The John Drake Memorial Scholarship Fund — Education Charity in Auckland

The John Drake Memorial Scholarship Fund is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: Award scholarships to individuals wishing to study at the University of Auckland and play rugby for the University of Auckland team.

Registration Number
CC42733
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2009-11-03
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Website
http://www.sporty.co.nz/johndrakememorialscholarship
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (endowment)
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

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

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (12)

  • Daniel Braid — Independent Trustee
  • Graham Henry — Patron (departed 2020-02-03)
  • Bruce Waddel — Advisor (departed 2019-01-01)
  • Robert Fisher — Trustee
  • Nicholas Caughey — Trustee
  • David Graham — Patron (departed 2017-03-31)
  • David Caughey — Trustee (departed 2015-02-01)
  • Bruce Cameron — Trustee (departed 2012-06-15)
  • Simon Johnston — Trustee
  • Richard Cawson — Trustee
  • John Taylor — Trustee (departed 2023-05-31)
  • Daniel Wein — Trustee (departed 2014-04-30)

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The John Drake Memorial Scholarship Fund

CC42733Auckland, AucklandRegistered 3 Nov 2009
Data updated: 6 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating3d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

Small volunteer-led organisations are not letter-graded: the standard financial template does not fit entities without paid staff, large revenue, or significant government funding. The charity's filed figures are shown above.

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Reasons to look carefully (1)

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 register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 6. 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.

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Revenue

$10.0K

Expenses

$15.1K

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

1 red flag identified- Review the Rating tab for details

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

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

Funding Sectors
EducationSports & Recreation
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Auckland

About

Mission

Award scholarships to individuals wishing to study at the University of Auckland and play rugby for the University of Auckland team.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young people

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$10.0K
Total Expenses
$15.1K
Net Assets
-
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (16 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
1.3mo
Could operate 1.3 months with zero revenue
Critical
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

0
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,960
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other99.8%
Investment Income0.2%

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
$10K
#207/330
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/330
Surplus
$-5K
#271/330
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
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Registration

Registration NumberCC42733
Entity TypeTrust
Registered3 Nov 2009
StatusRegistered

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Makes grants / loans to individualsProvides advice / information / advocacyOther - Acts an Umbrella body

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