Community Energy Action Charitable Trust — Community Development Charity in Christchurch
Community Energy Action Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity A- (85.6/100). Annual revenue: $5.4M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: The primary objective of CEA is to promote energy efficiency to relieve poverty to homes in Canterbury and the West Coast as a charitable organisation.
- Registration Number
- CC28706
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- A- (85.6/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- info@cea.co.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, People with disabilities, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $5.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $5.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 3.7 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 25
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $5.4M | $5.3M | $1.8M |
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.2M | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $5.2M | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $4.0M | $4.2M | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $4.1M | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $3.9M | $1.4M |
| 2019 | $4.2M | $4.2M | $1.3M |
| 2018 | $5.6M | $5.8M | $1.4M |
| 2017 | $4.0M | $4.6M | $1.5M |
| 2016 | $5.1M | $5.0M | $2.1M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- A-
- Overall Score
- 85.6/100
- Financial Score
- 98.7
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Sophie Logie | Trustee | 2022-08-04 |
| Lachlan Knighton | Trustee | 2022-08-04 |
| Alan Griffiths | Trustee | 2019-07-31 |
| Donald Chittock | Trustee | 2014-09-01 |
Former Officers (13)
- Robert Linterman — CEO (departed 2024-02-02)
- David Griffiths — Trustee (departed 2018-08-24)
- Pleayo Tovaranonte — Trustee (departed 2017-04-27)
- David Hackston — Trustee (departed 2024-06-05)
- Sam Uta'i — Trustee (departed 2019-12-31)
- Raewyn Moss — Trustee (departed 2016-12-31)
- Stephen Lewis — Trustee (departed 2014-12-17)
- Stephen Godfrey — Trustee (departed 2016-04-06)
- Dolores Small — Trustee (departed 2009-02-16)
- Ian McChesney — Chair (departed 2015-08-05)
- Alan Christie — Trustee (departed 2012-12-31)
- Sheila Hailstone — Trustee (departed 2011-12-31)
- Ian McKenzie — Trustee (departed 2017-12-31)
Service Providers
- Nexia
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Community Energy Action Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 4. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
- Government-funding concentration84% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The primary objective of CEA is to promote energy efficiency to relieve poverty to homes in Canterbury and the West Coast as a charitable organisation.
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Ranked against 52 peers · Community Development · $1M – $10M
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