The Free Store Charitable Trust — Registered Charity in Palmerston North
The Free Store Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity, based in Palmerston North, Palmerston North. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The Free Store Charitable Trust rescues surplus food and redistributes it to those in need
- Registration Number
- CC49193
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2013-05-19
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Palmerston North, Palmerston North
- Website
- www.justzilch.org.nz
- rebecca@justzilch.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.7M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 7
- Volunteers
- 2
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.6M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.6M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.5M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.4M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson Harper | Trustee | 2025-03-20 |
Former Officers (17)
- Penelope Pearson — Treasurer (departed 2026-04-23)
- Ellieda Komene — Trustee
- Hannah White — Trustee
- Amos Palfreyman — Trustee
- Melissa Bourke — Trustee (departed 2020-02-17)
- Angela Rowan — Chair
- Du Randt Potgieter — Treasurer (departed 2018-10-18)
- Mark Pearce — Trustee (departed 2017-11-30)
- Phillip Brock — Trustee (departed 2017-11-30)
- Nolan King — on Leave (departed 2020-09-24)
- Gail Marquet — Board (departed 2015-07-23)
- Mark Ward — Chair (departed 2016-12-21)
- Timothy Petterson — Trustee (departed 2013-04-01)
- Brook Turner — Trustee (departed 2013-04-01)
- Benjamin Johnson — Trustee (departed 2013-04-01)
- James Allen — Trustee (departed 2020-08-18)
- Rebecca Culver — Trustee
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $3,830.41
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The Free Store Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. 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 the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. 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 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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The Free Store Charitable Trust rescues surplus food and redistributes it to those in need
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