M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $2.0M | $1.7M | $0.7M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $-0.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C-
- Overall Score
- 57.8/100
- Financial Score
- 97.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- Average staff compensation of $165,914 per FTE, significantly above sector average of $75,000
- 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 (11)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Hassleman | Trustee | 2026-06-30 |
| Geoffrey Marks | Trustee | 2026-05-28 |
| Richard Pears | Trustee | 2026-02-26 |
| Tom Reeves | Trustee | 2025-10-30 |
| Estelle Leask | Trustee | 2025-06-26 |
| Anthony Paterson | Trustee | 2024-07-27 |
| Paul Kavanagh | CEO | 2021-11-08 |
| Leslie Van Gelder | Trustee | 2021-10-26 |
| Neil Templeton | Secretary | 2021-10-26 |
| Joanna Booker | Trustee | 2021-06-15 |
| Douglas Lind | Trustee | 2021-06-15 |
Former Officers (10)
- Margrethe Helles — Trustee (departed 1926-03-01)
- Andrew Penniket — Trustee (departed 1926-12-15)
- Ian Turnbull — Trustee (departed 2024-07-25)
- Daniel Sweeney — Trustee (departed 2024-07-25)
- Steve Batstone — Trustee (departed 2024-07-25)
- Kristine Vollebregt — Trustee (departed 2025-11-27)
- Paul Hellebrekers — Trustee (departed 2024-07-25)
- John Sinclar — Trustee (departed 2022-06-30)
- Geoffrey Hughes — Trustee (departed 2025-11-27)
- Christine Vollebregt — Trustee (departed 2025-01-01)
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Southern Lakes Sanctuary Trust
Financial data as at June 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 11. 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.
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To promote the conservation, preservation and protection of New Zealand's native species and advance the objective of Predator Free 2050, as further set out in clause 4 of the Trust Deed.
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Ranked against 56 peers · Environment · $1M – $10M
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