For the Love of Bees Charitable Trust — Environment Charity in Warkworth

For the Love of Bees Charitable Trust is a registered charity in the Environment sector, based in Warkworth, Warkworth. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: To educate communities on a regenerative organic growing method which is biology-first, no-till and low carbon, and the importance of bees and pollinators, to enable communities to positively impact climate change, the broken food system and resulting degradation of soil, food security, community wellbeing and connection to nature.

Registration Number
CC55674
Registration Date
2018-06-12
Status
Active
Sector
Environment
Location
Warkworth, Warkworth
Email
hello@fortheloveofbees.co.nz
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Animals, General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.2M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.2M NZD
Total Assets
$0.0M NZD
Net Assets
$-0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
8
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

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

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (3)

NameRoleAppointed
Elizabeth HarperTrustee2024-11-28
Sarah Smuts-KennedyTrustee2024-11-28
Daniel SchuurmanTrustee2024-11-28

Former Officers (13)

  • Kyle Ranudo — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
  • Catherine Henderson — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
  • James Stembridge — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
  • Ruth Morse — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
  • Shona Roberts — General Manager (departed 2024-12-10)
  • Tāne Feary — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
  • Pania Newton — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
  • Andrew Duncan — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
  • Louise Nash — Trustee (departed 2022-04-11)
  • Sarah Hopkinson — Trustee (departed 2022-10-19)
  • Hamish Coney — Trustee (departed 2021-02-10)
  • James Hollowway — Trustee (departed 2021-09-22)
  • Charles Merfield — Trustee (departed 2019-04-01)

Funding Sources

  • Foundation North — $35,000
  • Foundation North — $25,000
  • Foundation North — $10,000

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For the Love of Bees Charitable Trust

CC55674Warkworth, WarkworthRegistered 12 Jun 2018
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating5d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

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Revenue

$207.2K

Expenses

$230.3K

Assets

$3.3K

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

About

Mission

To educate communities on a regenerative organic growing method which is biology-first, no-till and low carbon, and the importance of bees and pollinators, to enable communities to positively impact climate change, the broken food system and resulting degradation of soil, food security, community wellbeing and connection to nature.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
AnimalsGeneral public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$207.2K
Total Expenses
$230.3K
Net Assets
$-7.3K
Volunteers
8

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (7 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
0.2mo
Could operate 0.2 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

48
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 5,221
Donations60.5%
Other39.5%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 142 peers · Environment · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#20/143
Revenue
$207K
#89/143
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/143
Surplus
$-23K
#116/143
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/143

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

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
10
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Warkworth, Warkworth

Registration

Registration NumberCC55674
Registered12 Jun 2018
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated24 May 2018
Registered office
475 Mahurangi West Road Mahurangi West 0983, Warkworth

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Environment
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyProvides advice / information / advocacyProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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