Community Legal Advice Whanganui Trust — Social Services Charity in Whanganui
Community Legal Advice Whanganui Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Whanganui, Whanganui. Annual revenue: $0.8M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To meet the unmet legal needs of the community by giving out legal advice, legal representation assistance and advocacy. Also to educate the community in relation to the laws of New Zealand
- Registration Number
- CC10269
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-05-13
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Whanganui, Whanganui
- deanne@claw.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Family / whanau, General public, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 7
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $0.8M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| 2023 | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Hamilton | Trustee | 2026-03-10 |
| Aaron Lyne | Chair | 2025-11-11 |
| Danielle Thrussell | Trustee | 2025-10-14 |
| Jane Ruscoe | Trustee | 2025-10-14 |
| Nikita Purvis | Trustee | 2025-02-11 |
| Judith Browne | Chair | 2024-03-05 |
| Mike Craig | Trustee | 2024-03-05 |
| Carol Newport | Trustee Secretary | 2023-02-09 |
| Marilyn Davies | Chair | 2022-09-14 |
Former Officers (20)
- Ailicia Matthews — Trustee (departed 2023-11-21)
- Sandra Williams — Trustee (departed 2024-09-23)
- Elliot Copeland — Trustee (departed 2022-09-14)
- Petre Allen — Trustee (departed 2022-06-08)
- Murray Corps — Trust Board Member (departed 2023-02-01)
- Jennifer Saywood — Trustee (departed 2025-11-11)
- Raukawa Simon — Board Trustee (departed 2018-02-13)
- Fenella Devlin — Trustee (departed 2012-06-15)
- Stephanie Burlace — Board Trustee (departed 2013-09-01)
- Beverley Pearce — Trustee (departed 2009-10-13)
- Te Reo Hemi — Trustee (departed 2018-02-13)
- Frances Dalziel — Trustee (departed 2025-11-11)
- Dr David Ashley Wilson — Chair (departed 2021-07-28)
- Lanoma Graham — Trustee (departed 2022-08-02)
- Cecilia Boyd — Trustee (departed 2016-09-13)
- Judith Karaitiana — Trustee (departed 2025-11-11)
- Claudine Dupuy — Trustee (departed 2009-06-01)
- Jason Dunn — Trustee (departed 2011-01-12)
- Richard Leith — Trustee (departed 2010-03-01)
- Marie Gittings-Nolan — Trustee (departed 2010-10-12)
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Community Legal Advice Whanganui Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. 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 the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. 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 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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To meet the unmet legal needs of the community by giving out legal advice, legal representation assistance and advocacy. Also to educate the community in relation to the laws of New Zealand
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