Tread Lightly Charitable Trust — Environment Charity in Auckland
Tread Lightly Charitable Trust is a deregistered Charitable Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at December 2023.
Mission: The Tread Lightly Charitable Trust (TLCT) - formerly Urban EcoLiving Charitable Trust - was established in 2007 with the vision to "inspire New Zealanders to live sustainably". The TLCT achieves this vision through two programmes which are offered to primary and intermediate schools across the Auckland region: the Tread Lightly Caravan (TLC) and the Tread Lightly Drain Game. In addition, Tread Lightly offers a number of other initiatives including Whanau "recycle right" workshops offered to students' parents and Litter Blitzes and Stormwater Sleuths Programme. The long term goals of the Tread Lightly programmes are to teach Auckland students and their families of the environmental consequences of their everyday lives and to inspire positive behaviour change to create actual environmental benefits such as reduced waste to landfill, reduced pollution in our creeks and streams and a greater consciousness when making consumer decisions. Tread Lightly also engages with wider community.
- Registration Number
- CC25846
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-12
- Status
- Deregistered (2025-09-30)
- Sector
- Environment
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- khawkins@tread-lightly.org
- Data as at
- December 2023
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 13
- Volunteers
- 11
- Financial Year End
- 2023-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2015 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (14)
- Mark Ashby — Diector
- Kanika Jhunjhnuwala — Director
- Mitali Purohit — Director
- Monica Ganan — Trustee (departed 2021-12-13)
- Elizabeth Gunn — Trustee (departed 2024-02-12)
- Gael Ogilvie — Trustee
- Anne Barrowclough — Trustee (departed 2020-12-07)
- Christopher Wilkins — Trustee-Board-Member (departed 2016-11-21)
- Alice Andrew — Trustee (departed 2024-02-28)
- Stephen Ellett — Trustee (departed 2015-08-01)
- Chris Walton — Trustee (departed 2020-08-10)
- Julian Nixon — Trustee
- Stephen Stokes — Trustee (departed 2009-03-31)
- Brent Ogilvie — Trustee (departed 2015-05-21)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $51,785
- Foundation North — $45,000
- Foundation North — $45,000
- Foundation North — $40,000
- Foundation North — $40,000
- Foundation North — $35,000
- Foundation North — $15,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $10,000
- Lion Foundation — $6,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $4,856
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Tread Lightly Charitable Trust
Financial data as at December 2023. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This charity has been removed from the Charities Services register and is no longer obliged to file annual returns. Because the charity is no longer active under the Charities Act, the standard rating is withheld. The figures shown above reflect the last filings made while the charity was registered.
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About
The Tread Lightly Charitable Trust (TLCT) - formerly Urban EcoLiving Charitable Trust - was established in 2007 with the vision to "inspire New Zealanders to live sustainably". The TLCT achieves this vision through two programmes which are offered to primary and intermediate schools across the Auckland region: the Tread Lightly Caravan (TLC) and the Tread Lightly Drain Game. In addition, Tread Lightly offers a number of other initiatives including Whanau "recycle right" workshops offered to students' parents and Litter Blitzes and Stormwater Sleuths Programme. The long term goals of the Tread Lightly programmes are to teach Auckland students and their families of the environmental consequences of their everyday lives and to inspire positive behaviour change to create actual environmental benefits such as reduced waste to landfill, reduced pollution in our creeks and streams and a greater consciousness when making consumer decisions. Tread Lightly also engages with wider community.
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