Trees For Survival Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Pukekohe
Trees For Survival Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Pukekohe, Pukekohe. Annual revenue: $1.1M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Trees for Survival is an environmental education programme which involves young people growing and planting native trees to restore natural habitats by helping landowners revegetate erosion prone land, improve stream flow and water quality and increase biodiversity.
- Registration Number
- CC28548
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Pukekohe, Pukekohe
- info@tfsnz.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 15
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $0.7M |
| 2024 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $0.7M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $0.8M | $0.7M |
| 2022 | $0.8M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Gunn | Trustee | 2024-11-20 |
| Robyn Simcock | Trustee | 2024-11-20 |
| Allan Vester | Trustee | 2024-01-01 |
| Philip Lyons | National Manager | 2022-12-01 |
| Colin Wilson | Treasurer | 2022-08-24 |
| Peter Buchanan | Trustee | 2021-08-11 |
| Gary Key | Trustee | 2020-09-03 |
| Dennis Waller | Trustee | 2020-09-03 |
| Gary Langford | Chair | 2020-05-01 |
Former Officers (15)
- Avila Judelson — Secretary (departed 2024-10-31)
- Ian Handisides — Trustee (departed 2020-08-01)
- Dennis Millard — National Manager (departed 2022-11-30)
- Eduard van Arkel — Trustee (departed 2023-12-13)
- David English — Trustee (departed 2016-12-31)
- Roger Milne — National Manager (departed 2020-03-31)
- Graeme Houston — Chairman of Trustees (departed 2020-01-01)
- Don Roa — Trustee (departed 2013-12-13)
- Donald Bowater — Trustee (departed 2021-04-08)
- Mark Dean — Trustee (departed 2012-02-28)
- Warren Edwards — Trustee (departed 2013-12-13)
- Geoffrey Shapland — Trustee (departed 2020-09-03)
- Peter Taylor — Trustee (departed 2026-06-27)
- William Boyd — Trustee (departed 2024-10-22)
- Noel Holyoake — Trustee Representative of the Rotary Club of Pakuranga (departed 2022-08-24)
Funding Sources
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $2,000
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Trees For Survival Charitable Trust
Financial data as at December 2025. 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.)
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Trees for Survival is an environmental education programme which involves young people growing and planting native trees to restore natural habitats by helping landowners revegetate erosion prone land, improve stream flow and water quality and increase biodiversity.
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