Te Runanga O Arowhenua Ltd — Community Development Charity in Timaru

Te Runanga O Arowhenua Ltd is a Company charity in the Community Development sector, based in Timaru, Timaru. CharityData rates this charity C (60.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.9M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: Administers funding for Te Runanga O Arowhenua Society Incorporated

Registration Number
CC25444
Charity Type
Company
Registration Date
2008-06-05
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
C (60.8/100)
Sector
Community Development
Location
Timaru, Timaru
Email
sandra@footes.co.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Family / whanau, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.9M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Total Assets
$21.9M NZD
Net Assets
$20.5M NZD
Reserve Months
3960.1 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
6
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.9M$0.1M$20.5M
2024$15.1M$0.8M$20.4M
2023$7.7M$0.7M$3.9M
2022$0.6M$0.5M$2.5M
2021$0.5M$0.5M$2.8M
2020$0.6M$0.5M$2.9M
2019$0.5M$0.5M$2.0M
2018$1.7M$0.5M$0.7M
2017$1.8M$0.4M$1.5M
2016$1.6M$0.3M$0.4M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
C
Overall Score
60.8/100
Financial Score
77.5
Governance Score
55
Transparency Score
65

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 (4)

NameRoleAppointed
Mark RogersDirector2021-10-15
Peter LymanDirector2015-01-26
Jarron BoulterDirector1925-02-27
Aaron DonaldsonDirector1925-02-24

Former Officers (18)

  • Karl Te Raki — Director (departed 2024-12-06)
  • Richard Manning — Director (departed 2025-02-28)
  • Vivien Wood — Director (departed 2023-12-11)
  • Elizabeth Stevenson — Treasurer (departed 2023-02-12)
  • Lyndon Waaka — Director (departed 2021-08-27)
  • Anthony Dunstan — Director (departed 2021-01-31)
  • Robert King — Director (departed 2022-01-18)
  • Peter Hopkinson — Director (departed 2016-03-09)
  • Richard Hopkinson — Director (departed 2016-03-09)
  • John Henry — Director (departed 2025-03-07)
  • Duane Brooking — Director (departed 2014-10-12)
  • Mokai Reihana — Director (departed 2014-11-10)
  • Dana Jackson — Treasurer (departed 2014-10-12)
  • Te Ao Waaka — Director (departed 2014-11-10)
  • Joan Thomas — Secretary-Director (departed 2014-11-10)
  • Ernest Johnston — Director (departed 2009-05-07)
  • Lara Rei Hana — Director (departed 2009-10-11)
  • Francese Waaka-home — Director (departed 2009-05-14)

Similar Charities in Community Development

Community DevelopmentCompany

Te Runanga O Arowhenua Ltd

CC25444Timaru, TimaruRegistered 5 Jun 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating2d ago

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

C
61/100
Financial
78
Governance
55
Transparency
65

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 4. 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

$895.2K

Expenses

$62.0K

Assets

$21.9M

Staff

6

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

1 red flag identified- Review the Rating tab for details

Endowment Foundation

Special Entity Type

This 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

Mission

Administers funding for Te Runanga O Arowhenua Society Incorporated

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Family / whanauPeople of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$895.2K
Total Expenses
$62.0K
Net Assets
$20.5M
Staff
6
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
0mo
Could operate 0 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

0
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 10,000
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other100.0%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 147 peers · Community Development · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
61
#32/148
Revenue
$895K
#4/148
Reserve Months
3960.1
#1/148
Surplus
$833K
#1/148
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/148

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

Rating

C
Score: 60.8/100
Financial
77.5
Governance
55
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 78 × 40% + Governance 55 × 60% = 64 → 61 after red-flag penalties → C.
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
10 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Timaru, Timaru

Registration

Registration NumberCC25444
Entity TypeCompany
Registered5 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeNZ Limited Company
Incorporated20 Dec 2000
Company #1108797
Registered office
53-55 Sophia Street, Timaru, 7910

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Community Development
Activities
Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)

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