The Motueka Rudolf Steiner School Trust — Education Charity in Upper Moutere

The Motueka Rudolf Steiner School Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Upper Moutere, Upper Moutere. Annual revenue: $0.9M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: Our charitable purpose is the advancement of education by establishing and operating playgroups, kindergartens and schools based on the educational principles of Dr Rudolf Steiner.

Registration Number
CC21959
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-03-18
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Upper Moutere, Upper Moutere
Website
https://www.motuekasteiner.school.nz
Email
accounts@mrsst.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.9M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.9M NZD
Total Assets
$4.0M NZD
Net Assets
$2.7M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
19
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.9M$0.9M$2.7M
2024$1.0M$0.8M$2.8M
2023$0.7M$0.6M$2.5M
2022$0.7M$0.6M$2.4M
2021$0.7M$0.6M$2.3M
2020$0.9M$0.8M$2.2M
2019$1.6M$0.7M$2.1M
2018$0.9M$0.7M$1.2M
2017$0.7M$0.7M$1.0M
2016$0.6M$0.6M$1.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (9)

NameRoleAppointed
Campbell AlgieTrustee2026-06-11
Malin PerssonTrustee2026-06-11
Ann RogersTrustee2026-06-11
Greer Simpson-ShirleyTrustee2026-06-11
Lindsay AlexanderChair2026-06-11
Dunja BalmerTrustee2026-06-11
Raymond HarrisTrustee2026-06-11
Beba McLeanTrustee2025-06-05
David GastonTreasurer2022-12-15

Former Officers (64)

  • Benjamin Rudolph — Trustee (departed 2026-09-03)
  • Eli Halley — Trustee (departed 2026-06-11)
  • Christine Reiter — Trustee (departed 2025-06-18)
  • Fred Robertson — Trustee (departed 2023-09-01)
  • Lachlan Grey — Trustee (departed 2026-02-13)
  • Cara Christie — Trustee (departed 2023-05-27)
  • Ian Dorney — Treasurer (departed 2026-04-30)
  • Byron Robertson — Trustee (departed 2025-06-18)
  • Paula Horn — Trustee (departed 2023-03-13)
  • Zoe Dryden — Chair (departed 2023-06-20)
  • Louise Bleakley — Trustee (departed 2026-06-11)
  • Nicola Bensemann — Trustee (departed 2023-03-05)
  • Clare Sutton — Trustee (departed 2022-12-14)
  • Nora Franz — Non-Executive-Trustee (departed 2022-07-14)
  • Ian Kircher — Trustee (departed 2022-05-25)
  • Edith Bulle — Trustee (departed 2022-11-30)
  • Konstanze Friedrich - Palzer — Trustee (departed 2022-02-01)
  • Ellen Appleton — Non-Executive-Trustee (departed 2023-12-15)
  • Warwick Sandler — Trustee (departed 2023-03-05)
  • Richard Bier — Non-Executive-Trustee (departed 2022-11-30)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $10,000

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The Motueka Rudolf Steiner School Trust

CC21959Upper Moutere, Upper MoutereRegistered 18 Mar 2008
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating2d ago

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

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

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.)

How ratings work →
Revenue

$910.5K

Expenses

$947.6K

Assets

$4.0M

Staff

19

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

About

Mission

Our charitable purpose is the advancement of education by establishing and operating playgroups, kindergartens and schools based on the educational principles of Dr Rudolf Steiner.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$910.5K
Total Expenses
$947.6K
Net Assets
$2.7M
Staff
19
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
0.2mo
Could operate 0.2 months with zero revenue
Critical
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

55
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 4,465
Other53.0%
Government Grants40.3%
Trading / Services5.5%
Donations1.1%
Investment Income0.0%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/133
Revenue
$910K
#5/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$-37K
#118/133
Staff Cost %
41%
#133/133

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: 30 | Transparency: 65
Current
B
2024
Score: 75.5
Financial: 80 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Upper Moutere, Upper Moutere

Registration

Registration NumberCC21959
Entity TypeTrust
Registered18 Mar 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated23 Sept 1985
Registered office
33 Wallace Street Motueka 7120, Motueka
Differs from Charities Register address (165 Robinson Road, RD 2, Lower Moutere, Upper Moutere, 7175, Upper Moutere, Upper Moutere). May be stale on either register — verify with the charity if material.

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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.