# The Daily Charitable Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC52017
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2015-05-25
**Sector:** Religion
**ICNPO group:** Religion
**Region:** Te Puke
**NZBN:** 9429043268436
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

To start up and provide a café in Te Puke to generate profits that will be returned to the community of Te Puke through advancing the following charitable purposes: - relieving poverty and breaking the poverty cycle, through distributing food parcels, providing community meals, and addressing homelessness, - advancing education through providing a facility for work experience and community workshops, - and any other charitable purpose. To be beneficial to the community by providing a cafe that in its operations supports other charitable organisations of Te Puke, in particular through the provision of a meeting and fundraising venue free of charge. To provide opportunities for the Christian faith to be respectfully offered to the people of Te Puke, through the above objects. To be beneficial to the community by role modelling and expressing through the above our belief in the value and potential of the people and town of Te Puke.

## 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$1.32M
- **Total expenses:** NZ$1.62M
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$-308k
- **Total assets:** NZ$944k
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$91k
- **Net assets:** NZ$853k
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$424k
- **Government grants:** NZ$443k (33.7% of revenue)
- **Donations:** NZ$103k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$823k
- **Paid staff:** 14
- **Reporting tier:** Tier3
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=d9ab8bc4-d7e6-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$1.32M | NZ$1.62M | NZ$-308k | NZ$853k |
| 2024-12-31 | NZ$3.64M | NZ$3.15M | NZ$492k | NZ$1.16M |
| 2023-12-31 | NZ$3.32M | NZ$3.12M | NZ$204k | NZ$668k |
| 2022-12-31 | NZ$2.08M | NZ$2.08M | not disclosed | NZ$467k |
| 2022-03-31 | NZ$2.59M | NZ$2.45M | not disclosed | NZ$460k |
| 2021-03-31 | NZ$1.41M | NZ$1.30M | not disclosed | NZ$315k |
| 2020-03-31 | NZ$726k | NZ$738k | not disclosed | NZ$209k |
| 2019-03-31 | NZ$850k | NZ$784k | not disclosed | NZ$221k |
| 2018-03-31 | NZ$545k | NZ$551k | not disclosed | NZ$156k |
| 2017-03-31 | NZ$417k | NZ$277k | not disclosed | NZ$161k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 6 current (14 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** yes
- **Auditor:** Absolute Auditing Limited
- **Most recent audit opinion:** qualified

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC52017) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **The Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$19k, year ended 2021-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-25
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-25
- 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/the-daily-charitable-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-daily-charitable-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-daily-charitable-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC52017
- Charity website: https://www.thedaily.org.nz

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/the-daily-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 2026-09-29T00:43:03.353Z.