Life Education Trust Heartland Otago Southland — Education Charity in Alexandra
Life Education Trust Heartland Otago Southland is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Alexandra, Alexandra. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Life Education is a children's charity. We visit local schools and teach 'Life Education' to children up to year 8. Life Education supports students to: • develop life skills • make healthy choices • gain knowledge about health and their bodies • develop self-esteem and a positive understanding of themselves • develop strategies for relating to others
- Registration Number
- CC20301
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-12-18
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Alexandra, Alexandra
- heartland@lifeedtrust.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (10)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Howden | Trustee | 2026-04-20 |
| Sarah Preece | Trustee | 2026-04-20 |
| Brittney Purdie | Treasurer | 2026-03-15 |
| Penelope O'Meara | Trustee | 2024-12-10 |
| Sarah Fredric | Executive Officer/secretary | 2024-07-23 |
| Louise Tankard | Trustee | 2023-11-20 |
| Roshell Edlin | Educator | 2023-08-09 |
| Peta Brown | Trustee | 2022-07-19 |
| Anne-Marie Wells | Chair | 2021-04-14 |
| Pip Tisdall | Educator | 2008-01-01 |
Former Officers (38)
- Barbara Daxenberger — Trustee (departed 2026-03-15)
- Ashley Bickley — Trustee (departed 2025-03-17)
- Gloria McHutchon — Trustee (departed 2025-03-17)
- Aaron Dykes — Trustee (departed 2023-11-20)
- Tracey van Herel — Chair (departed 2026-03-15)
- Meghan Pagey — Trustee (departed 2023-01-05)
- Jane Sharman — Trustee (departed 2020-11-01)
- Kerry Seymour — Trustee (departed 2022-03-29)
- Logan Miller — Trustee (departed 2021-04-01)
- Dana Young — Administration Officer (departed 2024-06-24)
- Brenda King — Trustee (departed 2019-01-10)
- Justine Abernethy — Trustee (departed 2020-02-11)
- Diane Bennett — Trustee (departed 2019-01-09)
- Kelsey Harrison — Trustee (departed 2018-05-01)
- Rohan Hill — Trustee (departed 2019-02-14)
- David Mowat — Trustee (departed 2018-04-24)
- Graeme Brown — Trustee (departed 2018-11-01)
- Janette Matheson — Treasurer (departed 2020-07-09)
- Gill Naylor — Trustee (departed 2022-10-20)
- Margaret Box — Trustee (departed 2025-03-17)
Funding Sources
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $20,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $20,000
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
- Lion Foundation — $7,000
- Lion Foundation — $7,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $6,884
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $4,060.45
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Life Education Trust Heartland Otago Southland
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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About
Life Education is a children's charity. We visit local schools and teach 'Life Education' to children up to year 8. Life Education supports students to: • develop life skills • make healthy choices • gain knowledge about health and their bodies • develop self-esteem and a positive understanding of themselves • develop strategies for relating to others
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Ranked against 152 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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