# Frank Worsley Antarctic Research Library Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC63172
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2025-03-17
**Sector:** Education
**ICNPO group:** Education and Research
**Region:** Christchurch 
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

(i) To establish a diverse library of books, journals, and other items focused on the Antarctic regions, to be openly available on-site for use by researchers, students, and the general public (ii) To preserve as a legacy such library including important scientific and historical materials that might otherwise be forgotten and disappear (iii) To educate and inspire people with and through the legacy of quality literature and scientific material principally focused on the Antarctic regions.

## 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 2026-03-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$5k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$226
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$4k
- **Total assets:** not disclosed
- **Total liabilities:** not disclosed
- **Net assets:** not disclosed
- **Donations:** NZ$5k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$0
- **Reporting tier:** Tier4

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

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 6 current
- **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=CC63172) and on the charity's profile page.

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-01
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-11
- Rating: computed 2026-09-12
- This document generated: 2026-09-12

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/frank-worsley-antarctic-research-library-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/frank-worsley-antarctic-research-library-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/frank-worsley-antarctic-research-library-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC63172

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/frank-worsley-antarctic-research-library-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 2026-09-12T18:29:53.132Z.