Tait Contel Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Christchurch
Tait Contel Charitable Trust is a deregistered Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $31.5M NZD. Financial data as at June 2024.
Mission: To hold funds to devote or apply to any charitable purpose in NZ as determined from time to time. The current focus of the trust is assisting educational and research organisations.
- Registration Number
- CC32220
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Deregistered (2026-03-27)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- accounts@conteltrust.com
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- June 2024
Beneficiaries: General public, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $31.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $62.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2024-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $31.5M | $2.3M | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $0.9M | $3.0M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $0.3M | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.3M | - |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.7M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2015 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $1.7M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (6)
- Charlotte Walshe — Trustee
- William Crombie — Trustee
- Peter Taylor — Trustee (departed 2018-01-09)
- Trevor Laughton — Trustee (departed 2022-03-31)
- Gary Diack — Trustee (departed 2014-07-29)
- David Chick — Trustee
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| WDM Crombie | Trustee | $41,250 | 2021 |
| TJ Laughton | Trustee | $28,500 | 2021 |
| DM Chick | Trustee | $28,500 | 2021 |
| Christopher Tait | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Alastair Carruthers | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Grant McCallum | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Geoff Contel | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| David Tait | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Richard Tait | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Bruce Tait | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Roger France | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Jill Tait | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Michael Contel | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Brian Tait | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Claire Tait | Trustee | - | 2024 |
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Tait Contel Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2024. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This charity has been removed from the Charities Services register and is no longer obliged to file annual returns. Because the charity is no longer active under the Charities Act, the standard rating is withheld. The figures shown above reflect the last filings made while the charity was registered.
How ratings work →$31.5M
$2.3M
$62.3M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
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To hold funds to devote or apply to any charitable purpose in NZ as determined from time to time. The current focus of the trust is assisting educational and research organisations.
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