Southland disAbility Enterprises Charitable Trust — Environment Charity in Invercargill

Southland disAbility Enterprises Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Invercargill, Invercargill. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity D (49.4/100). Annual revenue: $4.0M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: We enrich the lives of people with disabilities through providing meaningful employment & personal development opportunities by operating a successful and sustainable business.

Registration Number
CC44077
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2010-04-26
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
D (49.4/100)
Sector
Environment
Location
Invercargill, Invercargill
Email
emma@recyclesouth.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$4.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$5.2M NZD
Total Assets
$1.9M NZD
Net Assets
$1.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.2 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
6
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$4.0M$5.2M$1.0M
2024$4.4M$4.4M$2.6M
2023$3.6M$3.9M$2.6M
2022$4.0M$3.2M$2.9M
2021$3.2M$2.8M$2.0M
2020$3.4M$3.0M$1.7M
2019$3.1M$3.1M$1.3M
2018$3.0M$3.2M$1.3M
2017$2.9M$2.9M$1.5M
2016$2.9M$2.8M$1.6M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
D
Overall Score
49.4/100
Financial Score
85.6
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
65

Red Flags

  • Average staff compensation of $316,868 per FTE, significantly above sector average of $75,000
  • 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (21)

  • Shane Pleasance — Trustee
  • Donna Cunningham — Trustee
  • Stephen O'Connor — Trustee
  • Kevin Mair — Trustee (departed 2024-11-05)
  • Margaret Fitzgerald — Trustee
  • Patricia Lindsay — Trustee
  • David Harrington — Trustee (departed 2020-11-23)
  • Kristi Rabbitt — Trustee (departed 2020-11-23)
  • Catherine Wilson — Trustee (departed 2024-11-05)
  • Douglas Harrington — Trustee
  • Nicola Milne — Trustee (departed 2017-06-30)
  • Candace Bangura — Trustee (departed 2022-04-08)
  • Ian Beker — Trustee (departed 2016-12-05)
  • Tamara Manley — Trustee (departed 2010-08-28)
  • Stuart Collie — Trustee (departed 2024-11-05)
  • Kenneth Crosbie — Trustee (departed 2017-06-26)
  • Lyndsay Mcdonald — Trustee (departed 2020-11-23)
  • Penelope Simmonds — Trustee (departed 2013-04-30)
  • Lynette Nielsen — Trustee (departed 2022-03-20)
  • Valerie Davidson — Trustee (departed 2020-11-23)

Service Providers

  • BDO

Similar Charities in Environment

FunderEnvironmentTrustCharitable Trust

Southland disAbility Enterprises Charitable Trust

CC44077Invercargill, InvercargillRegistered 26 Apr 2010
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating4d ago

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

D
49/100
Reduced by penalties
Financial
86
Governance
65
Transparency
65

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 6. 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

$4.0M

Expenses

$5.2M

Assets

$1.9M

Staff

6

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

2 red flags identified- Review the Rating tab for details

This rating may reflect incomplete data

This charity's grade of D is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
General
Beneficiaries
People with Disabilities
Geographic Focus
Southland

About

Mission

We enrich the lives of people with disabilities through providing meaningful employment & personal development opportunities by operating a successful and sustainable business.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
People with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$4.0M
Total Expenses
$5.2M
Net Assets
$1.0M
Staff
6
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (15 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
0.2mo
Could operate 0.2 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

15
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,478
High Concentration: 92% of revenue from Other
Other91.7%
Government Grants8.3%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 48 peers · Environment · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
49
#28/49
Revenue
$4.0M
#9/49
Reserve Months
0.2
#1/49
Surplus
$-1.2M
#49/49
Staff Cost %
37%
#49/49

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

Rating

D
Score: 49.4/100
Financial
85.6
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 86 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 73 → 49 after red-flag penalties → D.
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
10 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Invercargill, Invercargill

Registration

Registration NumberCC44077
Entity TypeTrust
Registered26 Apr 2010
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated20 Apr 2010
Registered office
28 Ettrick Street Invercargill, Invercargill

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Environment
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyProvides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides other finance (e.g. investment funds)

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: 30 September 2026.