The Care Foundation — Health Charity in Nelson
The Care Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Nelson, Nelson. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B- (72.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The Care Foundation’s purpose is to fund health and disability services, research and education that will benefit the communities of Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough. We aim to strengthen and improve local health services by addressing needs that sit beyond government funding and align with our donors’ wishes.
- Registration Number
- CC26612
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-25
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B- (72.5/100)
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Nelson, Nelson
- Website
- https://www.thecarefoundation.org.nz
- gm@thecarefoundation.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $3.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $3.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 126.5 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $3.4M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.5M | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.4M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.4M | $3.3M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.4M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $3.4M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B-
- Overall Score
- 72.5/100
- Financial Score
- 90
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 3 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)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (18)
- Hamish Morrow — Trustee
- Clare Haycock — General Manager
- Brigid Forrest — Trustee
- Shane Graham — Trustee (departed 2020-01-14)
- Jennifer Black — Trustee
- Roger Rose — Trustee
- Geoffrey Milnes — Trustee (departed 2017-06-01)
- Julie Taylor — Trustee
- Carolyn Kettle — Trustee (departed 2017-12-06)
- Richard Oliver — Trustee
- Paul Bell — Trustee (departed 2019-07-23)
- Sarah-Jane Weir — Trustee
- Christopher Fleming — Trustee (departed 2017-02-27)
- Hudson Malcolm — Trustee (departed 2016-05-02)
- Jane Hunter — Trustee (departed 2016-05-02)
- Barbara Rocco — Trustee (departed 2016-05-02)
- John Peters — Trustee (departed 2012-12-31)
- Judy Crowe — Trustee (departed 2014-11-20)
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Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. 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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). 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.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The Care Foundation’s purpose is to fund health and disability services, research and education that will benefit the communities of Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough. We aim to strengthen and improve local health services by addressing needs that sit beyond government funding and align with our donors’ wishes.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 138 peers · Health · $100K – $1M
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