Hearing Dogs For Deaf People New Zealand — Social Services Charity in New Plymouth
Hearing Dogs For Deaf People New Zealand is a Charitable Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in New Plymouth, New Plymouth. Annual revenue: $0.8M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: Our purpose is to enhance the independence and wellbeing of Deaf and Hearing Impaired New Zealanders through the provision of dogs specially trained to internationally recognised standards. Our Hearing Dogs make everyday life easier, safer and more independent for Deaf and Hearing Impaired adults and children. These dogs are gifted to their recipient.
- Registration Number
- CC11184
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-09-20
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- New Plymouth, New Plymouth
- info@hearingdogs.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Animals, People with disabilities, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 6
- Volunteers
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.8M | $0.4M | $1.1M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.7M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.6M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.2M | $0.4M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.4M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.4M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.4M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Morris Hey | Trustee | 2022-12-15 |
| Deborah Tawa | Trustee | 2018-11-20 |
| Robert Mills | Trustee | 2018-11-20 |
| Chris Haunton | Trustee | 2018-11-20 |
| Catherine Quin | Trustee | 2018-11-19 |
| Brian Busing | Chair | 2018-11-19 |
Former Officers (13)
- Ronald Young — Trustee (departed 2018-11-19)
- Anit Punt — Trustee (departed 2016-11-24)
- Mark Cameron — Chair (departed 2018-11-19)
- Darren Perry — Trustee (departed 2014-08-14)
- David O'Callaghan — Treasurer (departed 2015-04-29)
- Jennifer Chappell — Trustee (departed 2018-11-19)
- Rob Davis — Secretary (departed 2018-11-19)
- Rodney Trevor Gardner — Trustee (departed 2008-02-01)
- Noel Hilton McFarlane — Trustee (departed 2010-02-01)
- Arnold Geoffrey Hughes — Trustee (departed 2010-02-01)
- James Edward Shepherd — Treasurer (departed 2013-10-22)
- Gordon Frank Lowry — Chair (departed 2013-10-22)
- Edwin Samuel Broadhurst — Secretary (departed 2017-09-05)
Funding Sources
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $28,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $25,000
- Lion Foundation — $25,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $20,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $20,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $10,000
- Pelorus Trust — $10,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $6,800
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $6,418
- New Zealand Community Trust — $4,580
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $4,445.28
- Pub Charity Limited — $3,836.9
- New Zealand Community Trust — $3,000
- We Care Community Trust — $2,973.91
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $2,916
- Pub Charity Limited — $1,717.5
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Hearing Dogs For Deaf People New Zealand
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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About
Our purpose is to enhance the independence and wellbeing of Deaf and Hearing Impaired New Zealanders through the provision of dogs specially trained to internationally recognised standards. Our Hearing Dogs make everyday life easier, safer and more independent for Deaf and Hearing Impaired adults and children. These dogs are gifted to their recipient.
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