The Mary Potter Hospice Foundation — Health Charity in Wellington

The Mary Potter Hospice Foundation is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B+ (82.5/100). Annual revenue: $21.9M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.

The Mary Potter Hospice Foundation is part of the same organisation as Mary Potter Hospice Forever Foundation (CC32009). Each registration files its own accounts.

Mission: The Mary Potter Hospice is a local charity that provides free of charge specialist palliative care services for people living in the Wellington, Porirua, and Kapiti regions.

Registration Number
CC30221
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B+ (82.5/100)
Sector
Health
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Email
accounts@marypotter.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (foundation)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$21.9M NZD
Total Expenses
$21.9M NZD
Total Assets
$14.2M NZD
Net Assets
$12.4M NZD
Reserve Months
0.2 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
170
Volunteers
11
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$21.9M$21.9M$12.4M
2024$18.0M$18.5M$12.4M
2023$17.4M$17.6M$12.9M
2022$16.3M$16.4M$13.1M
2021$16.9M$16.1M$13.3M
2020$14.5M$14.8M$12.4M
2019$13.7M$13.8M$9.5M
2018$12.0M$12.6M$9.7M
2017$11.8M$12.0M$10.3M
2016$11.4M$11.4M$10.4M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B+
Overall Score
82.5/100
Financial Score
100
Governance Score
75
Transparency Score
85

Red Flags

  • 5 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 (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (38)

  • Linda Clark — Trustee
  • Nadine Gray — Trustee
  • Phillip Jacques — Trustee
  • Kura Moeahu — Trustee
  • John Scutter — Trustee
  • Elizabeth Gibbs — Trustee
  • Hori Waaka — Deputy Chairperson / Trustee
  • Peter Chew — Trustee
  • Timothy Jefferies — Trustee
  • Anthony Paine — Chief Executive
  • Catherine Epps — Trustee (departed 2025-02-25)
  • Gregor Coster — Chairperson / Trustee
  • Anthony Carter — Trustee
  • Sumati Govind — Trustee (departed 2024-02-08)
  • Tui Te Hau — Trustee (departed 2025-08-19)
  • Martin Lenart — Trustee (departed 2024-10-24)
  • Stephanie Dyhrberg — Chair (departed 2025-10-23)
  • Grant Pidgeon — Trustee (departed 2022-10-20)
  • Malcolm Bruce — Trustee (departed 2016-12-14)
  • David Werry — Trustee (departed 2023-10-26)

Executive Compensation

NameRoleCompensationYear
Key Management Personnel (aggregate)Executive Leadership Team$1,365,8892025
Key Management Personnel (aggregate)Executive Leadership Team$1,365,889-
Kura Te Rangi MoeahuTrustee-2025
Stephanie DyhrbergTrustee-2025
Elizabeth GibbsTrustee-2025
Tui Mihi Te HauTrustee-2025
John ScutterTrustee-2025
Gregor CosterTrustee-2025
Anthony CarterTrustee-2025
Timothy JefferiesTrustee-2025
Hori WaakaTrustee-2025
Peter ChewTrustee-2025
UnknownAudit Finance and Investment Committee member-2023
UnknownAudit Finance and Investment Committee member-2024

Funding Sources

  • One Foundation — $20,000
  • One Foundation — $16,772
  • Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $15,000
  • Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $10,000
  • Pelorus Trust — $8,663.61
  • Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $1,000

Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)

As disclosed in The Mary Potter Hospice Foundation's annual report.

  • Health New Zealand — Te Whatu Ora — $8,897,096 (40.7% of revenue) — Palliative care services contract

Service Providers

  • Zirus Zuber
  • Grant Thornton NZ Ltd
  • ANZ Bank
  • Kiwibank
  • Kiwibank
  • ANZ Bank
  • ANZ Bank
  • Cotality NZ
  • Reuben Blackwell, MPINZ, Colliers International
  • Corelogic NZ

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The Mary Potter Hospice Foundation

CC30221Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating3d ago

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

B+
83/100
Financial
100
Governance
75
Transparency
85
Revenue

$21.9M

Expenses

$21.9M

Assets

$14.2M

Staff

170

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

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Health
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Wellington

About

Mission

The Mary Potter Hospice is a local charity that provides free of charge specialist palliative care services for people living in the Wellington, Porirua, and Kapiti regions.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOlder people

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$21.9M
Total Expenses
$21.9M
Net Assets
$12.4M
Staff
170
employees
Volunteers
11

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
98c
For every $1 spent, 98c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
0.2mo
Could operate 0.2 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
$0.05
Costs $0.05 to raise each $1 in donations
Efficient

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

47
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 5,350
Other63.5%
Donations36.3%
Investment Income0.2%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 10 peers · Health · $10M – $50M

Rating Score
83
#5/11
Revenue
$21.9M
#2/11
Reserve Months
0.2
#1/11
Surplus
$-24K
#8/11
Staff Cost %
59%
#11/11

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

Rating

B+
Score: 82.5/100
Financial
100
Governance
75
Transparency
85
Why this grade: Financial 100 × 40% + Governance 75 × 60% = 85 → 83 after red-flag penalties → B+.
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Contact Details

Address
Wellington, Wellington

Registration

Registration NumberCC30221
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated24 Mar 1988
Registered office
Mein Street, Newtown, Wellington

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Health
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: 29 September 2026.