The 4 A Better City Trust — Health Charity in Upper Hutt

The 4 A Better City Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt. CharityData rates this charity A (92.4/100). Annual revenue: $2.4M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: helping and supporting the educational and social development of identified target groups within the Hutt Valley Community; and providing material, financial and mental health support for the socially disadvantaged in Hutt Valley Community;

Registration Number
CC55347
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2018-04-13
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
A (92.4/100)
Sector
Health
Location
Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt
Email
ron@4abettercity.nz
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Religious groups

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$2.4M NZD
Total Expenses
$2.3M NZD
Total Assets
$1.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.3M NZD
Reserve Months
3.1 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
20
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$2.4M$2.3M$0.3M
2024$0.5M$0.5M$0.1M
2023$0.5M$0.4M$0.2M
2022$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2021$0.0M$0.0M-
2020$0.1M$0.0M$0.0M
2019$0.0M$0.0M-

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
A
Overall Score
92.4/100
Financial Score
99.8
Governance Score
75
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
Anihera CarrollTrustee2025-07-01
Frans PluggeTrustee2025-04-01
Andrew BardsleyChair2023-09-21
Amber MooreTrustee2020-01-01
Barbara MillarTrustee2017-11-15
Nicole PigouTreasurer2017-11-15
ronald VinkManaging Trustee2017-11-08

Former Officers (5)

  • Hayden Allen — Trustee (departed 2026-02-27)
  • Ange Bissielo — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
  • Cornelius Norval — Trustee (departed 2022-10-18)
  • Trevor Salisbury — Trustee (departed 2022-10-14)
  • Michael Kennedy — Trustee (departed 2019-12-31)

Funding Sources

  • Pelorus Trust — $14,144
  • Lion Foundation — $8,000

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The 4 A Better City Trust

CC55347Upper Hutt, Upper HuttRegistered 13 Apr 2018
Data updated: Yesterday
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating2d ago

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

A
92/100
Financial
100
Governance
75
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.

  • Government-funding concentration
    82% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency

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

$2.4M

Expenses

$2.3M

Assets

$1.1M

Staff

20

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

About

Mission

helping and supporting the educational and social development of identified target groups within the Hutt Valley Community; and providing material, financial and mental health support for the socially disadvantaged in Hutt Valley Community;

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicReligious groups

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$2.4M
Total Expenses
$2.3M
Net Assets
$335.9K
Staff
20
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (7 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
3.1mo
Could operate 3.1 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
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

29
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 7,099
High Concentration: 83% of revenue from Government Grants
Government Grants82.5%
Donations17.1%
Investment Income0.4%
Other0.0%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 67 peers · Health · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
92
#4/68
Revenue
$2.4M
#29/68
Reserve Months
3.1
#1/68
Surplus
$147K
#37/68
Staff Cost %
48%
#68/68

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

Rating

A
Score: 92.4/100
Financial
99.8
Governance
75
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 100 × 40% + Governance 75 × 60% = 85 → A.
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Contact Details

Address
Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt

Registration

Registration NumberCC55347
Entity TypeTrust
Registered13 Apr 2018
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated15 Dec 2017
Registered office
Office 4, 22 Lane Street, Wallaceville, Upper Hutt

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Health
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides religious services / activitiesProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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: 28 September 2026.