Waitaki Presbyterian Parish — Religion Charity in Oamaru
Waitaki Presbyterian Parish is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Oamaru, Oamaru. CharityData rates this charity D+ (52.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Sharing Christ's love in the community
- Registration Number
- CC52053
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2015-06-26
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (52.5/100)
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Oamaru, Oamaru
- Data as at
- June 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $2.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.0M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.4M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.5M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.5M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.4M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2015 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.5M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 52.5/100
- Financial Score
- 80
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Ward | Parish Councilor | 2024-08-25 |
| Robert Scott | Minister | 2019-02-01 |
| Russell Plew | Parish Coordinator | 2015-08-23 |
| John Hore | Parish Councillor | 2015-06-05 |
| Yvonne Plant | Parish Councillor | 2015-05-12 |
| Brenda Adams | Clerk of Parish | 2015-05-12 |
| Colin Harvey | Parish Councillor | 2015-05-12 |
| Bruce Plant | Assistant Clerk | 2015-05-12 |
| James Read | Treasurer | 2015-05-12 |
Former Officers (9)
- John Dorsey — Parish Coordinator (departed 2025-08-24)
- Graeme Rathgen — Parish Councillor (departed 2017-06-20)
- Thomas Shanks — Parish Councillor (departed 2020-06-30)
- Peter Whitlock — Parish Councillor (departed 2020-06-30)
- Klazina Koevoet — Parish Councillor (departed 2015-08-23)
- Margaret Mckenzie — Parish Councillor (departed 2016-08-21)
- Jillian McDonald — Minister (departed 2017-06-20)
- Kenneth Elliott — Parish Councillor (departed 2022-06-30)
- Hazel Bennett — Parish Councillor (departed 2022-06-30)
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Waitaki Presbyterian Parish
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair designatedBoard of 18 with no chair designated on the register
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~146 months of expenses on $228K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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$2.0M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D+ is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
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Sharing Christ's love in the community
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Ranked against 208 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M
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