Backcountry Trust (Aotearoa/New Zealand) — Social Services Charity in Wellington
Backcountry Trust (Aotearoa/New Zealand) is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $1.6M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To fund volunteer work on the backcountry huts and track network in New Zealand
- Registration Number
- CC54962
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2017-10-09
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- bill@rise.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.5M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Meagan Robertson | Trustee | 2025-10-15 |
| David Rider | Trustee | 2024-09-23 |
| Kevin O'Connor | Chair | 2021-04-13 |
| Geoffrey Spearpoint | Trustee | 2017-09-27 |
Former Officers (10)
- Josh McBride — Trustee (departed 2026-09-11)
- Gordon George — Trustee (departed 2024-09-23)
- Lou Hunt — Trustee (departed 2025-10-15)
- Steven Peters — Deputy Chairperson (departed 2026-09-11)
- David Keen — Trustee (departed 2021-10-06)
- Peter Wilson — Trustee (departed 2021-02-22)
- Craig Benbow — Chair (departed 2022-08-16)
- Guy Wynn-WIlliams — Trustee (departed 2021-04-30)
- William O'leary — Trustee (departed 2019-09-09)
- Nessa Lynch — Trustee (departed 2021-07-31)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $39,939.45
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Backcountry Trust (Aotearoa/New Zealand)
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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To fund volunteer work on the backcountry huts and track network in New Zealand
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