Independent Schools of New Zealand Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Wellington

Independent Schools of New Zealand Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $1.3M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: To serve, strengthen and represent Independent Schools

Registration Number
CC23795
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-05-01
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Email
info@isnz.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Other charities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$1.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$1.2M NZD
Total Assets
$1.8M NZD
Net Assets
$1.7M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
7
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$1.3M$1.2M$1.7M
2024$1.1M$1.0M$1.6M
2023$1.0M$1.0M$1.4M
2022$0.9M$1.1M$1.3M
2021$0.7M$0.7M$1.4M
2020$0.6M$0.7M$1.3M
2019$0.8M$0.8M$1.2M
2018$0.8M$0.7M$0.6M
2017$0.7M$0.7M$0.5M
2016$0.7M$0.8M$0.6M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
Diana PatchettTrustee2025-03-04
Jennifer DittmerTrustee2023-09-19
John FisoTrustee2023-09-19
Peter CassieTrustee2021-08-04
Penelope BarrTrustee2021-06-14
Aaron SnodgrassTrustee2020-11-25
Bradley KiddTrustee2020-09-06

Former Officers (43)

  • Charles Finny — Trustee (departed 2025-02-25)
  • Penelope Barr-Sellers — Trustee (departed 2021-06-14)
  • Areti Metuamate — Trustee (departed 2021-06-15)
  • Richard Francis — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
  • Albert Brantley — Trustee (departed 2020-02-29)
  • Albert Brantly — Trustee (departed 2019-09-03)
  • Timothy Oughton — Trustee (departed 2019-06-20)
  • Johnathan Hensman — Trustee (departed 2018-12-31)
  • Christine Leighton — Trustee (departed 2025-11-20)
  • Paul Chapman — Trustee (departed 2019-09-18)
  • Barrie Keenan — Trustee (departed 2020-08-17)
  • Joanne Cribb — Trustee (departed 2017-10-31)
  • Arthur Dorset — Trustee (departed 2017-10-31)
  • David Evans — Trustee (departed 2016-10-31)
  • Peter Davies — Trustee (departed 2019-02-25)
  • Bruce Goodfellow — Trustee (departed 2020-12-18)
  • Ingrid Taylor — Deputy Chair (departed 2020-12-10)
  • Murray Sim — Executive (departed 2016-10-31)
  • Kate Reid — Executive (departed 2015-07-30)
  • Abby Foote — Executive Member (departed 2015-07-30)

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Independent Schools of New Zealand Charitable Trust

CC23795Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 1 May 2008
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating3d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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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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 register
    No 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.

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.

Revenue

$1.3M

Expenses

$1.2M

Assets

$1.8M

Staff

7

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

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

Funding Sectors
Education
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Wellington

About

Mission

To serve, strengthen and represent Independent Schools

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicOther charitiesReligious groupsVoluntary bodies other than charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$1.3M
Total Expenses
$1.2M
Net Assets
$1.7M
Staff
7
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 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
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
1.9mo
Could operate 1.9 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

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

Revenue Diversification

57
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 4,250
Other49.3%
Trading / Services41.7%
Investment Income9.0%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 37 peers · Education · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
0
#24/38
Revenue
$1.3M
#31/38
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/38
Surplus
$84K
#23/38
Staff Cost %
46%
#38/38

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Wellington, Wellington

Registration

Registration NumberCC23795
Entity TypeTrust
Registered1 May 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated17 Feb 2004
Registered office
Level 16, 142 Lambton Quay, Wellington Central, Wellington

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyMakes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)Provides advice / information / advocacySponsors / undertakes research

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.