Waianakarua Lions Trust — Social Services Charity in Oamaru
Waianakarua Lions Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Oamaru, Oamaru. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Waianakarua Lions main service activity is the owning and running of McKerrows Pond which is used by schools in the Otago region to instruct children in water skills which include yachting and canoeing. In addition it runs a catering caravan.
- Registration Number
- CC30897
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Oamaru, Oamaru
- bobmcmillan@outlook.com
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.1M | - |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (11)
- Ross Beckingsale — Trustee
- Don Green — Trustee
- Russell Robson — Treasurer
- Bryan Stevenson-Wright — Treasurer (departed 2022-01-26)
- Warwick Ormandy — Trustee (departed 2022-03-11)
- Ian Caldwell — Trustee
- Patrick Foley — Trustee (departed 2021-09-30)
- John Thelming — Trustee
- Kenneth Bridge — Trustee (departed 2011-03-24)
- William McKerrow — Trustee (departed 2013-01-15)
- Andrew Brown — Trustee
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Waianakarua Lions Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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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Waianakarua Lions main service activity is the owning and running of McKerrows Pond which is used by schools in the Otago region to instruct children in water skills which include yachting and canoeing. In addition it runs a catering caravan.
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