Marlborough Kaikoura Trail Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Blenheim

Marlborough Kaikoura Trail Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Blenheim, Blenheim. CharityData rates this charity A- (89.5/100). Annual revenue: $4.5M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: To develop, promote and construct a cycling, walking and recreational trail from the Marlborough Sounds to Kaikoura.

Registration Number
CC55379
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2017-12-15
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
A- (89.5/100)
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Blenheim, Blenheim
Data as at
June 2025

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$4.5M NZD
Total Expenses
$6.3M NZD
Total Assets
$10.3M NZD
Net Assets
$9.2M NZD
Reserve Months
17.4 months of operating expenses
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$4.5M$6.3M$9.2M
2024$12.7M$4.8M$11.0M
2023$3.9M$2.2M$3.2M
2022$3.0M$2.4M$1.4M
2021$1.1M$0.5M$0.8M
2020$0.6M$0.4M$0.2M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2018$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
A-
Overall Score
89.5/100
Financial Score
100
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (8)

NameRoleAppointed
Mark WheelerTrustee2024-10-31
Anthony BeverleyTrustee2024-10-31
Katherine HumeTrustee2024-02-14
Ian BondTrustee2022-09-28
Lynette BuurmanTrustee2020-09-02
Luke van VelthoovenTrustee/settlor2017-11-29
Margaret CooneyTrustee/settlor2017-11-29
John ForrestTrustee/settlor2017-11-29

Former Officers (7)

  • Clint McConchie — Trustee (departed 2026-02-17)
  • Louise Edwards — Trustee (departed 2024-10-31)
  • Nigel Muir — Trustee (departed 2023-01-09)
  • Kauahi Ngapora — Trustee (departed 2020-05-22)
  • Ian McNabb — Trustee/settlor (departed 2021-05-03)
  • Sanford MacFarlane — Trustee/settlor (departed 2024-10-31)
  • Cynthia Stoks — Trustee/settlor (departed 2022-09-28)

Funding Sources

  • Pelorus Trust — $15,000
  • Pub Charity Limited — $10,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $6,000

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Marlborough Kaikoura Trail Trust

CC55379Blenheim, BlenheimRegistered 15 Dec 2017
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Ratingyesterday

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

A-
90/100
Financial
100
Governance
65
Transparency
65

Reasons to look carefully (2)

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 recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
  • Government-funding concentration
    89% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency

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.

Revenue

$4.5M

Expenses

$6.3M

Assets

$10.3M

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

About

Mission

To develop, promote and construct a cycling, walking and recreational trail from the Marlborough Sounds to Kaikoura.

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$4.5M
Total Expenses
$6.3M
Net Assets
$9.2M

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (8 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
0mo
Could operate 0 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

19
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,058
High Concentration: 89% of revenue from Government Grants
Government Grants89.1%
Other10.9%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 22 peers · Arts & Culture · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
90
#3/23
Revenue
$4.5M
#3/23
Reserve Months
17.4
#1/23
Surplus
$-1.8M
#23/23
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/23

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

Rating

A-
Score: 89.5/100
Financial
100
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 100 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 79 → A-.
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Contact Details

Address
Blenheim, Blenheim

Registration

Registration NumberCC55379
Entity TypeTrust
Registered15 Dec 2017
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated4 Dec 2017

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture

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: 27 September 2026.