ESCAPE ADVENTUROUS JOURNEYS CHARITABLE TRUST — Sports & Recreation Charity in Rotorua

ESCAPE ADVENTUROUS JOURNEYS CHARITABLE TRUST is a Charitable Trust charity in the Sports & Recreation sector, based in Rotorua, Rotorua. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.

Mission: Through the medium of outdoor activities To provide, encourage and develop educational opportunities for all age groups and people, with a focus and physical education and promoting outdoor recreation as an activity capable of improving physical health and well being To support and facilitate pathways for young people to obtain various skills in outdoor pursuits and to assist to remove cost as a barrier to those pathways.

Registration Number
CC59861
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2021-12-16
Status
Active
Sector
Sports & Recreation
Location
Rotorua, Rotorua
Email
Info@escapeaj.co.nz
Data as at
March 2026

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.2M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.3M NZD
Total Assets
$0.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
2
Financial Year End
2026-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2026$0.2M$0.3M$0.1M
2025$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2024$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2023$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2022$0.1M$0.0M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (4)

NameRoleAppointed
Tim BellTrustee2021-11-25
Mark ChapmanTrustee2021-11-25
Rodney HillTrustee2021-11-25
Losaline Ma'afuTrustee , Secretary2021-11-25

Former Officers (1)

  • Mark Gatens — Trustee (departed 2026-03-01)

Funding Sources

  • Grassroots Trust Limited — $33,050
  • Pub Charity Limited — $28,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $15,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $15,000
  • Four Winds Foundation Limited — $10,000
  • Four Winds Foundation Limited — $5,917
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000
  • Pub Charity Limited — $4,756

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ESCAPE ADVENTUROUS JOURNEYS CHARITABLE TRUST

CC59861Rotorua, RotoruaRegistered 16 Dec 2021
Data updated: Yesterday
Financials6mo agoRating2d ago

Financial data as at March 2026. 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.)

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Reasons to look carefully (1)

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 register
    No 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.

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.

Revenue

$247.8K

Expenses

$259.6K

Assets

$90.2K

Staff

2

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

Through the medium of outdoor activities To provide, encourage and develop educational opportunities for all age groups and people, with a focus and physical education and promoting outdoor recreation as an activity capable of improving physical health and well being To support and facilitate pathways for young people to obtain various skills in outdoor pursuits and to assist to remove cost as a barrier to those pathways.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$247.8K
Total Expenses
$259.6K
Net Assets
$88.2K
Staff
2
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (5 Years)

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
1.2mo
Could operate 1.2 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

0
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 10,000
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other100.0%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 168 peers · Sports & Recreation · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#29/169
Revenue
$248K
#89/169
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/169
Surplus
$-12K
#129/169
Staff Cost %
13%
#169/169

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

Rating History

NR
2026
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 10 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
10
Transparency
65
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Latest Audit

FY2023

Contact Details

Address
Rotorua, Rotorua

Registration

Registration NumberCC59861
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered16 Dec 2021
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated2 Dec 2021
Registered office
1188 Whakaue Street, Rotorua, Rotorua

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Sports & Recreation
Activities
Provides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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: 3 October 2026.