Cat Rescue Wanaka — Education Charity in Wanaka

Cat Rescue Wanaka is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wanaka, Wanaka. Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: PURPOSE The purposes of the Trust are, where possible: 1. To be beneficial to the community by catching and desexing stray cats and kittens, particularly unsocialised strays, and socialising and re-homing them, in order to reduce the number of stray cats in the community. 2. To foster in our care, stray, abandoned or surrendered cats, and providing the necessary vet care and treatment that they require and to rehome them. 3. To offer ongoing care of desexed stray cats living in colonies. 4. To educate the public on the importance of desexing, and to desex any stray cats or kittens on their property. 5. To educate others on benefits of early age desexing, and encourage rescue organisations, pet shops, breeders or anyone selling or rehoming cats and kittens to desex before sale or adoption, and work with other organisations who also support, promote or encourage these actions. 6. To encourage veterinarians to carry out early age desexing.

Registration Number
CC55880
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2018-11-06
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Wanaka, Wanaka
Email
catrescuewanaka@gmail.com
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Animals, General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.0M$0.0M-
2024$0.0M$0.0M-
2023$0.0M$0.0M-
2022$0.0M$0.0M-
2021$0.0M$0.0M-
2020$0.0M$0.0M-
2019$0.0M$0.0M-

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (4)

NameRoleAppointed
Rebecca VenterTreasurer2023-07-26
Nicola DyerTrustee2022-05-25
Rachel EsselleTrustee2018-08-18
Rachel AlliboneTrustee2018-08-18

Former Officers (4)

  • Katherine Sudron — Secretary/assistant Treasurer (departed 2021-08-04)
  • Lindsey Turner — Trustee (departed 2022-11-06)
  • Brigette McQuillan — Trustee (departed 2020-01-01)
  • Ruth De Reus — Trustee (departed 2018-11-07)

Funding Sources

  • The Lion Foundation — $6,180

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Cat Rescue Wanaka

CC55880Wanaka, WanakaRegistered 6 Nov 2018
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating2d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

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Revenue

$45.2K

Expenses

$43.5K

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

About

Mission

PURPOSE The purposes of the Trust are, where possible: 1. To be beneficial to the community by catching and desexing stray cats and kittens, particularly unsocialised strays, and socialising and re-homing them, in order to reduce the number of stray cats in the community. 2. To foster in our care, stray, abandoned or surrendered cats, and providing the necessary vet care and treatment that they require and to rehome them. 3. To offer ongoing care of desexed stray cats living in colonies. 4. To educate the public on the importance of desexing, and to desex any stray cats or kittens on their property. 5. To educate others on benefits of early age desexing, and encourage rescue organisations, pet shops, breeders or anyone selling or rehoming cats and kittens to desex before sale or adoption, and work with other organisations who also support, promote or encourage these actions. 6. To encourage veterinarians to carry out early age desexing.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
AnimalsGeneral public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$45.2K
Total Expenses
$43.5K
Net Assets
-
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (7 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
6.3mo
Could operate 6.3 months with zero revenue
Healthy
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

50
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 4,961
Donations52.9%
Other46.5%
Investment Income0.6%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 329 peers · Education · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#60/330
Revenue
$45K
#75/330
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/330
Surplus
$2K
#138/330
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/330

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
10
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Wanaka, Wanaka

Registration

Registration NumberCC55880
Entity TypeTrust
Registered6 Nov 2018
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated14 Sept 2022
Registered office
531 Aubrey Road, Wanaka, Wanaka

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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