# Burnett Mount Cook Station Charitable Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC43121
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2009-12-09
**Sector:** Education
**ICNPO group:** Education and Research
**Region:** Wellington
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

The Charitable Trust was set up to protect the land known as Mount Cook Station and Cox’s Downs (‘the Land’), to protect the flora and fauna and the buildings of beauty or historical environmental interest, provide awareness of the heritage, facilitate ecological understanding of the ecosystem, enable admittance for scientific research and education, and other purposes associated with enhancing and protecting the High Country environment on the Land as detailed in the Trust Deed.

## CharityData rating

- **Grade:** B- (70.8 / 100)
- **Financial health:** 77.5/100
- **Governance:** 55/100
- **Transparency:** 65/100
- **Computed:** 2026-09-26 (methodology 3.11)
- **Flags raised by the methodology:** none

Ratings are an analytical view computed from this charity's own filings to the Charities Register, using a published methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology. They are not advice and not a statement about any individual.

## Latest annual return (year ended 2025-12-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$108k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$44k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$64k
- **Total assets:** not disclosed
- **Total liabilities:** not disclosed
- **Net assets:** not disclosed
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$30k
- **Donations:** NZ$0
- **Staff costs:** NZ$0
- **Reporting tier:** Tier4
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=cd65086c-d8e6-f011-bb4e-000d3acc4199&isPublic=true

All figures are as filed by the charity with Charities Services, in New Zealand dollars.

## Filing history

| Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Surplus/deficit | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | NZ$108k | NZ$44k | NZ$64k | not disclosed |
| 2024-12-31 | NZ$117k | NZ$37k | NZ$80k | not disclosed |
| 2023-12-31 | NZ$96k | NZ$30k | NZ$66k | not disclosed |
| 2022-12-31 | NZ$99k | NZ$270k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2021-12-31 | NZ$133k | NZ$37k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2020-12-31 | NZ$95k | NZ$229k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2019-12-31 | NZ$93k | NZ$38k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2018-12-31 | NZ$61k | NZ$349k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2017-12-31 | NZ$27k | NZ$38k | not disclosed | NZ$3.37M |
| 2016-12-31 | NZ$6k | NZ$54k | not disclosed | NZ$5.89M |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 1 current (5 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** no

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC43121) and on the charity's profile page.

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-23
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-13
- Rating: computed 2026-09-26
- This document generated: 2026-09-29

Figures are as filed. A charity that has filed since the dates above may have newer numbers on the Charities Register.

## More data

- Charity profile: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/burnett-mount-cook-station-charitable-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/burnett-mount-cook-station-charitable-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/burnett-mount-cook-station-charitable-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC43121

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/burnett-mount-cook-station-charitable-trust. Primary source: Charities Services (Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai), Department of Internal Affairs. Analytical scores are CharityData's own, computed under a published methodology, and are not advice. Generated 2026-09-29T13:34:41.504Z.