Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust — Environment Charity in Wānaka

Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Wānaka, Wānaka. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: To inspire community native habitat restoration through propagation, education and hands-on participation.

Registration Number
CC23553
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2008-04-28
Status
Active
Sector
Environment
Location
Wānaka, Wānaka
Email
info@tekakano.org.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.2M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.2M NZD
Total Assets
$0.2M NZD
Net Assets
$0.2M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
6
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.2M$0.2M$0.2M
2024$0.1M$0.1M$0.2M
2023$0.1M$0.2M$0.2M
2022$0.2M$0.1M$0.3M
2021$0.2M$0.1M$0.2M
2020$0.1M$0.1M$0.2M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.2M
2018$0.1M$0.1M$0.1M
2017$0.1M$0.1M$0.1M
2016$0.1M$0.1M$0.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (2)

NameRoleAppointed
Samuel StephensTrustee2026-09-28
Caitlin PembertonTrustee2026-06-16

Former Officers (29)

  • Rosie Brent — Trustee (departed 2026-08-03)
  • Aaron Shearer — Trustee & Treasurer
  • Samuel Whilte — Trustee
  • Gregory Nelson — Trustee
  • Michael Toepfer — Trustee (departed 2025-08-20)
  • Mark Orbell — Trustee (departed 2023-08-22)
  • Christopher Dillon — Trustee
  • Rebecca McCormack — Trustee
  • Gaynor Corkery — Trustee (departed 2022-04-25)
  • Shen nee Grinter — Trustee (departed 2024-11-11)
  • Shennee Grinter — Trustee (departed 2022-11-03)
  • Emma Conyngham — Trustee (departed 2022-01-15)
  • Andrew Gawith — Trustee & Treasurer (departed 2025-07-18)
  • Carrie Williams — Trustee
  • Murray Walker — Trustee (departed 2022-12-14)
  • Benjamin Taylor — Trustee (departed 2023-02-14)
  • Helen Clarke — Trustee (departed 2019-03-31)
  • Anna Hiatt — Trustee (departed 2021-07-14)
  • Allison O'Brien — Trustee (departed 2020-08-19)
  • Neil Woodrow — Trustee & Treasurer (departed 2020-07-13)

Funding Sources

  • Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $1,000

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Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust

CC23553Wānaka, WānakaRegistered 28 Apr 2008
Data updated: 1 Nov 2026
Financials10mo agoRating1mo ago

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

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; 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.

  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 7. 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

$159.5K

Expenses

$158.5K

Assets

$247.1K

Staff

6

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

About

Mission

To inspire community native habitat restoration through propagation, education and hands-on participation.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicOlder peopleOther charitiesPeople with disabilitiesVoluntary bodies other than charitiesOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$159.5K
Total Expenses
$158.5K
Net Assets
$222.1K
Staff
6
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
13.5mo
Could operate 13.5 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

62
Score /100
Moderate
HHI: 3,804
Other54.6%
Donations22.2%
Government Grants17.1%
Investment Income6.1%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 158 peers · Environment · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#23/159
Revenue
$160K
#109/159
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/159
Surplus
$1K
#105/159
Staff Cost %
76%
#159/159

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

FY2023
Clean
5 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Wānaka, Wānaka

Registration

Registration NumberCC23553
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered28 Apr 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated6 Jun 2007
Registered office
C/O Rippon Vineyard & Winery Mount Aspiring Road Wanaka, Wanaka

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Environment
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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