Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust — Environment Charity in Christchurch
Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity C+ (69/100). Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To promote sustainable management and conservation and environmental projects on Banks Peninsula for the benefit of inhabitants and visitors.
- Registration Number
- CC44970
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2010-08-18
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (69/100)
- Sector
- Environment
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- info@roddonaldtrust.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Animals, General public, Other charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $2.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 3.6 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.5M | $2.2M |
| 2024 | $1.6M | $0.3M | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $2.0M | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.4M | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $1.0M | $0.3M | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $2.5M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.6M | $2.6M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.5M | $2.9M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.3M | $3.3M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $3.4M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 69/100
- Financial Score
- 85
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.6%
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (2)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Shanks | Trustee | 2026-02-25 |
| Joseph Zonneveld | Trustee | 2026-02-25 |
Former Officers (26)
- Kamala Hayman — Trustee
- Francesca Brown — Trustee
- Duncan Bright — Trustee
- Anna Cameron — Trustee
- Piper Pengelly — Trustee (departed 2025-10-14)
- Shelley Washington — Trust Manager
- Tyrone Fields — Trustee
- Jennifer Chowaniec — Trustee
- Robert Frame — Trustee (departed 2023-12-12)
- Maureen McCloy — Trustee (departed 2025-12-09)
- Paul McNoe — Trustee (departed 2025-04-08)
- Richard Suggate — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
- Bryan Storey — Trustee (departed 2023-06-30)
- Debbie Tikao — Trustee (departed 2017-06-30)
- Cynthia Roberts — Trustee (departed 2021-06-30)
- Christine Williams — Trustee (departed 2018-06-30)
- Brian Patrick — Trustee (departed 2017-06-30)
- Bob Webster — Trustee (departed 2022-06-30)
- Andrew Turner — Trustee (departed 2022-10-08)
- Tutehounuku Korako — Trustee (departed 2015-06-30)
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Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust
Financial data as at June 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 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.
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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$520.5K
$2.3M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis 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.
About
To promote sustainable management and conservation and environmental projects on Banks Peninsula for the benefit of inhabitants and visitors.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 143 peers · Environment · $100K – $1M
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