Aspire - Community Support — Social Services Charity in Hamilton
Aspire - Community Support is a Charitable Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. CharityData rates this charity A (92.5/100). Annual revenue: $21.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To support people with any kind of disability or impairment to live their life to the fullest. In particular the Trust will provide tailored support services including but not limited to residential and supported living, vocational, community mentoring, specialist supports, self advocacy, partnership development, organisational capacity building and culture development, sector development support and collaboration.
- Registration Number
- CC56941
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2019-05-16
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- A (92.5/100)
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- finance@aspire.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $21.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $20.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $12.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $8.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 4.8 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $21.3M | $20.4M | $8.2M |
| 2024 | $20.9M | $19.8M | $7.2M |
| 2023 | $17.5M | $16.6M | $6.0M |
| 2022 | $15.5M | $14.2M | $5.1M |
| 2021 | $10.8M | $10.4M | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $8.1M | $7.8M | $3.5M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- A
- Overall Score
- 92.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (9)
- Lemaluotiafau Faiaoga — Trustee
- Neville Hablous — Chair
- Judith Fynn — Acting Chief Executive (departed 2022-09-28)
- Manu Sione — Trustee (departed 2022-03-31)
- Russell Drake — Board Member Chair People, Performance, Quality & Wellbeing Committee
- Kevin Bartels — Board Member Chair Finance Committee
- Neville Puckey — Trustee
- Simone Molenaar — CEO (departed 2021-06-25)
- Bernadette Doube — Trustee
Disclosed Pay and Fees
| Name | Role | Role type | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Sheridan | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Jane Deans | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Michelle Fearon | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Alistair Zull | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| David Gumbley | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Garry Moore | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Paul Picard | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Grant Cunningham | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Dr Geraint Martin | Chief Executive Officer | Executive role | - | 2022 |
| Murray Horn | Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Craig Garner | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Anthony Wilkinson | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Dale Woodford | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Owen Durning | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Jo Harley | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Kaye Bevan | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Jill Lees | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Alison Gould | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Grant McCallum | Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Paul Boyes | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Christine Rankin | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Cheryl Jacobson | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Elaine Cormack | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Peter Kean | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Mark Wightman | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
Service Providers
- Bernard Lamusse
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Aspire - Community Support
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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- Government-funding concentration99% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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$21.3M
$20.4M
$12.3M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
To support people with any kind of disability or impairment to live their life to the fullest. In particular the Trust will provide tailored support services including but not limited to residential and supported living, vocational, community mentoring, specialist supports, self advocacy, partnership development, organisational capacity building and culture development, sector development support and collaboration.
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Ranked against 4 peers · Social Services · $10M – $50M
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