HOW2 Te Ako Charitable Trust — Social Services Charity in Palmerston North
HOW2 Te Ako Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Palmerston North, Palmerston North. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity F (16.7/100). Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Relief of poverty, sickness and disability and any other matter that is charitable and beneficial to the community, in particular for minorities.
- Registration Number
- CC60375
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2022-08-09
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- F (16.7/100)
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Palmerston North, Palmerston North
- jgnebo@gmail.com
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 9
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- F
- Overall Score
- 16.7/100
- Financial Score
- 28.8
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 4 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 (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Marjorie Lipsham | Trustee | 2025-01-16 |
| Jo-Ann Rowan | Trustee | 2025-01-16 |
| Florella Fronzi | Trustee | 2025-01-16 |
| Te Ao Pritchard | Trustee | 2023-08-30 |
| Huda Alkaff | Lead Advisor | 2023-08-30 |
| Danielle Harris | Trustee | 2022-08-07 |
| John Mills | Trustee | 2022-06-23 |
| Jennifer Free | Trustee | 2022-06-22 |
Former Officers (2)
- Robyn Moores — Trustee (departed 2024-03-01)
- Jonathan Moores — Trustee (departed 2026-03-31)
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HOW2 Te Ako Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 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 16 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 F 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.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
Relief of poverty, sickness and disability and any other matter that is charitable and beneficial to the community, in particular for minorities.
Key Statistics
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Revenue Breakdown
Expense Breakdown
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Revenue Diversification
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 136 peers · Social Services · $100K – $1M
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