Lions Club of Toko and Districts Charitable Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Stratford
Lions Club of Toko and Districts Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Stratford, Stratford. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity A (90.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To assist the people of Eastern Taranaki and also where a need arises throughout New Zealand and also overseas. A range of services are provided based on the humanitarian principles outlined in the International Lions Club's Charter.
- Registration Number
- CC30072
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- A (90.8/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Stratford, Stratford
- tokoanddistrictslions@gmail.com
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 4.2 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 8
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.2M | - |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- A
- Overall Score
- 90.8/100
- Financial Score
- 97.5
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Masters | Bulletin Editor & Trustee | 2015-07-01 |
Former Officers (34)
- Sandra Heal — Director, Health, Welfare & Youth
- Rex Hodgetts — Co-Director,-Health-&-Welfare
- Patrick Dent — Co-Director,-Projects
- Barry Whittington — Projects Director
- Sian Wisnewski — Treasurer
- Gerard Radich — Lion Tamer and Trustee
- Cathy Lang — Co-Director-Social (departed 2024-06-30)
- Peter Lang — Co-Director-Social
- David Kowalewski — 1st Vice President (departed 2025-06-30)
- Basil Dodunski — Committee-Tail-Twister (departed 2025-06-30)
- Colin Caskey — Treasurer (departed 2025-07-01)
- Colin Lees — Trustee
- Jo Corlett — Trustee
- Keith Hosking — Director (departed 2024-06-30)
- John Weir — Lion Tamer (departed 2023-06-30)
- Nicola MacDonald-Wells — Trustee
- Pamela Macdonald — Secretary
- Desiree Alexander — Tail Twister (departed 2023-06-30)
- Andrew Smith — Director (departed 2022-07-03)
- Ross Corlett — Director (departed 2023-06-30)
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Lions Club of Toko and Districts Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$134.5K
$164.3K
$43.1K
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
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Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To assist the people of Eastern Taranaki and also where a need arises throughout New Zealand and also overseas. A range of services are provided based on the humanitarian principles outlined in the International Lions Club's Charter.
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Ranked against 117 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M
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