Transform Aotearoa Charitable Trust — Religion Charity in Putaruru

Transform Aotearoa Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Putaruru, Putaruru. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.7M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: Transform Aotearoa is exclusively charitable. We are a forefront facilitator bringing transforming resources to open communities. We support diversity and the intrinsic value of all people from all walks of life. Through collaboration we can unleash powerful and lasting change in the lives of individuals and families. We provide education, programmes and other services to assist and support growth and development within community. The Trust exists to help create lasting values in people that is generational, to encourage and equip people from disadvantaged backgrounds, to help restore physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Our long term goal is to transform our nation by growing thriving communities.

Registration Number
CC53205
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2016-02-10
Status
Active
Sector
Religion
Location
Putaruru, Putaruru
Email
finance@transformaotearoa.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Older people

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.7M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.6M NZD
Total Assets
$0.5M NZD
Net Assets
$0.5M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
5
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.7M$0.6M$0.5M
2024$0.6M$0.6M$0.4M
2023$0.6M$0.5M$0.4M
2022$0.5M$0.3M$0.3M
2021$0.4M$0.3M$0.2M
2020$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2019$0.3M$0.3M$0.0M
2018$0.3M$0.3M$0.0M
2017$0.3M$0.3M$0.0M
2016---

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
Melody ThomsonTrustee2025-02-18
Hadleigh PuttTrustee2025-02-18
Andrew CrosbieTrustee2025-02-18
Peter BassettChair2025-02-18
Bruce BevinsTrustee2023-09-15
Kent CrawfordSecretary2019-09-30
Douglas BayTrustee2015-11-11

Former Officers (7)

  • Howard Goold — Trustee (departed 2025-02-07)
  • Brett Fleming — Chair (departed 2025-02-18)
  • Marilyn Baldwin — Trustee (departed 2025-05-20)
  • Ryan Donovan — Secretary (departed 2023-05-12)
  • Gregory Fleming — Trustee (departed 2018-02-02)
  • Jonathan Marshall — Chair (departed 2019-05-31)
  • Michael Jones — Chair (departed 2017-03-10)

Funding Sources

  • One Foundation — $13,486.83
  • We Care Community Trust — $3,668.6
  • One Foundation — $2,600

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Transform Aotearoa Charitable Trust

CC53205Putaruru, PutaruruRegistered 10 Feb 2016
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating2d ago

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

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Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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.)

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Revenue

$693.7K

Expenses

$551.0K

Assets

$547.9K

Staff

5

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

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
EducationCommunity Development
Beneficiaries
ElderlyGeneral Public
Geographic Focus
Nationwide

About

Mission

Transform Aotearoa is exclusively charitable. We are a forefront facilitator bringing transforming resources to open communities. We support diversity and the intrinsic value of all people from all walks of life. Through collaboration we can unleash powerful and lasting change in the lives of individuals and families. We provide education, programmes and other services to assist and support growth and development within community. The Trust exists to help create lasting values in people that is generational, to encourage and equip people from disadvantaged backgrounds, to help restore physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Our long term goal is to transform our nation by growing thriving communities.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauOlder people

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$693.7K
Total Expenses
$551.0K
Net Assets
$497.7K
Staff
5
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (10 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
4.8mo
Could operate 4.8 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
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

50
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 5,025
Donations60.7%
Other36.5%
Investment Income2.8%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 198 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/199
Revenue
$694K
#19/199
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/199
Surplus
$143K
#30/199
Staff Cost %
64%
#199/199

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

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Putaruru, Putaruru

Registration

Registration NumberCC53205
Entity TypeTrust
Registered10 Feb 2016
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated9 Nov 2015
Registered office
32 Tirau Street, Putaruru, Putaruru

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Religion
Activities
Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 28 September 2026.