The Cawthron Foundation — Education Charity in Nelson
The Cawthron Foundation is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Nelson, Nelson. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To enable Cawthron Institute to receive the benefit of bequests, gifts, and endowments for the following purposes: • to develop science for the public good; • to initiate, develop and deliver educational programmes which further scientific knowledge; • to enhance its profile of scientific research by effective promotion, marketing and co-operation; • to establish and provide scholarships to promote the furthering of scientific knowledge and practices.
- Registration Number
- CC28711
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Nelson, Nelson
- Dominic.Bloomfield@cawthron.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (endowment)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $-0.0M |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (22)
- Lindsay McKenzie — Chair
- Lees Seymour — Trustee
- Naomi Solomon — Trustee
- Rachel Boyack-Mayer — Trustee
- Rachel Reese — Trustee (departed 2022-10-07)
- Nick Smith — Trustee (departed 2020-11-06)
- Steve Maina-Mwangi — Trustee
- Tim King — Trustee
- John Palmer — Chair
- Sarah-Jane Weir — \\trustee (acting Chair Citb) (departed 2019-12-08)
- Meg Matthews — Trustee (departed 2024-03-01)
- Megan Matthews — Trustee (departed 2024-03-01)
- Kevin Armstrong — Trustee (departed 2020-07-16)
- Kirsten Ralph — Trustee (departed 2017-12-31)
- Suzanne Beuker — Trustee (departed 2018-04-22)
- Alexander Glasgow — Trustee (departed 2020-07-16)
- John Williams — Chair (departed 2020-07-16)
- Robert Dickinson — Trustee (departed 2019-09-25)
- Richard Kempthorne — Trustee (departed 2019-10-11)
- Oliver Robert Webber Sutherland — Trustee (departed 2008-12-31)
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The Cawthron Foundation
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This charity is a member of a Charities Services reporting group — its parent charity files one consolidated annual return covering the whole group. Because the member's individual return is empty by design (the financial data lives at the parent level), there's nothing on the member's own books for the standard scorecard to measure. The relevant rating, financial figures, and red flags are on the parent charity's profile — follow the link above to see them. The member is part of an ACTIVE filing group; this is not the same as "stale" or "dormant".
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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.
Relationship: Endowment fund for The Cawthron Institute Trust Board
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.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To enable Cawthron Institute to receive the benefit of bequests, gifts, and endowments for the following purposes: • to develop science for the public good; • to initiate, develop and deliver educational programmes which further scientific knowledge; • to enhance its profile of scientific research by effective promotion, marketing and co-operation; • to establish and provide scholarships to promote the furthering of scientific knowledge and practices.
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