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
- 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
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net 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)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Venter | Treasurer | 2023-07-26 |
| Nicola Dyer | Trustee | 2022-05-25 |
| Rachel Esselle | Trustee | 2018-08-18 |
| Rachel Allibone | Trustee | 2018-08-18 |
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
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About
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.
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