Clutha Gold Trail Charitable Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Dunedin

Clutha Gold Trail Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B- (73.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: To construct and operate walking and cycling Trails in Otago

Registration Number
CC36962
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2009-01-19
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B- (73.8/100)
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Dunedin, Dunedin
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.0M NZD
Total Assets
$0.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
23.7 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.0M$0.0M$0.1M
2024$0.9M$1.4M$0.1M
2023$4.6M$4.5M$0.5M
2022$5.2M$4.9M$0.4M
2021$0.7M$1.3M$0.0M
2020$0.9M$0.5M$0.5M
2019$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2018$0.1M$0.0M-
2017$0.0M$0.0M-
2016$0.0M$0.0M$-0.0M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B-
Overall Score
73.8/100
Financial Score
77.5
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (19)

  • Mark Patterson — Trustee
  • David Dickson — Trustee
  • Raymond Mcdonald — Trustee
  • Robert Girvan — Trustee
  • David Vollweiller — Trustee
  • Jillian Allison — Trustee
  • Symon Howard — Trustee
  • Dave Crawford — Trustee
  • Stuart Edgecumbe — Trustee
  • Murray Paterson — Trustee
  • Graham Dillon — Trustee (departed 2021-09-16)
  • Roderick Peirce — Trustee (departed 2025-03-31)
  • Tom Stevenson — Trustee (departed 2010-02-20)
  • Colin Turner — Trustee
  • Graeme Dillon — Trustee (departed 2021-09-16)
  • Peter Cummings — Trustee
  • Peter Cubit — Trustee (departed 2017-09-14)
  • William Dacker — Trustee (departed 2023-03-31)
  • Robert Hewett — Trustee (departed 2017-09-14)

Service Providers

  • Crowe

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Clutha Gold Trail Charitable Trust

CC36962Dunedin, DunedinRegistered 19 Jan 2009
Data updated: 23 Sept 2026
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating4d ago

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

B-
74/100
Financial
78
Governance
65
Transparency
65

Reasons to look carefully (1)

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 recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 12. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.

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.

Revenue

$8.8K

Expenses

$38.1K

Assets

$75.2K

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

Endowment Foundation

Special Entity Type

This is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.

Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
General
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Otago

About

Mission

To construct and operate walking and cycling Trails in Otago

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicOlder peoplePeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$8.8K
Total Expenses
$38.1K
Net Assets
$56.8K
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
23.7mo
Could operate 23.7 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

64
Score /100
Moderate
HHI: 3,565
Donations44.7%
Investment Income32.0%
Other23.3%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 360 peers · Arts & Culture · Under $100K

Rating Score
74
#22/361
Revenue
$9K
#252/361
Reserve Months
23.7
#1/361
Surplus
$-29K
#350/361
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/361

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

Rating

B-
Score: 73.8/100
Financial
77.5
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 78 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 70 → B-.
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
Auditor
CROWE
9 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Dunedin, Dunedin

Registration

Registration NumberCC36962
Entity TypeTrust
Registered19 Jan 2009
StatusRegistered

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 30 September 2026.