Sir Peter Blake Marine Education And Recreation Board — Education Charity in Auckland
Sir Peter Blake Marine Education And Recreation Board is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $1.4M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: To provide safe, fun, high quality marine environmental education and recreation experiences for young New Zealanders. Kia Whakaongaonga Tangaroa i to whatumanawa
- Registration Number
- CC29903
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.merc.org.nz
- accounts@merc.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 22
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.6M |
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $0.9M | $1.0M | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.0M | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.7M |
| 2019 | $0.9M | $1.0M | $1.8M |
| 2018 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $1.9M |
| 2017 | $0.9M | $1.0M | $1.9M |
| 2016 | $0.8M | $0.9M | $2.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (30)
- Gregg Walden — Local Board Representative
- Kerry Tyack — Trustee
- Sarah Wakeford — Trustee
- Alexis Poppelbaum — Local Board Representative (departed 2025-10-11)
- Michael Brown — Chair (departed 2024-09-16)
- Glenn Wilcox — Trustee (departed 2025-03-31)
- Robert Gill — Trustee (departed 2023-12-04)
- Stephen Hathaway — Trustee (departed 2023-09-18)
- Denise Lee — Council Representative
- Anthony Peat — Treasurer
- Richard Rainey — Chair (departed 2020-11-03)
- Michael Goudie — Trustee (departed 2016-06-27)
- Bruce Nancekivell — Trustee (departed 2018-07-30)
- Anita Bilby — Trustee (departed 2015-04-20)
- David Gray — Trustee (departed 2015-04-20)
- Ian Bradley — Trustee (departed 2010-08-17)
- Joy Brett — Trustee (departed 2010-11-22)
- Michael Bridger — Trustee (departed 2009-08-18)
- Alick Wilson — Trustee
- Graeme Collett — Trustee (departed 2008-09-02)
Funding Sources
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $130,763.9
- Foundation North — $65,000
- Foundation North — $65,000
- Foundation North — $45,000
- Foundation North — $45,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $41,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $40,000
- Trillian Trust — $28,474
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $12,144
- Foundation North — $10,000
- The North and South Trust Limited — $9,902
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $6,399.48
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $5,012.9
- The Lion Foundation — $5,000
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Sir Peter Blake Marine Education And Recreation Board
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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To provide safe, fun, high quality marine environmental education and recreation experiences for young New Zealanders. Kia Whakaongaonga Tangaroa i to whatumanawa
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