Life Education Trust Canterbury — Education Charity in Christchurch
Life Education Trust Canterbury is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Life Education Trust is a childrens charity. We visit local schools and teach "Life Education" to children up to year 8.
- Registration Number
- CC21899
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-17
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- michael.stanley@lifeed.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $-0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 4
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $-0.2M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $-0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $-0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Mikayla Whalley | Trustee/ Secretary | 2026-09-04 |
| Margaret Evans | Trustee | 2026-06-17 |
| Cristina Canard | Trustee/treasurer | 2026-06-17 |
| Matthew McVicar | Trustee | 2026-06-17 |
| Zoe Brangwin | Trustee | 2026-06-01 |
| Jemma Walker | Trustee/deputy Chair | 2025-12-17 |
| Dean Garrett | Trustee | 2024-06-13 |
Former Officers (46)
- Alice Batt — Trustee (departed 2026-01-28)
- Sam Brosnahan — Trustee (departed 2025-12-17)
- Bridget O'brien — Board Chair
- Rob Simcic — Trustee (departed 2025-12-17)
- Raajan Sami — Trustee
- Susan O'Meagher — Trustee (departed 2024-06-05)
- Sam Grice — Trustee / Treasurer (departed 2024-06-05)
- Shane Buckner — Trustee (departed 2023-12-31)
- Sarah Barrer — Trustee (departed 2022-05-10)
- Jon Robertson — Trustee / Treasurer (departed 2022-12-31)
- Jo de Joux — Trustee (departed 2020-08-11)
- Cathryn Lancaster — Trustee (departed 2024-06-06)
- Callum Brown — Chair (departed 2024-01-01)
- Peter Lawry — Trustee (departed 2018-11-05)
- Brad McDonald — Trustee (departed 2024-06-05)
- Jon Foulkes — Trustee (departed 2018-12-04)
- David Blackwell — Trustee (departed 2017-06-01)
- David Ingham — Trustee (departed 2014-12-31)
- Hannah Gordon — Trustee (departed 2014-12-31)
- Dean Percy — Trustee (departed 2024-06-05)
Funding Sources
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $114,128.84
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $58,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $50,785
- Lion Foundation — $41,461
- The Lion Foundation — $40,000
- Air Rescue Services Limited — $30,551.47
- New Zealand Community Trust — $27,500
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $25,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $19,519.24
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $16,730.77
- The Trusts Community Foundation Limited — $13,230.77
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $12,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $10,700
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $10,000
- Trillian Trust — $9,027.3
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $8,923.07
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $8,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $6,259
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $5,961
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $5,000
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $5,000
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Life Education Trust Canterbury
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This charity has reported liabilities exceeding assets for two or more consecutive years. That pattern is common and structural for retirement villages (occupation-right-agreement bonds recorded as liabilities), iwi treaty-settlement vehicles (future-obligation accruals), and infrastructure trusts with Crown loan principal — it does not indicate financial distress, but our standard reserve-months scoring template does not apply. The charity's figures are shown above.
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Life Education Trust is a childrens charity. We visit local schools and teach "Life Education" to children up to year 8.
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Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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