Duffus Memorial Trust — Community Development Charity in Russell
Duffus Memorial Trust is a Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Russell, Russell. CharityData rates this charity C+ (68.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: To provide affordable pensioner housing in Russell in accordance with Lucy Duffus' bequest in the early 1900s.
- Registration Number
- CC27488
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-07-13
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (68.5/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Russell, Russell
- Website
- https://dmt.org.nz
- duffusestate@gmail.com
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.9M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 2.8 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.9M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $-0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.7M |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 68.5/100
- Financial Score
- 70
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (28)
- Margot Forrest — Trustee
- Kristin Bramley — Trustee
- Natissa Kamlade — Trustee
- Paul Graham — Trustee (departed 2025-11-11)
- Manuela Gmuer-Hornell — Trustee
- Sue Fitzmaurice — Trustee (departed 2023-11-18)
- Ian Bunton — Trustee (departed 2022-03-15)
- Timothy Grant — Trustee (departed 2024-05-14)
- Wade Armstrong — Trustee (departed 2022-06-07)
- Ian Macintosh — Trustee (departed 2023-09-23)
- Louise Armstrong — Trustee
- Johny Bjorngard — Trustee (departed 2021-08-10)
- Val Marshall-Smith — Trustee (departed 2024-09-26)
- Charles Western — Trustee (departed 2020-12-16)
- Florence Annison — Patron (departed 2017-10-11)
- Lorraine Young — Patron (departed 2022-04-26)
- Patu Sigley — Trustee (departed 2019-12-31)
- Peter Sharpe — Chair (departed 2025-11-02)
- David Scoffham — Trustee (departed 2023-11-14)
- Peter Jones — Trustee (departed 2016-07-10)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $9,500
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Duffus Memorial Trust
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 5. 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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
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To provide affordable pensioner housing in Russell in accordance with Lucy Duffus' bequest in the early 1900s.
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