Te Weu Charitable Trust — Environment Charity in Gisborne
Te Weu Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Gisborne, Gisborne. CharityData rates this charity C+ (66.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: Education: Raising awareness about climate change impacts and options formitigation and adaption. Advocacy: Monitoring and working with statutory agencies and other organisations with responsibilities for supporting communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Community Planning: Working with communities and individuals to implement regional/national policies and plans, feeding data and intelligence back into regional/national policy and planning processes. Technical Services: Land assessment and planning support with risk assessments,adaption, retreat and mitigation plans. To engage in such other charitable activities as are considered expedient in the furtherance of these purposes.
- Registration Number
- CC61161
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2023-01-31
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (66.5/100)
- Sector
- Environment
- Location
- Gisborne, Gisborne
- info@teweu.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 8.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.6M | $0.7M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.1M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 66.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- Average staff compensation of $170,795 per FTE, significantly above sector average of $75,000
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Savage | Trustee | 2026-05-12 |
| Teah Carlson | Trustee | 2026-05-12 |
| Naomi Simmonds | Trustee | 2024-06-01 |
| Renee Raroa | Trustee | 2022-12-14 |
Former Officers (2)
- Harley Dibble — Trustee (departed 2025-06-18)
- Keita Kohere — Trustee (departed 2023-12-06)
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Te Weu Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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 registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 3. 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.
- Current annual return overdueThe newest annual return we hold is 30 months old — a more recent return may already be on the Charities Services register
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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Education: Raising awareness about climate change impacts and options formitigation and adaption. Advocacy: Monitoring and working with statutory agencies and other organisations with responsibilities for supporting communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Community Planning: Working with communities and individuals to implement regional/national policies and plans, feeding data and intelligence back into regional/national policy and planning processes. Technical Services: Land assessment and planning support with risk assessments,adaption, retreat and mitigation plans. To engage in such other charitable activities as are considered expedient in the furtherance of these purposes.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 158 peers · Environment · $100K – $1M
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