Shear History Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Masterton, Masterton. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: 1. To record, preserve and make available the authentic history of the New Zealand shearing and wool harvesting industry. 2. To promote scholarship and understanding of the New Zealand shearing and wool harvesting industry and the role it has played in New Zealand society. 3. To record oral histories of past champions of the Golden Shears. 4. To identify and record oral histories of identities within the shearing and wool harvesting industry as determined by the Trustees. 5. To establish and maintain a register of collections, items and archives of historical value to the shearing and wool harvesting industry. 6. To establish a friends association of the Shear History Trust 7. To observe/adhere to the highest museological and ethical standards 8. To established at an appropriate time a museum incorporating Golden Shears Hall of Fame and an education centre in or near Masterton to professionally house and secure all items collected by the Trust. 9. To position and encourage
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.4M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.5M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $-0.0M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.5M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.5M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.4M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Graham Saunders | Trustee/vice Chairman | 2025-08-28 |
| Ann Lawrence | Trustee/treasurer | 2024-09-04 |
| Edwin O' Hara | Trustee | 2009-08-27 |
| Ian Laurie Keats | Patron | 2008-03-06 |
| Murray Graham Tomlin | Trustee | 2008-03-06 |
| Roger Thomas Barton | Trustee/chairman | 2008-03-06 |
| Ian Stewart | Trustee | 2008-03-06 |
Financial data as at March 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
1. To record, preserve and make available the authentic history of the New Zealand shearing and wool harvesting industry. 2. To promote scholarship and understanding of the New Zealand shearing and wool harvesting industry and the role it has played in New Zealand society. 3. To record oral histories of past champions of the Golden Shears. 4. To identify and record oral histories of identities within the shearing and wool harvesting industry as determined by the Trustees. 5. To establish and maintain a register of collections, items and archives of historical value to the shearing and wool harvesting industry. 6. To establish a friends association of the Shear History Trust 7. To observe/adhere to the highest museological and ethical standards 8. To established at an appropriate time a museum incorporating Golden Shears Hall of Fame and an education centre in or near Masterton to professionally house and secure all items collected by the Trust. 9. To position and encourage
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