Rest Assured Respite Charitable TrustRegistered Charity in Manurewa

Rest Assured Respite Charitable Trust is a Trust charity, based in Manurewa, Manurewa. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: The purposes of the Trust are to devote or apply both capital and income of the Trust funds to, or for, any charitable purpose in NZ, which are from time to time selected by the trustees and are valid charitable purposes. The specific purpose is to provide a respite retreat house or the like) for suffers of Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Please refer to Clause 3 of our Trust Deed

Registration Number
CC54850
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2017-09-18
Status
Active
Location
Manurewa, Manurewa
Email
phil@merespite.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
December 2025

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.4M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.4M NZD
Total Assets
$0.0M NZD
Net Assets
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
9
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.4M$0.4M$0.0M
2024$0.4M$0.3M$0.0M
2023$0.2M$0.3M$0.0M
2022$0.2M$0.1M$0.1M
2021$0.1M$0.1M-
2020$0.1M$0.1M-
2019$0.0M$0.0M-
2018$0.0M$0.0M-

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (5)

NameRoleAppointed
Brendan SweeneyDirector2024-09-18
Phillip MortonDirector2023-12-11
Jan-Willem SudmannDirector2022-10-04
Philip LetfordDirector2017-03-08
Wendy MatthewsDirector2017-03-08

Former Officers (4)

  • Justin WrightAccountant (departed 2024-06-06)
  • Samuel StairmandTrustee (departed 2022-11-20)
  • Adrianne FrameTrustee (departed 2021-02-16)
  • Melvyn MasonTrustee (departed 2018-11-17)

Funding Sources

  • Foundation North — $15,000
  • Foundation North — $15,000
  • Foundation North — $15,000
  • Foundation North — $15,000
  • Foundation North — $4,500

Similar Charities in Other

FunderOtherTrustCharitable Trust

Rest Assured Respite Charitable Trust

CC54850Manurewa, ManurewaRegistered 18 Sept 2017
Data updated: 1 Sept 2026
Financials8mo agoRatingyesterday

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

NR
Not ratedCharity type not yet classified — grade withheld

Our scorecard uses a different template for different kinds of charity — an operating charity is measured differently from an endowment or a grant-making trust. This charity's type has not yet been classified, so a letter grade is withheld rather than assigned using a template chosen by default. That says nothing about the charity itself. Its filed figures are shown above, and it will be graded once its type is classified.

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 register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 5. 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.

Revenue

$370.3K

Expenses

$388.8K

Assets

$41.6K

Staff

9

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
General
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Nationwide

About

Mission

The purposes of the Trust are to devote or apply both capital and income of the Trust funds to, or for, any charitable purpose in NZ, which are from time to time selected by the trustees and are valid charitable purposes. The specific purpose is to provide a respite retreat house or the like) for suffers of Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Please refer to Clause 3 of our Trust Deed

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$370.3K
Total Expenses
$388.8K
Net Assets
$32.3K
Staff
9
employees

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

13
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,677
High Concentration: 93% of revenue from Other
Other92.9%
Donations6.8%
Trading / Services0.2%
Investment Income0.2%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 125 peers · Other · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#45/126
Revenue
$370K
#56/126
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/126
Surplus
$-18K
#96/126
Staff Cost %
58%
#126/126

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
F
2024
Score: 31.4
Financial: 46 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
View Full Score Breakdown

Is this your charity?

Claim your profile to view analytics, submit corrections, and improve your rating.

Claim This Profile

Contact Details

Address
Manurewa, Manurewa

Registration

Registration NumberCC54850
Entity TypeTrust
Registered18 Sept 2017
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated8 Mar 2017
Registered office
48 Ara-Kotinga Road, RD 1 Manurewa, Manurewa

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Other

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: 13 September 2026.