Volunteer Nelson — Community Development Charity in Nelson
Volunteer Nelson is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Nelson, Nelson. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: a) To provide a volunteer recruitment and referral service in Nelson-Tasman. b) To promote volunteering policies and practices without depriving any person of paid employment. c) To raise public awareness of volunteers and promote volunteering as a way of contributing to the wellbeing of the community. d) To coordinate people to assist others to increase their participation in community life. e) To affirm that Aotearoa New Zealand is a bicultural nation containing a multicultural society.
- Registration Number
- CC25063
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-05-29
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Nelson, Nelson
- Website
- http://www.volunteernelson.org.nz
- gordon@volunteernelson.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Kerstin Hanschke | Officer | 2026-06-25 |
| Hugo Lawrence | Secretary | 2025-08-28 |
| Bence Russell | Officer | 2025-03-27 |
| Jacqui Anderson | Deputy Chair | 2024-01-25 |
| David Taylor | Chair | 2016-12-15 |
Former Officers (49)
- Elizabeth Gillespie — Officer
- Shan Gattrell — Ordinary Member (departed 2025-09-25)
- Shan Gatreil — Ordinary Member (departed 2024-01-25)
- Michelle Nunes-Vaz — Treasurer
- Glen Robinson — Chair
- Kayne Osbourne — Ordinary Member (departed 2023-02-16)
- Louise Taylor — Ordinary Member (departed 2025-02-27)
- Paul McConachie — Ordinary Member (departed 2024-01-25)
- Dave Hamel — Treasurer (departed 2022-02-14)
- Marie Lindaya — Ordinary Member
- Nicola Zielinski — Ordinary Member (departed 2020-11-25)
- Belinda Harte — Ordinary Member (departed 2022-01-20)
- Anju Bathla — Secretary (departed 2022-11-15)
- Ellie Young — Ordinary Member (departed 2020-03-25)
- Matthew Lattin — Ordinary Board Member (departed 2019-07-24)
- Rachel Sanson — Treasurer (departed 2020-07-01)
- Katy Steele — Ordinary Board Member (departed 2020-06-30)
- Gordon Oldfield — Manager
- Chrissy Calder — Ordinary Board Member (departed 2017-11-22)
- Nicola Harvey — Ordinary Board Member (departed 2016-12-31)
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Volunteer Nelson
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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a) To provide a volunteer recruitment and referral service in Nelson-Tasman. b) To promote volunteering policies and practices without depriving any person of paid employment. c) To raise public awareness of volunteers and promote volunteering as a way of contributing to the wellbeing of the community. d) To coordinate people to assist others to increase their participation in community life. e) To affirm that Aotearoa New Zealand is a bicultural nation containing a multicultural society.
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