Motu Trails Charitable Trust — Sports & Recreation Charity in Opotiki
Motu Trails Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Sports & Recreation sector, based in Opotiki, Opotiki. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Vision: Mtou Trails Charitable Trust: enabling access to world class and environmentally diverse experiences across Tairāwhiti and Ōpōtiki. Purpose: Lead the governance, promotion, and growth of the Motu Trails - part of Ngā Haerenga Great Rides of New Zealand - supporting sustainable use by locals, and national, and international visitors, while generating economic and social value for the Ōpōtiki and Tairāwhiti communities.
- Registration Number
- CC46812
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2011-07-27
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Sports & Recreation
- Location
- Opotiki, Opotiki
- info@motutrails.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Tiff Babington | Trustee | 2026-05-19 |
Former Officers (25)
- Haimona Ngata — Trustee
- Kurt Bledsoe — Trustee
- Hayley Redpath — Trustee
- Paula Newman — Trustee
- Shirley Armstrong — Treasurer
- Steferl Gordon — Chair (departed 2021-12-31)
- Kieran Hickey — Trustee (departed 2026-05-19)
- Ian Kirkpatrick — Trustee (departed 2018-11-12)
- Amy Spence — Chair
- Bruce Hall — Trustee (departed 2025-02-11)
- Tony Palmer — Trustee
- amanda wilson — Trustee (departed 2017-08-18)
- rob franklin — Individual (departed 2016-01-18)
- Arihia Tuoro — Trustee (departed 2015-11-09)
- Kathy Sheldrake — Trustee (departed 2013-06-24)
- Robert Edwards — Trustee (departed 2013-06-24)
- Jim Robinson — Trustee (departed 2014-06-04)
- Adrian Gault — Chair (departed 2011-12-13)
- Christopher Birt — Executive Officer (departed 2011-08-09)
- David Emslie — Trustee (departed 2017-11-13)
Funding Sources
- The Lion Foundation — $10,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $9,284
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $8,673
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $7,274
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Motu Trails Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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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Vision: Mtou Trails Charitable Trust: enabling access to world class and environmentally diverse experiences across Tairāwhiti and Ōpōtiki. Purpose: Lead the governance, promotion, and growth of the Motu Trails - part of Ngā Haerenga Great Rides of New Zealand - supporting sustainable use by locals, and national, and international visitors, while generating economic and social value for the Ōpōtiki and Tairāwhiti communities.
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