NZ Rural Games Trust — Sports & Recreation Charity in Albany
NZ Rural Games Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Sports & Recreation sector, based in Albany, Albany. Annual revenue: $1.4M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The New Zealand Rural Games Trust was registered on 18 March 2014 for the purpose of advancing charitable, cultural and heritage purposes through the organisation of an annual event, The NZ Rural Games, that celebrates and promotes to the wider public those heritage sports with their origins in rural communities by providing awards and scholarships to young participants in the rural sector.
- Registration Number
- CC50438
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2014-03-18
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Sports & Recreation
- Location
- Albany, Albany
- shollander@xtra.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.0M | $-0.0M |
| 2020 | $0.9M | $1.0M | $-0.2M |
| 2019 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $-0.2M |
| 2018 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $-0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.8M | $0.9M | $-0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.7M | $0.8M | $-0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (11)
- Brendan Bourke — Trustee (departed 2025-03-18)
- James Stewart — Trustee
- Samuel Strahan — Trustee (departed 2019-10-06)
- Margaret Kouvelis — Chair
- Ele Ludemann — Trustee (departed 2016-02-23)
- Richard Fitzgerald — Trustee (departed 2020-06-22)
- Athol Stephens — Trustee
- Stephen Hollander — Trustee
- Richard Lange — Trustee
- Brian Lochore — Trustee (departed 2018-06-30)
- Barbara Kuriger — Trustee (departed 2014-09-20)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $55,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $20,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $20,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $20,000
- Pelorus Trust — $15,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $10,000
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NZ Rural Games 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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The New Zealand Rural Games Trust was registered on 18 March 2014 for the purpose of advancing charitable, cultural and heritage purposes through the organisation of an annual event, The NZ Rural Games, that celebrates and promotes to the wider public those heritage sports with their origins in rural communities by providing awards and scholarships to young participants in the rural sector.
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