Waitakere Adult Literacy Incorporated — Education Charity in Auckland
Waitakere Adult Literacy Incorporated is a Incorporated Society charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.7M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: For adult learners to be criticality literate and digitally capable, enabling them to pursue a pathway of life-long learning. Our definition of literacy is listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and presenting, numeracy and critical thinking and digital skills, interwoven with the knowledge of social and cultural practices.
- Registration Number
- CC23363
- Charity Type
- Incorporated Society
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-22
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.literacywaitakere.org.nz
- info@literacywaitakere.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 18
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2016 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Liz Manley | Chair | 2023-05-17 |
| Kay Thomas | Trustee | 2022-05-18 |
| Tammas Alexander | Treasurer | 2022-05-18 |
| Christine Harmsworth | Trustee | 2021-04-14 |
| Paul Chappory | Trustee | 2021-04-14 |
| Pale Sauni | Board Meeting | 2020-07-07 |
| William Flavell | Deputy Chair | 2015-04-22 |
Former Officers (34)
- Anne White — Tutor, Board Member (departed 2020-06-17)
- Karen Haag — Trustee (departed 2019-07-09)
- Keith Quinn — Committee Member (departed 2021-04-14)
- Patricia Sim — Committee Member (departed 2019-04-30)
- John Proctor — Chair (departed 2024-05-29)
- Theresa Christie — Trustee (departed 2023-09-21)
- Bernadette Jacobs — Co-Chairperson (departed 2014-12-16)
- Peter Ruka — Committee Member (departed 2016-04-06)
- Aston Moss — Co-Chairperson (departed 2014-07-29)
- Shashi Kumar — Committee Member (departed 2014-12-16)
- Fran Lapsley — Treasurer (departed 2014-04-08)
- Pat Mackay — Committee Member (departed 2014-11-25)
- Mihikore Te Huia — Committee Member (departed 2014-04-08)
- Mere Tunks — Committee Member (departed 2012-03-29)
- James Martin — Treasurer (departed 2011-12-31)
- Colin Atkins — Committee Member (departed 2012-10-16)
- Takawai Jacobs — Committee Member (departed 2014-04-08)
- Terrene Gibson — Committee Member (departed 2011-04-13)
- Dara Davenport — Secretary (departed 2011-04-13)
- Leith Matthews — Committee Member (departed 2010-04-30)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $65,000
- Foundation North — $65,000
- Foundation North — $65,000
- Foundation North — $60,000
- Foundation North — $50,000
- Lion Foundation — $5,000
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Waitakere Adult Literacy Incorporated
Financial data as at December 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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For adult learners to be criticality literate and digitally capable, enabling them to pursue a pathway of life-long learning. Our definition of literacy is listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and presenting, numeracy and critical thinking and digital skills, interwoven with the knowledge of social and cultural practices.
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