Sophia Street Car Park Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Timaru

Sophia Street Car Park Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Timaru, Timaru. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: The trust holds the fund both as to capital and income upon trust for such religious educational and other charitable purposes within New Zealand as the board shall from time to time determine

Registration Number
CC48089
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2012-04-05
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Timaru, Timaru
Email
psmithy@xtra.co.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Other charities, Religious groups

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
4
Volunteers
1
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.1M$0.1M-
2024$0.1M$0.1M$0.4M
2023$0.1M$0.1M$0.3M
2022$0.1M$0.0M$0.3M
2021$0.1M$0.1M$0.3M
2020$0.1M$0.0M$0.2M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.2M
2018$0.1M$0.0M$0.2M
2017$0.1M$0.0M$0.1M
2016$0.1M$0.0M$0.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (1)

NameRoleAppointed
David Gregory DarlingTrustee2011-12-05

Former Officers (14)

  • Gary Wakefield — Trustee
  • Matthew Miller — Trustee
  • Alexander Solomon — Trustee
  • Paul Johnston — Chairman/trustee
  • John McAra — Trustee (departed 2021-03-30)
  • Peter Smith — Secretary/trustee
  • Sydney Bennett — Secretary (departed 2021-09-27)
  • Beresford Mitchell — Trustee (departed 2022-02-15)
  • Jonathan Steven — Trustee (departed 2017-03-03)
  • Ian Mccone — Trustee (departed 2014-09-25)
  • Arthur Wilson — Trustee (departed 2014-03-12)
  • Andrew Donehue — Trustee (departed 2023-09-22)
  • Bruce Mc Duff — Trustee (departed 2020-06-12)
  • John Taggart — Trustee

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Sophia Street Car Park Charitable Trust

CC48089Timaru, TimaruRegistered 5 Apr 2012
Data updated: 6 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating4d ago

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

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Revenue

$86.7K

Expenses

$59.8K

Staff

4

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

Subsidiary

Special Entity Type

This organization is a subsidiary or branch of a parent charity.

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

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

Funding Sectors
EducationReligion
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Nationwide

About

Mission

The trust holds the fund both as to capital and income upon trust for such religious educational and other charitable purposes within New Zealand as the board shall from time to time determine

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleOther charitiesReligious groups

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$86.7K
Total Expenses
$59.8K
Net Assets
-
Staff
4
employees
Volunteers
1

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (14 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
82.5mo
Could operate 82.5 months with zero revenue
Over-capitalized
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

46
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 5,415
Other70.5%
Investment Income16.9%
Donations12.6%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 329 peers · Education · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#60/330
Revenue
$87K
#16/330
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/330
Surplus
$27K
#18/330
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/330

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

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Latest Audit

FY2024
Clean
4 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Timaru, Timaru

Registration

Registration NumberCC48089
Entity TypeTrust
Registered5 Apr 2012
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated20 Dec 2011
Registered office
26 Canon Street Timaru 7910, Timaru

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Makes grants / loans to individualsMakes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)

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: 30 September 2026.