The Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Disaster Relief Fund Trust — Social Services Charity in Palmerston North
The Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Disaster Relief Fund Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Palmerston North, Palmerston North. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C (63.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To provide financial and any other relief or assistance to meet the welfare and other needs of people who have suffered damage or loss following a significant natural or man-made disaster in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region or elsewhere in New Zealand and to seek public donations and to raise funds.
- Registration Number
- CC23417
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-23
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (63.8/100)
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Palmerston North, Palmerston North
- adrian.smith@horizons.govt.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Other charities, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 216.1 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.6M | $0.7M | $0.1M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 63.8/100
- Financial Score
- 77.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- 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 (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Bernie Wanden | Trustee | 2019-10-13 |
Former Officers (22)
- Weston Kirton — Trustee
- Andrew Tripe — Trustee
- Rachel Keedwell — Trustee (departed 2025-11-01)
- Bernard Wanden — Trustee
- Helen Worboys — Trustee
- Tracey Collis — Trustee
- Hamish McDouall — Trustee (departed 2022-10-12)
- Don Cameron — Trustee (departed 2022-10-25)
- Andy Watson — Trustee
- Michael Feyen — Trustee (departed 2019-10-13)
- Jenny Duncan — Trustee (departed 2017-09-19)
- Vaughan Dennison — Trustee
- Bruce Gordon — Chair (departed 2019-10-31)
- Peter Johns — Trustee (departed 2017-09-19)
- David Lea — Trustee (departed 2010-10-27)
- Eric Linklater — Chair (departed 2017-09-19)
- Ray Stevens — Trustee (departed 2017-02-07)
- Douglas Duncan — Trustee (departed 2017-09-19)
- Garrick Murfitt — Trustee (departed 2010-11-30)
- Cynthia Dowsett — Trustee (departed 2019-10-31)
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The Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Disaster Relief Fund Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. 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.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 7. 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.
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$90.5K
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.
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 provide financial and any other relief or assistance to meet the welfare and other needs of people who have suffered damage or loss following a significant natural or man-made disaster in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region or elsewhere in New Zealand and to seek public donations and to raise funds.
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Ranked against 276 peers · Social Services · Under $100K
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