New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust — Education Charity in Wellington
New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity B (76.4/100). Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust is a Trust set up to facilitate the approved and safe use of agrichemicals in New Zealand consistent with sustainable land management and environment protection.
- Registration Number
- CC36847
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (76.4/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- https://www.growsafe.co.nz
- info@growsafe.co.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 19.4 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.6M | $0.7M | $1.1M |
| 2024 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.4M | $1.0M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.9M |
| 2021 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.8M |
| 2020 | $0.7M | $0.5M | $0.7M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.5M |
| 2018 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.4M |
| 2017 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| 2016 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.3M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 76.4/100
- Financial Score
- 88.4
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.9%
Red Flags
- Holding 19.4 months of expenses in reserves ($1.1M) — above the 18-month threshold (within 12 months of threshold). On its own, holding high reserves cannot take a CharityData grade below C, so this grade was held at that level
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jasmin Howie | Trustee | 2026-04-01 |
Former Officers (40)
- Joseph Brolly — Trustee
- Anna-France Lambourne — Trustee (departed 2024-09-01)
- David Birkett — Trustee
- Stephen Chandler — Trustee (departed 2025-01-17)
- Melanie Walker — Trustee
- Hazel Thomson — Trustee
- Jeffrey Howe — Trustee (departed 2024-10-15)
- Clinton Carroll — Trustee
- Bala Tikkisetty — Trustee (departed 2024-03-05)
- Sophie Badland — Trustee (departed 2022-08-22)
- Farzana Adams — Trustee (departed 2023-03-24)
- Colin Hurst — Trustee (departed 2023-11-21)
- Roger Parton — Trustee (departed 2021-05-27)
- Erin Simpson — Trustee
- Karen Williams — Trustee (departed 2020-07-31)
- Justine Tate — Trustee (departed 2019-11-26)
- David Ritchie — Trustee
- Catherine Richardson — Trustee (departed 2020-11-27)
- Guy Wigley — Trustee (departed 2018-05-28)
- Mark Ross — Trustee (departed 2022-03-02)
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New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. 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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust is a Trust set up to facilitate the approved and safe use of agrichemicals in New Zealand consistent with sustainable land management and environment protection.
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