Cool Bananas Youthwork Trust — Religion Charity in Tauranga

Cool Bananas Youthwork Trust is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Tauranga, Tauranga. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at January 2025.

Mission: To provide safe, professional and empowering initiatives for children that encourage standards and values from a Christian perspective. "To see generations of children in Aotearoa NZ empowered"

Registration Number
CC24158
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-05-08
Status
Active
Sector
Religion
Location
Tauranga, Tauranga
Website
http://www.coolbananas.org.nz
Email
office@coolbananas.org.nz
Data as at
January 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Religious groups

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
3
Financial Year End
2025-01-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.1M$0.1M-
2024$0.2M$0.3M$0.0M
2023$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2022$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2021$0.4M$0.3M$0.1M
2020$0.4M$0.4M$0.0M
2019$0.4M$0.4M$0.0M
2018$0.4M$0.4M$0.0M
2017$0.4M$0.4M$0.0M
2016$0.3M$0.4M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (5)

NameRoleAppointed
Nicola HardgraveChair2024-09-08
Stuart PatersonTrustee2024-09-08
Kyle KeoghTrustee2024-09-08
Sarah BaileyTrustee2023-07-31
Sharon Almond-BryantTreasurer2023-07-03

Former Officers (18)

  • Rebecca La Spina — Secretary (departed 2024-09-08)
  • Susan Hardgrave — Trustee (departed 2024-09-08)
  • Richard Smith — Chair (departed 2024-08-08)
  • Gemma Tong — Trustee (departed 2022-12-16)
  • Micaela Geary — Trustee (departed 2023-07-03)
  • Blair Myles — Trustee (departed 2023-07-03)
  • Wayne Fraser — Chair (departed 2023-07-03)
  • Paul Kelly — Trustee (departed 2020-04-21)
  • Bernie Cowan — Chair (departed 2021-05-15)
  • Andy Taylor — Trustee (departed 2019-04-08)
  • Hilary Tomkins — Trustee (departed 2019-09-02)
  • Matutaera Pene — Trustee (departed 2017-03-27)
  • Susan Gernhoefer — Trustee and Treasurer (departed 2017-05-08)
  • Garth Laing — Trustee (departed 2013-04-22)
  • Carolyn Nemeth — Chair and Trustee (departed 2019-02-01)
  • Pauline Jacobs — Trustee (departed 2010-02-01)
  • Philip Jones — Secretary and Trustee (departed 2023-07-03)
  • Roger Dixon — Trustee (departed 2019-06-06)

Funding Sources

  • One Foundation — $15,000
  • Pub Charity Limited — $10,000
  • Lion Foundation — $8,000

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Cool Bananas Youthwork Trust

CC24158Tauranga, TaurangaRegistered 8 May 2008
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials31 Jan 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at January 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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.)

How ratings work →
Revenue

$133.6K

Expenses

$144.5K

Staff

3

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

To provide safe, professional and empowering initiatives for children that encourage standards and values from a Christian perspective. "To see generations of children in Aotearoa NZ empowered"

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauReligious groups

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$133.6K
Total Expenses
$144.5K
Net Assets
-
Staff
3
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
1.6mo
Could operate 1.6 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

16
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,372
High Concentration: 91% of revenue from Donations
Donations91.1%
Other8.5%
Investment Income0.4%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 198 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/199
Revenue
$134K
#168/199
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/199
Surplus
$-11K
#157/199
Staff Cost %
77%
#199/199

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Registration

Registration NumberCC24158
Entity TypeTrust
Registered8 May 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated16 Jan 1998
Registered office
7 Oak Lane, Judea, Tauranga

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Religion
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 28 September 2026.