# HAWKE'S BAY WATER POLO ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED

**Charities Register number:** CC63649
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2025-08-15
**Sector:** Arts & Culture
**ICNPO group:** Culture and Recreation
**Region:** Hastings
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

To promote, develop, foster and administer water polo mainly as an amateur sport for the well-being, benefit and recreation of the general public in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand; To promote opportunities and facilities to enable, assist and enhance the participation, enjoyment and performance of water polo; To lead, promote and enable Diversity, Equity and Inclusion across the whole Club including governance of the Club and participation in water polo;

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — Reports under the Tier 3/4 regime with limited disclosure and no detected red flags.
- **Status code:** `limited_disclosure`
- **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$322k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$344k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$-21k
- **Total assets:** NZ$65k
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$7k
- **Net assets:** NZ$57k
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$38k
- **Government grants:** NZ$0 (0.0% of revenue)
- **Donations:** NZ$53k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$0
- **Paid staff:** 1
- **Reporting tier:** Tier2
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=83f4fe77-d8e6-f011-bb4e-000d3acc4199&isPublic=true

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

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 4 current
- **Chair recorded:** yes

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC63649) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **Pub Charity Limited** (foundation) — NZ$78k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **First Light Community Foundation Limited** (foundation) — NZ$32k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Grassroots Trust Central Limited** (foundation) — NZ$16k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **The Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$10k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Trillian Trust** (foundation) — NZ$10k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **New Zealand Community Trust** (foundation) — NZ$6k, year ended 2024-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-26
- 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/hawkes-bay-water-polo-association-incorporated
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/hawkes-bay-water-polo-association-incorporated/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/hawkes-bay-water-polo-association-incorporated/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC63649

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/hawkes-bay-water-polo-association-incorporated. 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 2026-09-29T15:36:06.143Z.