Hutt City Kindergartens Association Incorporated — Education Charity in Lower Hutt
Hutt City Kindergartens Association Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt. CharityData rates this charity A- (89.5/100). Annual revenue: $14.6M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To provide early childhood education from our 22 kindergartens in the Hutt Valley.
- Registration Number
- CC24726
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-05-22
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- A- (89.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt
- Website
- https://www.huttkindergartens.org.nz
- support@huttkindergartens.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $14.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $13.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $9.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $8.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 5.4 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 138
- Volunteers
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14.6M | $13.7M | $8.7M |
| 2024 | $13.6M | $12.8M | $7.8M |
| 2023 | $11.9M | $11.5M | $7.0M |
| 2022 | $11.7M | $11.0M | $6.6M |
| 2021 | $10.6M | $10.2M | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $9.2M | $8.6M | $5.5M |
| 2019 | $8.4M | $8.0M | $4.9M |
| 2018 | $8.0M | $8.0M | $4.6M |
| 2017 | $7.9M | $7.7M | $4.5M |
| 2016 | $7.6M | $7.3M | $4.3M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- A-
- Overall Score
- 89.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jean Martin | Trustee | 2023-10-25 |
| Norma Roberts | Trustee | 2023-10-25 |
| Julie Craig | Trustee | 2023-10-25 |
| Venus Guy | Trustee | 2023-10-25 |
| Sarah Tocker | Trustee | 2023-10-25 |
Former Officers (70)
- Christine Hall — Trustee (departed 2024-09-30)
- Stephanie Newburry — Trustee (departed 2025-02-13)
- Myles Ferris — Trustee (departed 2024-09-30)
- Alison Thom — Trustee (departed 2024-09-07)
- Danielle Walbaekken — Trustee (departed 2023-10-25)
- Melesete Sagaga — Trustee (departed 2023-10-25)
- Harkirat Kaur — Staff Representative (departed 2023-05-26)
- Anita Martell — Trustee (departed 2023-10-25)
- Kristine Allen — Secretary (departed 2022-04-29)
- Fiona Ranchod — Trustee (departed 2022-09-30)
- Tejan Vallabh — Trustee (departed 2023-10-25)
- Danielle Burdon-Walbaekken — Trustee (departed 2022-01-28)
- Annette Collings — Board-Member-Staff-Representative (departed 2022-09-30)
- Andrew Rodger — Trustee (departed 2023-10-25)
- Gwen Davitt — Trustee (departed 2023-10-25)
- Elizabeth Pereira — Board-Member-Staff-Representative (departed 2021-01-28)
- Leishia Pettigrew — Trustee (departed 2022-10-25)
- Kate Fitzgerald — Trustee (departed 2019-01-29)
- Eli-Ana Maiava — Trustee (departed 2018-05-01)
- Josephine Culhane — Trustee (departed 2019-04-30)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | General Manager Operations, General Manager Professional Services, HR Manager | $403,544 | - |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | General Manager Operations, General Manager Professional Services, HR Manager | $403,544 | 2025 |
Funding Sources
- One Foundation — $11,437
- Pub Charity Limited — $4,752.23
Service Providers
- Grant Thornton
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Hutt City Kindergartens Association Incorporated
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (3)
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 5. 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.
- Government-funding concentration88% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (Grant Thornton) for 10 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
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.
$14.6M
$13.7M
$9.6M
138
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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To provide early childhood education from our 22 kindergartens in the Hutt Valley.
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