Napier Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated — Education Charity in Napier
Napier Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Napier, Napier. CharityData rates this charity B+ (84.5/100). Annual revenue: $9.8M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: 1.3 The primary purposes of the Association are: (a) To provide, establish, manage, and control kindergartens and early childhood education or early childhood learning services in the Association area, (b) To represent and promote the interests of the Association and its members, (c) To promote the development of kindergartens and early childhood education or early childhood learning services in New Zealand, and (d) To lobby Government to promote the interests of the Association and/or early childhood education
- Registration Number
- CC29512
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B+ (84.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Napier, Napier
- gm@napierkindergartens.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $9.8M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $9.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $15.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $13.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 4.6 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 104
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9.8M | $9.7M | $13.0M |
| 2024 | $9.2M | $9.0M | $12.9M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $1.9M | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $1.1M | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $8.0M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $7.0M | $7.1M | $1.0M |
| 2019 | $6.5M | $6.6M | $1.0M |
| 2018 | $6.4M | $6.6M | $1.0M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $6.4M | $0.7M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.0M | $-0.7M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B+
- Overall Score
- 84.5/100
- Financial Score
- 97.2
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 85
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Edward White | Trustee | 2024-07-03 |
| Alexa Forrest-Pain | Trustee | 2023-11-14 |
| Lillian Church | Trustee | 2023-07-24 |
| Rachel Leutele | Trustee | 2023-06-21 |
Former Officers (36)
- Roger Pilbrow — Board President (departed 2026-03-25)
- Hayley Burnett — Trustee (departed 2025-02-28)
- Rosemary Johansen — Trustee (departed 2022-09-30)
- Kelly O'Leary — Trustee (departed 2023-12-13)
- Samantha Van Schooten — Trustee (departed 2023-01-31)
- Lydia Johnston — Trustee (departed 2025-06-18)
- Casey Hucker — Trustee (departed 2023-06-21)
- Alison Donovan — Trustee (departed 2020-10-28)
- Joanne Coffin — Trustee (departed 2019-04-03)
- Janelle Hutchings — Trustee (departed 2019-04-03)
- Sarah Nash — Trustee (departed 2020-12-16)
- Rachel Murray — Trustee (departed 2021-06-30)
- Anna Wairama — Trustee (departed 2017-04-12)
- Nicola Eustace — Trustee (departed 2017-04-12)
- Sarah Beckett — Trustee (departed 2019-04-03)
- Ingrid Squire — Trustee (departed 2020-08-26)
- Robert Barzey — Trustee (departed 2020-03-06)
- Vanessa Harlow — Trustee (departed 2016-04-13)
- Dylan West — Board (departed 2014-09-30)
- Kathleen Gundersen — Board (departed 2014-02-28)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Management Team | $374,352 | 2024 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Management Team | $374,352 | 2023 |
| Unknown | Management Team (3 FTE) | $374,352 | 2023 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Management Team | $374,352 | - |
| Members of the Governing Body (aggregate) | Governing Body Member | $4,672 | 2023 |
| Members of the Governing Body (aggregate) | Governing Body Member | $4,672 | 2024 |
| Members of the Governing Body (aggregate) | Governing Body Member | $4,672 | - |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Board Member | $0 | 2023 |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Board Member | $0 | 2024 |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Board Member | $0 | - |
| Kelly O'Leary | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Samantha Van Schooten | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Lydia Johnston | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Casey Hucker | Board Member | - | 2022 |
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $14,400
- The North and South Trust Limited — $8,000
- First Light Community Foundation Limited — $5,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $4,000
- Trillian Trust — $2,000
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2023)
As disclosed in Napier Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated's annual report.
- Ministry of Education (MOE) — $7,715,072 (82.7% of revenue) — Operations grant for 15 kindergarten centres
- Napier City Council — Deed of Lease (DOL) of Reserve - Land lease
Service Providers
- Epplett & Co
- ASB
- Lawson Valuation Limited
- Lawson Valuation Limited
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Napier Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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 4. 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 concentration94% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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1.3 The primary purposes of the Association are: (a) To provide, establish, manage, and control kindergartens and early childhood education or early childhood learning services in the Association area, (b) To represent and promote the interests of the Association and its members, (c) To promote the development of kindergartens and early childhood education or early childhood learning services in New Zealand, and (d) To lobby Government to promote the interests of the Association and/or early childhood education
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