Otago Rural Support Trust — Social Services Charity in Alexandra
Otago Rural Support Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Alexandra, Alexandra. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Otago Rural Support Trust is part of a nationwide network of Rural Support Trusts that can assist rural individuals and communities during and after extreme weather and other declared events. hey are able to access Government adverse event funding and utilise support from many Government agencies to help rural individuals and communities get back on their feet. The Trust members are local rural people with a wide range of experience and knowledge in dealing with challenging situations.
- Registration Number
- CC39683
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2009-04-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Alexandra, Alexandra
- Website
- http://www.rural-support.org.nz
- otago@ruralsupport.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.1M | - |
| 2024 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.1M | - |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Lynch | Trustee | 2026-04-10 |
| Paul Corboy | Trustee | 2026-04-10 |
| Fiona Caldwell | Trustee | 2026-03-01 |
Former Officers (23)
- Robert Musgrave — Trustee
- Lindsay Purvis — Trustee (departed 2026-03-01)
- Phillip Hunt — Trustee
- Gareth Isbister — Trustee
- Amy Francis — Trustee
- Bill Kingan — Trustee (departed 2021-05-27)
- Marie Marshall — Trustee (departed 2020-08-27)
- Joanne Paterson — Trustee (departed 2026-04-10)
- Thomas Pinckney — Trustee
- Maryanne Kane — Trustee
- Pauline Curruthers — Trustee (departed 2016-04-29)
- Keith Cleave — Trustee (departed 2024-05-22)
- Micheal Lord — Trustee (departed 2025-05-22)
- Grant Bradfield — Trustee (departed 2026-04-10)
- Richard Burdon — Trustee (departed 2022-06-01)
- Gavan Herlihy — Trustee (departed 2018-12-04)
- Avis Rishworth — Trustee (departed 2018-06-20)
- David Shepherd — Trustee (departed 2014-05-09)
- Patricia Macaulay — Trustee (departed 2015-05-22)
- Lawrence Ruddenklau — Trustee (departed 2018-06-20)
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Otago Rural Support Trust
Financial data as at December 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.)
How ratings work →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 recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 9. 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.
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.
About
Otago Rural Support Trust is part of a nationwide network of Rural Support Trusts that can assist rural individuals and communities during and after extreme weather and other declared events. hey are able to access Government adverse event funding and utilise support from many Government agencies to help rural individuals and communities get back on their feet. The Trust members are local rural people with a wide range of experience and knowledge in dealing with challenging situations.
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