# Cat Rescue Wanaka

**Charities Register number:** CC55880
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2018-11-06
**Sector:** Education
**ICNPO group:** Education and Research
**Region:** Wanaka
**NZBN:** 9429050839223
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

PURPOSE The purposes of the Trust are, where possible: 1. To be beneficial to the community by catching and desexing stray cats and kittens, particularly unsocialised strays, and socialising and re-homing them, in order to reduce the number of stray cats in the community. 2. To foster in our care, stray, abandoned or surrendered cats, and providing the necessary vet care and treatment that they require and to rehome them. 3. To offer ongoing care of desexed stray cats living in colonies. 4. To educate the public on the importance of desexing, and to desex any stray cats or kittens on their property. 5. To educate others on benefits of early age desexing, and encourage rescue organisations, pet shops, breeders or anyone selling or rehoming cats and kittens to desex before sale or adoption, and work with other organisations who also support, promote or encourage these actions. 6. To encourage veterinarians to carry out early age desexing.

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — Small community organisation — the scorecard is not designed for entities at this scale.
- **Status code:** `community_group`
- **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 2025-03-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$45k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$44k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$2k
- **Total assets:** not disclosed
- **Total liabilities:** not disclosed
- **Net assets:** not disclosed
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$23k
- **Donations:** NZ$24k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$0
- **Volunteers:** 0
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=f3310881-c20e-f011-bb41-0022480ffcd1&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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | NZ$45k | NZ$44k | NZ$2k | not disclosed |
| 2024-03-31 | NZ$35k | NZ$29k | NZ$6k | not disclosed |
| 2023-03-31 | NZ$24k | NZ$25k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2022-03-31 | NZ$34k | NZ$32k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2021-03-31 | NZ$26k | NZ$24k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2020-03-31 | NZ$30k | NZ$23k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2019-03-31 | NZ$15k | NZ$8k | not disclosed | not disclosed |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 4 current (9 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=CC55880) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **The Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$6k, year ended 2021-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-23
- Financials: last updated 2026-05-29
- Rating: computed 2026-09-26
- This document generated: 2026-09-28

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/cat-rescue-wanaka
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/cat-rescue-wanaka/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/cat-rescue-wanaka/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC55880

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/cat-rescue-wanaka. 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 2026-09-28T18:49:46.146Z.