South Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club Incorporated — Education Charity in Christchurch
South Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity B (79/100). Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Provide beach safety services, safety education to the public using the South Brighton beach, Christchurch.
- Registration Number
- CC47694
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2012-02-01
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (79/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- rohanmcn@hotmail.com
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $3.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $3.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 2.4 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Volunteers
- 6
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $3.5M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.1M | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.5M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 79/100
- Financial Score
- 85
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.7%
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (31)
- Amy Anderson — Admin Board Member
- Brad Wilson — Chair (departed 2025-12-01)
- Gabrielle de Latour — Committee
- Rebecca Redmond — Vice President (departed 2024-06-30)
- Bruce Lomax — Life Member Representative (departed 2024-06-30)
- Callum Jeffery — Committee (departed 2024-06-30)
- Steven Drabble — Committee (departed 2022-06-30)
- Chris McCullum — Committee (departed 2024-06-30)
- Matt Sheppard — Committee (departed 2024-06-30)
- Anna Shine — Committee (departed 2022-12-30)
- Luke Johnston — Committee
- Angela Trist — Committee (departed 2024-06-30)
- Nigel Cox — Commitee (departed 2022-07-30)
- Mark Drabble — Committee (departed 2023-07-01)
- Kevin Lanyon — Patron
- CATHERINE NOLAN — Committee (departed 2024-06-30)
- Julie Jorgenson — Committee
- Adam Leatherland — Junior Surf Administrator (departed 2020-07-31)
- Ben Keyes — Chair (departed 2017-12-01)
- Lewis Kitchen — Committee (departed 2021-07-31)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $30,875
- New Zealand Community Trust — $17,390
- The Lion Foundation — $14,780
- TAB New Zealand — $10,516.74
- One Foundation — $9,339
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $9,290
- Trillian Trust — $7,590
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $6,500
- Youthtown Incorporated — $5,491.3
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $4,735
- Youthtown Incorporated — $4,096
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $4,000
- Trillian Trust Limited — $2,900
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South Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club Incorporated
Financial data as at June 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 5. 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.
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~146 months of expenses on $288K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
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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$3.5M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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Provide beach safety services, safety education to the public using the South Brighton beach, Christchurch.
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