Hutt Valley Women's Refuge Incorporated — Social Services Charity in Lower Hutt

Hutt Valley Women's Refuge Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $1.7M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: To provide specialised services to women, children and families experiencing and rebuilding from family violence

Registration Number
CC23091
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-04-16
Status
Active
Sector
Social Services
Location
Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt
Email
refuge@hcwr.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (society)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$1.7M NZD
Total Expenses
$1.3M NZD
Total Assets
$1.3M NZD
Net Assets
$1.2M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
10
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$1.7M$1.3M$1.2M
2024$1.3M$1.1M$0.9M
2023$0.9M$0.9M$0.6M
2022$1.0M$0.8M$0.6M
2021$0.8M$0.7M$0.4M
2020$0.7M$0.5M$0.3M
2019$0.5M$0.5M$0.2M
2018$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2017$0.4M$0.3M$0.1M
2016$0.3M$0.3M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (8)

NameRoleAppointed
Gregory O'ConnorTreasurer2026-06-25
Kendra WilsonTrustee2025-07-01
Emma BrazendaleManager2025-04-28
Belinda WottonTrustee2024-11-14
Brenda PilottBoard Chair2023-10-03
Emma MorrowTrustee2023-04-18
Hannah LoveTreasurer2020-09-17
Rose Boele van HensbroekSecretary2020-09-17

Former Officers (25)

  • Angele Toomey — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
  • Kate Davis — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
  • Cody Hartley-Warbrick — Trustee (departed 2024-08-31)
  • Kelsi Cox — Trustee (departed 2023-03-31)
  • Joanne Brider — Refuge Manager (departed 2025-04-17)
  • Phillipa Bossley — Trustee (departed 2021-12-30)
  • Emma Saunders — Chair (departed 2023-10-03)
  • Kate Handley — Trustee (departed 2022-08-02)
  • rachel Simmers — Treasurer (departed 2020-05-31)
  • Victoria Caccioppoli — Deputy Chairperson (departed 2022-12-15)
  • Megan Jamieson — Trustee (departed 2020-07-16)
  • Maureen Fox — Trustee (departed 2020-09-17)
  • Catherine O'Byrne — Secretary (departed 2020-09-17)
  • Victoria Owen — Secretary (departed 2018-05-17)
  • Natasha Close — Secretary (departed 2017-09-21)
  • Anne Kooge — Treasurer (departed 2018-11-01)
  • Johanne Greally — Trustee (departed 2021-02-16)
  • Jillian Vrede — Chair (departed 2020-09-17)
  • Carmel Peoples — Secretary (departed 2015-09-17)
  • Wilma Culpan — Secretary (departed 2016-10-01)

Funding Sources

  • New Zealand Community Trust — $10,000
  • Pub Charity Limited — $4,618.81
  • Trust House Foundation — $3,000
  • Pelorus Trust — $2,000

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Hutt Valley Women's Refuge Incorporated

CC23091Lower Hutt, Lower HuttRegistered 16 Apr 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at June 2025. 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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Revenue

$1.7M

Expenses

$1.3M

Assets

$1.3M

Staff

10

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

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Social Services
Beneficiaries
ChildrenWomen
Geographic Focus
Wellington

About

Mission

To provide specialised services to women, children and families experiencing and rebuilding from family violence

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOlder peopleOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$1.7M
Total Expenses
$1.3M
Net Assets
$1.2M
Staff
10
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 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
10.7mo
Could operate 10.7 months with zero revenue
Healthy
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

37
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 6,350
Government Grants78.5%
Other10.3%
Donations8.6%
Investment Income2.7%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 55 peers · Social Services · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
0
#35/56
Revenue
$1.7M
#30/56
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/56
Surplus
$372K
#16/56
Staff Cost %
88%
#56/56

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
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt

Registration

Registration NumberCC23091
Entity TypeTrust
Registered16 Apr 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Incorporated26 Sept 1983
Registered office
32 Pretoria Street, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt, 5010

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Social Services
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides 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: 28 September 2026.