The Prema Charitable Trust — Education Charity in New Lynn
The Prema Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in New Lynn, New Lynn. Annual revenue: $1.7M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2024.
Mission: The vision of the trust is to foster a deep understanding of the highest aspiration of a human being, which is to realise self. This development of this understanding is encouraged through teaching and natural medicine, psychological studies, living in harmony with nature and each other, and spirituality. The Prema Trust serves the world and its people through education. It endeavours to make the world a better place for all beings. To promote understanding that love is the basis for the universe and this can be expressed as loving relationships with all living beings.
- Registration Number
- CC23161
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-17
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- New Lynn, New Lynn
- Website
- https://www.kawaipurapura.co.nz
- phillip.cottingham@prematrust.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2024
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.7M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $5.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $5.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2024-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.0M | $5.8M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.5M | $5.3M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $3.0M | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.9M | $6.2M |
| 2019 | $2.7M | $3.4M | $6.3M |
| 2018 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $7.0M |
| 2017 | $3.4M | $3.8M | $3.0M |
| 2016 | $3.2M | $3.3M | $3.3M |
| 2015 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $2.7M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Debra Wymer | Trustee | 2024-07-01 |
| Jenny Cottingham | Trustee | 2021-06-29 |
| Phillip Cottingham | Trustee | 2021-06-29 |
Former Officers (13)
- Veronica Martin — Trustee (departed 2024-12-20)
- Jeanne Waldron — Trustee (departed 2025-03-01)
- Gary Fitzpatrick — Trustee (departed 2024-12-04)
- Paul Gregory — Trustee (departed 2023-01-15)
- Gareth Hoole — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
- Clive Bish — Trustee (departed 2021-06-29)
- Jeffrey Meltzer — Trustee (departed 2021-06-29)
- Glenn Wilcox — Trustee (departed 2020-05-22)
- Echo McRae — Trustee (departed 2017-02-01)
- Paul Butler — Chair (departed 2020-05-22)
- Peta Joyce — Trustee (departed 2020-05-22)
- Lindsay Peart — Trustee (departed 2009-07-27)
- Grant Litchfield — Trustee/chairperson (departed 2019-03-20)
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The Prema Charitable Trust
Financial data as at December 2024. 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.)
How ratings work →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 3. 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The vision of the trust is to foster a deep understanding of the highest aspiration of a human being, which is to realise self. This development of this understanding is encouraged through teaching and natural medicine, psychological studies, living in harmony with nature and each other, and spirituality. The Prema Trust serves the world and its people through education. It endeavours to make the world a better place for all beings. To promote understanding that love is the basis for the universe and this can be expressed as loving relationships with all living beings.
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