The Hamilton Methodist Social Services Trust — Religion Charity in Hamilton
The Hamilton Methodist Social Services Trust is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Methodist Social Service's vision requires us to empower communities through empowerment, connection, and education. Our services and programmes embrace our core values of manaakitanga, arohatanga and kotahitanga. These inform what we do now and how we respond to new opportunities to do good. Our commitment to social justice informs our approach to enhancing the fullness of people's lives and promoting their empowerment meaning that poverty in all its forms falls within our ambit. Thus, we speak of the vulnerable, rather than simply the poor and apply Wesley's imperative to the broad range of opportunities to do good that are presented to us.
- Registration Number
- CC20873
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-01-31
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- info@hmss.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 8
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Asaeli Tulagi | Trustee | 2026-02-04 |
| Lisa Campbell | Trustee | 2026-02-04 |
| Paula Moala | Trustee | 2024-04-02 |
| Natalie Thompson | Independent Board Member | 2023-06-07 |
| Irena Wetere | Treasurer | 2023-04-15 |
| Adi Toduadua | Trustee | 2022-06-01 |
| Faye Blossom | Chariperson | 2018-02-18 |
Former Officers (19)
- Rose Yeoman — Treasurer (departed 2023-04-14)
- Alisa Lasi — Secretary (departed 2025-12-01)
- Lindsay Cumberpatch — Trustee (departed 2021-11-22)
- Tania Shackleton — Broad Member (departed 2019-03-01)
- Martine Radidi — Trustee (departed 2022-07-06)
- John Lockley — Trustee (departed 2018-08-01)
- Rachel Caldwell — Officer (departed 2017-12-05)
- Metuisela Tafuna — Chair (departed 2024-10-30)
- Anne Preston — Chair (departed 2019-03-31)
- Muriel Leadley — Trustee (departed 2015-12-31)
- Alan Grant — Individual (departed 2016-12-08)
- David Poultney — Officer (departed 2014-01-24)
- John Murray — Trustee (departed 2020-06-30)
- Karen Sandra Morrison-Hume — Trustee (departed 2009-09-03)
- Fay Marion Te Whare — Trustee (departed 2009-03-05)
- Catherine Elizabeth Dickie — Trustee (departed 2012-06-30)
- Margaret Ellen Henshaw — Trustee (departed 2013-08-31)
- Louis Jacobus Fick — Trustee (departed 2014-04-04)
- Susan Jane Thompson — Trustee (departed 2009-12-04)
Funding Sources
- The Lion Foundation — $8,000
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The Hamilton Methodist Social Services 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.)
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- 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.
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About
Methodist Social Service's vision requires us to empower communities through empowerment, connection, and education. Our services and programmes embrace our core values of manaakitanga, arohatanga and kotahitanga. These inform what we do now and how we respond to new opportunities to do good. Our commitment to social justice informs our approach to enhancing the fullness of people's lives and promoting their empowerment meaning that poverty in all its forms falls within our ambit. Thus, we speak of the vulnerable, rather than simply the poor and apply Wesley's imperative to the broad range of opportunities to do good that are presented to us.
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