Hastings District Masonic Trust — Community Development Charity in Hastings
Hastings District Masonic Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Hastings, Hastings. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C+ (68.7/100). Annual revenue: $2.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: To acquire, develop, own, manage and operate retirement villages for elderly, ill or disabled persons; to develop and provide care, services and support appropriate to the needs of elderly, ill or disabled persons; to promote, assist or aid any project or research having its object the relief, assistance or alleviation of the medical needs of the community; to raise funds or apply funds for any of the above purposes or any other purpose which under the law of NZ is charitable including the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or any other object or purposes beneficial to the community.
- Registration Number
- CC23949
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-05-05
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (68.7/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Hastings, Hastings
- roger@hdmt.co.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $75.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $33.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 17.1 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.1M | $2.8M | $33.1M |
| 2025 | $2.3M | $2.9M | $32.1M |
| 2024 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $32.7M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.8M | $32.3M |
| 2022 | $8.5M | $2.0M | $32.6M |
| 2021 | $6.7M | $1.3M | $26.0M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $20.5M |
| 2019 | $2.4M | $1.0M | $20.3M |
| 2018 | $3.0M | $0.8M | $18.9M |
| 2017 | $2.7M | $0.7M | $16.7M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 68.7/100
- Financial Score
- 84.6
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 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 (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (38)
- Nigel Friggens — Trustee
- Richard Purchas — Trustee (departed 2026-09-23)
- John Miller — Trustee (departed 2023-08-23)
- Paul Roberts — Trustee
- Brian Brittin — Trustee (departed 2020-10-01)
- Richard Bray — Trustee
- Cedric Martin — Trustee (departed 2020-10-01)
- John Peryer — Trustee (departed 2020-10-01)
- Colin Stringer — Trustee (departed 2017-03-31)
- Trevor Aitcheson — Trustee (departed 2017-10-01)
- William Eccleton — Trustee (departed 2021-06-16)
- James Stanford — Trustee (departed 2018-07-18)
- Michael Tobin — Trustee (departed 2015-09-12)
- Graham Ellery — Trustee (departed 2015-02-01)
- Paul Hawke — Trustee
- Philip Clarkson — Trustee (departed 2017-08-16)
- Warren Duff — Trustee (departed 2016-07-20)
- Jeffrey Allan — Trustee (departed 2014-06-26)
- Ollie Kissling — Trustee (departed 2014-07-16)
- James Logan — Trustee (departed 2015-10-16)
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Hastings District Masonic Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. 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 8. 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.
$2.1M
$2.8M
$75.4M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To acquire, develop, own, manage and operate retirement villages for elderly, ill or disabled persons; to develop and provide care, services and support appropriate to the needs of elderly, ill or disabled persons; to promote, assist or aid any project or research having its object the relief, assistance or alleviation of the medical needs of the community; to raise funds or apply funds for any of the above purposes or any other purpose which under the law of NZ is charitable including the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or any other object or purposes beneficial to the community.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 51 peers · Community Development · $1M – $10M
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