# Waitakere Adult Literacy Incorporated

**Charities Register number:** CC23363
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2008-04-22
**Sector:** Education
**ICNPO group:** Education and Research
**Region:** Auckland
**NZBN:** 9429043069897
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

For adult learners to be criticality literate and digitally capable, enabling them to pursue a pathway of life-long learning. Our definition of literacy is listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and presenting, numeracy and critical thinking and digital skills, interwoven with the knowledge of social and cultural practices.

## 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$744k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$730k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$14k
- **Total assets:** NZ$504k
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$178k
- **Net assets:** NZ$326k
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$331k
- **Government grants:** NZ$450k (60.6% of revenue)
- **Donations:** NZ$280
- **Staff costs:** NZ$439k
- **Paid staff:** 18
- **Reporting tier:** Tier3
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=dfdd3930-d8e6-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$744k | NZ$730k | NZ$14k | NZ$326k |
| 2024-12-31 | NZ$663k | NZ$654k | NZ$9k | NZ$312k |
| 2023-12-31 | NZ$726k | NZ$653k | NZ$72k | NZ$303k |
| 2022-12-31 | NZ$544k | NZ$536k | not disclosed | NZ$231k |
| 2021-12-31 | NZ$341k | NZ$361k | not disclosed | NZ$222k |
| 2020-12-31 | NZ$441k | NZ$368k | not disclosed | NZ$241k |
| 2019-12-31 | NZ$369k | NZ$387k | not disclosed | NZ$169k |
| 2018-12-31 | NZ$557k | NZ$476k | not disclosed | NZ$188k |
| 2017-12-31 | NZ$532k | NZ$549k | not disclosed | NZ$277k |
| 2016-12-31 | NZ$526k | NZ$523k | not disclosed | NZ$294k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 7 current (41 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** yes
- **Auditor:** McLaren Guise Associates Limited Auckland
- **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=CC23363) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$65k, year ended 2026-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$65k, year ended 2025-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$65k, year ended 2023-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$60k, year ended 2022-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$50k, year ended 2021-03-31
- **Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$5k, year ended 2024-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-11-01
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-25
- Rating: computed 2026-10-01
- This document generated: 2026-11-13

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/waitakere-adult-literacy-incorporated
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/waitakere-adult-literacy-incorporated/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/waitakere-adult-literacy-incorporated/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC23363
- Charity website: http://www.literacywaitakere.org.nz

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/waitakere-adult-literacy-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 2026-11-13T03:56:05.389Z.