Friends Of Taihape Society — Education Charity in Taihape
Friends Of Taihape Society is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Taihape, Taihape. CharityData rates this charity D- (40.2/100). Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: • To provide, repair, protect, carryout work on community assets and reserves in the Taihape and wider area for the benefit of the community; • To promote and advance an educational and scenic native New Zealand forest and wildlife experience for the general public; • Organise or participate in environmental projects designed to preserve and protect flora and fauna, protect and restore rivers; • Relieve poverty in Taihape and wider area by providing community facilities to those in need
- Registration Number
- CC55409
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2018-01-18
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D- (40.2/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Taihape, Taihape
- matt@ryanthomas.co.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.2 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.5M | - |
| 2024 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D-
- Overall Score
- 40.2/100
- Financial Score
- 58.2
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Gillian Duncan | President | 2025-10-13 |
| Gerard Coogan | Committee | 2018-01-17 |
| Matthew Thomas | Treasurer | 2016-04-01 |
Former Officers (4)
- Steven Tweeddale — Committee (departed 2023-03-31)
- Joseph Byford — Committee (departed 2021-04-01)
- Donald Tantrum — President (departed 2025-10-13)
- Vivienne Tantrum — Secretary (departed 2020-12-17)
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Friends Of Taihape Society
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 designatedBoard of 6 with no chair designated on the register
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 (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D- is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
About
• To provide, repair, protect, carryout work on community assets and reserves in the Taihape and wider area for the benefit of the community; • To promote and advance an educational and scenic native New Zealand forest and wildlife experience for the general public; • Organise or participate in environmental projects designed to preserve and protect flora and fauna, protect and restore rivers; • Relieve poverty in Taihape and wider area by providing community facilities to those in need
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Revenue Diversification
HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.
Peer Comparison
Ranked against 111 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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