# Templeton Flax Milling Heritage Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC27668
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2008-06-30
**Sector:** Arts & Culture
**ICNPO group:** Culture and Recreation
**Region:** Riverton
**NZBN:** 9429043073504
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

• To promote, restore and preserve the former Templeton family flax mill heritage buildings and mill machinery at Otaitai Bush, Riverton, incorporating machinery from the former Otanomomo flax mill, (South Otago) for the benefit and education of the Riverton and Southland community, as well as enlightening and entertaining visitors to the area. • To operate a working Flax Mill Heritage Museum by demonstrating and displaying flax milling machinery and memorabilia at the Otaitai Bush flax mill, which is representative of flax mills that operated in Southland and Otago from the early 1900s up to 1972. • To keep alive, practice and retain the technical and labour skills and heritage craft of a flax miller, including flax cutting, classing, stripping and fibre scutching processing; together with machinery maintenance and tuning required to produce flax fibre hemp for its various end uses. • To support art and Maori weavers by supplying muka fibre for creative art and traditional weaving.

## 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$36k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$27k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$12k
- **Total assets:** not disclosed
- **Total liabilities:** not disclosed
- **Net assets:** not disclosed
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$199k
- **Donations:** NZ$4k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$0
- **Volunteers:** 0
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=d0406848-c70e-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$36k | NZ$27k | NZ$12k | not disclosed |
| 2024-03-31 | NZ$62k | NZ$25k | NZ$37k | not disclosed |
| 2023-03-31 | NZ$38k | NZ$13k | not disclosed | NZ$260k |
| 2022-03-31 | NZ$12k | NZ$8k | not disclosed | NZ$236k |
| 2021-03-31 | NZ$34k | NZ$12k | not disclosed | NZ$230k |
| 2020-03-31 | NZ$73k | NZ$28k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2019-03-31 | NZ$34k | NZ$5k | not disclosed | NZ$167k |
| 2018-03-31 | NZ$27k | NZ$3k | not disclosed | NZ$144k |
| 2017-03-31 | NZ$10k | NZ$8k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2016-03-31 | NZ$12k | NZ$13k | not disclosed | not disclosed |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 15 current (24 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** no
- **Most recent audit opinion:** unqualified

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC27668) and on the charity's profile page.

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-10-01
- Financials: last updated 2026-05-29
- Rating: computed 2026-10-01
- This document generated: 2026-10-04

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/templeton-flax-milling-heritage-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/templeton-flax-milling-heritage-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/templeton-flax-milling-heritage-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC27668

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/templeton-flax-milling-heritage-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 2026-10-04T14:28:40.648Z.