Purewa Cemetery Trust Board — Community Development Charity in Auckland

Purewa Cemetery Trust Board is a Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity A- (87.8/100). Annual revenue: $4.3M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: Provide funeral and cremation services

Registration Number
CC25379
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-04
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
A- (87.8/100)
Sector
Community Development
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Religious groups, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$4.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$3.5M NZD
Total Assets
$20.7M NZD
Net Assets
$20.3M NZD
Reserve Months
1.9 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
11
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$4.3M$3.5M$20.3M
2024$3.8M$3.4M$19.0M
2023$3.9M$3.2M$17.9M
2022$3.8M$4.1M$16.9M
2021$3.4M$2.6M$17.3M
2020$2.9M$2.5M$15.8M
2019$3.1M$2.7M$15.0M
2018$3.0M$2.4M$14.0M
2017$2.7M$2.4M$13.9M
2016$2.6M$2.1M$12.9M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
A-
Overall Score
87.8/100
Financial Score
97.5
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
85

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (1)

NameRoleAppointed
Michael BerryTrustee2025-04-08

Former Officers (22)

  • Micheal Berry — Trustee
  • Christine Anne Hart — Trustee
  • Puvandran Balakrishnan — Trustee
  • Daniel Alexander Howard Scott — Trustee
  • Vicki Slater — Trustee (departed 2023-12-31)
  • Kerry Davis — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
  • Edward Hempseed — Trustee (departed 2025-12-31)
  • Diana Rattray — Trustee (departed 2021-06-17)
  • Annemarie Millar — Trustee (departed 2023-12-31)
  • Erica Jenkin — Trustee
  • John Bukowski — Trustee (departed 2025-08-21)
  • Murray Ward — Trustee (departed 2019-12-30)
  • John Priestley — Trustee (departed 2021-12-31)
  • Maureen Maesson — Trustee (departed 2018-12-31)
  • Jan Tik — Trustee
  • Christopher Hillier — Trustee (departed 2015-07-03)
  • David Steele — Trustee (departed 2018-12-31)
  • Trevor Clark — Trustee (departed 2009-11-03)
  • John Cockcroft — Trustee (departed 2008-09-30)
  • Maria Collins — Trustee (departed 2013-12-31)

Executive Compensation

NameRoleCompensationYear
Key Management Personnel (aggregate)Seven Trustees and one senior manager$176,2802023

Service Providers

  • BDO

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Purewa Cemetery Trust Board

CC25379Auckland, AucklandRegistered 4 Jun 2008
Data updated: 23 Sept 2026
Financials9mo agoRating4d ago

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

A-
88/100
Financial
98
Governance
65
Transparency
85

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 7. 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

$4.3M

Expenses

$3.5M

Assets

$20.7M

Staff

11

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

About

Mission

Provide funeral and cremation services

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Religious groupsOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$4.3M
Total Expenses
$3.5M
Net Assets
$20.3M
Staff
11
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 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
1.9mo
Could operate 1.9 months with zero revenue
Critical
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

22
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 7,843
High Concentration: 88% of revenue from Other
Other87.7%
Investment Income12.3%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 54 peers · Community Development · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
88
#10/55
Revenue
$4.3M
#12/55
Reserve Months
1.9
#1/55
Surplus
$812K
#10/55
Staff Cost %
34%
#55/55

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

Rating History

A-
2025
Score: 87.8
Financial: 98 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 85
Current
A-
2024
Score: 87.8
Financial: 98 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65

Rating

A-
Score: 87.8/100
Financial
97.5
Governance
65
Transparency
85
Why this grade: Financial 98 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 78 → A-.
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
Auditor
BDO
10 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Auckland, Auckland

Registration

Registration NumberCC25379
Entity TypeTrust
Registered4 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated15 Nov 1938
Registered office
Level 2, 123 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, Auckland

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Community Development
Activities
Provides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides religious services / activitiesProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)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.