Hutt Valley Hearing Trust — Health Charity in Lower Hutt

Hutt Valley Hearing Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: (a) To promote and advance the interests and general welfare of all persons who have a hearing impairment, resident within, but not exclusively, the Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council defined boundaries (Hutt Valley); and (b) To increase awareness of the issues of noise-induced hearing loss through educational awareness programs in the general public and among specific target audiences such as industry, local government and schools; and (c) Liaising with other like organisations and the community

Registration Number
CC58689
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2021-02-04
Status
Active
Sector
Health
Location
Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt
Email
admin@hvhearing.co.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.2M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.2M NZD
Total Assets
$1.4M NZD
Net Assets
$1.4M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
4
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.2M$0.2M$1.4M
2024$0.2M$0.2M$1.4M
2023$0.1M$0.2M$1.4M
2022$0.1M$0.2M$1.4M
2021$0.1M$0.1M$1.5M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (8)

NameRoleAppointed
Robert TaylorTrustee2026-07-09
Allison HendersonTrustee2026-03-17
Regan SmithManager2026-03-03
Murray CharlesworthTrustee2026-01-28
Josh BallantyneTrustee2025-08-26
Kevin DayTrustee2025-08-19
Mark KeithTrustee2025-08-19
David GledhillTrustee2024-03-19

Former Officers (12)

  • Lesley McSherry — Trustee (departed 2025-12-31)
  • Robyn Taylor — Trustee (departed 2026-07-09)
  • Gaylene Hawkins — Trustee (departed 2025-08-19)
  • Lesley McSharry — Trustee (departed 2025-08-25)
  • Megan Dempster — Trustee (departed 2025-03-31)
  • Brian Smellie — Trustee (departed 2025-05-20)
  • Susan Wylde — Trustee (departed 2025-09-12)
  • Philippa Weston — Trustee (departed 2021-03-31)
  • Gerald Boot — Trustee (departed 2025-11-25)
  • Patrick Dawick — Trustee (departed 2025-07-01)
  • Verity Doak — Trustee (departed 2025-09-12)
  • Cindy Waldron — Trustee (departed 2023-01-31)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $3,859.78
  • Pelorus Trust — $2,720.89
  • Four Winds Foundation Limited — $2,164
  • Pelorus Trust — $452.17

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Hutt Valley Hearing Trust

CC58689Lower Hutt, Lower HuttRegistered 4 Feb 2021
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating2d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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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  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 9. 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.

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Revenue

$156.1K

Expenses

$166.0K

Assets

$1.4M

Staff

4

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

About

Mission

(a) To promote and advance the interests and general welfare of all persons who have a hearing impairment, resident within, but not exclusively, the Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council defined boundaries (Hutt Valley); and (b) To increase awareness of the issues of noise-induced hearing loss through educational awareness programs in the general public and among specific target audiences such as industry, local government and schools; and (c) Liaising with other like organisations and the community

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
People with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$156.1K
Total Expenses
$166.0K
Net Assets
$1.4M
Staff
4
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (5 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
4.9mo
Could operate 4.9 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
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

1
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,920
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other99.6%
Investment Income0.4%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 157 peers · Health · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#39/158
Revenue
$156K
#120/158
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/158
Surplus
$-10K
#106/158
Staff Cost %
76%
#158/158

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt

Registration

Registration NumberCC58689
Entity TypeTrust
Registered4 Feb 2021
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated15 Feb 2021
Registered office
Unit 19, 55 Percy Cameron Street, Avalon, Lower Hutt

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Health
Activities
Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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