Taranaki Air Ambulance Trust — Health Charity in New Plymouth
Taranaki Air Ambulance Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Health sector, based in New Plymouth, New Plymouth. CharityData rates this charity B- (70.9/100). Annual revenue: $2.9M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: Objectives 1. To raise funds in the Taranaki Area and elsewhere to enable the Trust to provide and support an air ambulance service for the benefit of the Taranaki Community 2. To invest and distribute funds for the benefit of the service, whether by way of acquisition of capital assets for use by the service 3. To promote education about the service 4. To provide funding for specialist training and education of personnel requried by the service 5. To provide for the growth and development of the service by continually assessing the needs of the service as they relate to the trust 6. To employ such persons as necessary to fulfil the purpose of the service 7. To do all such things as required to achieve the charitable purposes of this trust in ensuring the ongoing provision of the service in the Taranaki area and as may be reasonably required from time to time outside that area. 8. To do all such acts and things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of all of the above object
- Registration Number
- CC34440
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B- (70.9/100)
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- New Plymouth, New Plymouth
- Website
- http://www.taat.org.nz
- admin@taat.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.9M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.4 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $1.0M |
| 2025 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.0M |
| 2024 | $2.0M | $1.7M | $0.9M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $0.6M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $0.5M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $0.4M |
| 2019 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $1.0M | $0.9M | $0.3M |
| 2017 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $0.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B-
- Overall Score
- 70.9/100
- Financial Score
- 73.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (15)
- Jessica Parker — Trustee (departed 2024-03-03)
- Paul Schouller — Trustee (departed 2024-03-03)
- Greg Whitham — Trustee
- Shona Glentworth — Trustee (departed 2024-03-03)
- Warren Lovell — Trustee (departed 2019-12-11)
- Cameron Murray — Trustee (departed 2021-05-31)
- Matthew Connor — Trustee (departed 2018-02-14)
- Giles Williams — Trustee (departed 2021-03-31)
- Christina Houghton — Trustee
- Cathy Thurston — Trustee (departed 2017-03-15)
- Christopher Beath — Trustee (departed 2016-05-20)
- Francis Kuriger — Trustee (departed 2010-11-24)
- David Drummond — Trustee
- Bruce Findlay — Trustee (departed 2018-08-22)
- Warren Fulljames — Trustee (departed 2014-12-31)
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Financial data as at March 2026. 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.
- Government-funding concentration92% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Objectives 1. To raise funds in the Taranaki Area and elsewhere to enable the Trust to provide and support an air ambulance service for the benefit of the Taranaki Community 2. To invest and distribute funds for the benefit of the service, whether by way of acquisition of capital assets for use by the service 3. To promote education about the service 4. To provide funding for specialist training and education of personnel requried by the service 5. To provide for the growth and development of the service by continually assessing the needs of the service as they relate to the trust 6. To employ such persons as necessary to fulfil the purpose of the service 7. To do all such things as required to achieve the charitable purposes of this trust in ensuring the ongoing provision of the service in the Taranaki area and as may be reasonably required from time to time outside that area. 8. To do all such acts and things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of all of the above object
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