# Tread Lightly Charitable Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC25846
**Status:** Deregistered (2025-09-30)
**Registered since:** 2008-06-12
**Sector:** Health
**ICNPO group:** Health
**Region:** Auckland
**NZBN:** 9429043162321

## Purpose

The Tread Lightly Charitable Trust (TLCT) - formerly Urban EcoLiving Charitable Trust - was established in 2007 with the vision to "inspire New Zealanders to live sustainably". The TLCT achieves this vision through two programmes which are offered to primary and intermediate schools across the Auckland region: the Tread Lightly Caravan (TLC) and the Tread Lightly Drain Game. In addition, Tread Lightly offers a number of other initiatives including Whanau "recycle right" workshops offered to students' parents and Litter Blitzes and Stormwater Sleuths Programme. The long term goals of the Tread Lightly programmes are to teach Auckland students and their families of the environmental consequences of their everyday lives and to inspire positive behaviour change to create actual environmental benefits such as reduced waste to landfill, reduced pollution in our creeks and streams and a greater consciousness when making consumer decisions. Tread Lightly also engages with wider community.

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — No longer on the Charities Register.
- **Status code:** `deregistered`
- **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 2023-12-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$257k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$297k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$-39k
- **Total assets:** NZ$130k
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$89k
- **Net assets:** NZ$41k
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$92k
- **Donations:** NZ$210k
- **Paid staff:** 13
- **Volunteers:** 11
- **Financial report audited:** yes
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=f04af16c-6ba8-ee11-bb2a-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | NZ$257k | NZ$297k | NZ$-39k | NZ$41k |
| 2022-12-31 | NZ$242k | NZ$242k | not disclosed | NZ$80k |
| 2022-03-31 | NZ$235k | NZ$250k | not disclosed | NZ$81k |
| 2021-03-31 | NZ$227k | NZ$195k | not disclosed | NZ$96k |
| 2020-03-31 | NZ$276k | NZ$278k | not disclosed | NZ$75k |
| 2019-03-31 | NZ$277k | NZ$228k | not disclosed | NZ$85k |
| 2018-03-31 | NZ$191k | NZ$179k | not disclosed | NZ$40k |
| 2017-03-31 | NZ$156k | NZ$131k | not disclosed | NZ$32k |
| 2016-03-31 | NZ$115k | NZ$144k | not disclosed | NZ$26k |
| 2015-03-31 | NZ$147k | NZ$145k | NZ$2k | NZ$80k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 5 current (15 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=CC25846) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$52k, year ended 2019-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$45k, year ended 2022-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$45k, year ended 2023-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$40k, year ended 2020-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$40k, year ended 2021-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$35k, year ended 2024-03-31
- **Pub Charity Limited** (foundation) — NZ$20k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$15k, year ended 2025-03-31
- **The Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$8k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$6k, year ended 2021-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-25
- Financials: last updated 2026-04-25
- 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/tread-lightly-charitable-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/tread-lightly-charitable-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/tread-lightly-charitable-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC25846

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/tread-lightly-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 2026-09-29T06:50:55.984Z.