Rata St Pre-School Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Taumarunui

Rata St Pre-School Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Taumarunui, Taumarunui. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.7M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: Rata St PreSchool is a community based early childhood centre fully licensed and chartered by the Ministry of Education. We are licensed to provide early childhood education for 40 children age 2 - school age.

Registration Number
CC24436
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-05-15
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Taumarunui, Taumarunui
Email
ratast.office@gmail.com
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.7M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.7M NZD
Total Assets
$1.1M NZD
Net Assets
$1.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
11
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.7M$0.7M$1.0M
2024$0.7M$0.6M$0.9M
2023$0.7M$0.5M$0.8M
2022$0.6M$0.5M$0.9M
2021$0.6M$0.5M$0.7M
2020$0.6M$0.5M$0.7M
2019$0.5M$0.5M$0.5M
2018$0.5M$0.5M$0.5M
2017$0.5M$0.5M$0.6M
2016$0.5M$0.5M$0.6M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (21)

  • Oriori Rewiri — Co-Chairperson
  • Erin Wind — Trustee
  • Cindy Woolston — Co-Chairperson
  • Karen Pierce — Trustee/secretary-Rata-St-Preschool
  • Jessica Ferris — Co Chairperson (departed 2023-12-31)
  • Allison Annand — Co Chairperson (departed 2021-04-12)
  • Theresa Brewer — Co Chairperson (departed 2021-04-12)
  • Rachel Cashin — Trustee-Rata-St-Preschool-Committee (departed 2019-12-31)
  • Kaytey Bacon — Trustee-Rata-St-Preschool-Committee (departed 2022-06-23)
  • Naomi Armanasco — Trustee-Rata-St-Preschool (departed 2020-02-10)
  • Tarshia Jennings — Vice Chairperson (departed 2017-01-01)
  • Emma Bryant — Trustee Rata St Preschool Committee (departed 2018-05-31)
  • Sally Street — Chair (departed 2017-06-12)
  • Cara O'donnell — Licensee/chairperson (departed 2015-01-01)
  • Tania Graham — Administrator (departed 2016-04-01)
  • Yvonne Higgs — Head Supervisor (departed 2016-01-01)
  • Kirsten Bryant — Committee Member (departed 2010-01-01)
  • Tracy Petersen — Chair (departed 2009-12-31)
  • Tracy Fife — Secretary (departed 2009-12-31)
  • Dallas Rollitt — Committee Member (departed 2009-12-31)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $20,000

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Rata St Pre-School Charitable Trust

CC24436Taumarunui, TaumarunuiRegistered 15 May 2008
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating4d ago

Financial data as at December 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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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.

  • Government-funding concentration
    90% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency

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Revenue

$727.8K

Expenses

$680.8K

Assets

$1.1M

Staff

11

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
EducationArts & CultureReligionCommunity Development
Beneficiaries
ChildrenGeneral Public
Geographic Focus
Nationwide

About

Mission

Rata St PreSchool is a community based early childhood centre fully licensed and chartered by the Ministry of Education. We are licensed to provide early childhood education for 40 children age 2 - school age.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicMigrants / refugeesPeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$727.8K
Total Expenses
$680.8K
Net Assets
$951.5K
Staff
11
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 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
9.7mo
Could operate 9.7 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

18
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,228
High Concentration: 90% of revenue from Government Grants
Government Grants90.4%
Other7.3%
Donations1.5%
Investment Income0.8%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/133
Revenue
$728K
#13/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$47K
#53/133
Staff Cost %
81%
#133/133

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Latest Audit

FY2024
Clean
9 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Taumarunui, Taumarunui

Registration

Registration NumberCC24436
Entity TypeTrust
Registered15 May 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated5 Jun 1996
Registered office
10 Rata Street, Manunui, Taumarunui

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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