Water Safety New Zealand Incorporated — Community Development Charity in Wellington
Water Safety New Zealand Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity C (60.7/100). Annual revenue: $4.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: WSNZ is the lead agency for the water safety sector. We work to reduce the high number of Kiwis who lose their lives or are injured in the water each year.
- Registration Number
- CC33799
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (60.7/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- wsnz@watersafety.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $4.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $4.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.7M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 2.5 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 11
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.3M | $4.4M | $1.5M |
| 2024 | $4.4M | $4.4M | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $5.0M | $4.9M | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $4.7M | $1.1M |
| 2019 | $4.1M | $4.3M | $1.1M |
| 2018 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $1.4M |
| 2017 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $1.3M |
| 2016 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $1.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 60.7/100
- Financial Score
- 87.4
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- Average staff compensation of $165,109 per FTE, significantly above sector average of $75,000
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (38)
- Fole (Daleki) Finau — Trustee
- Vanessa Winnings — Trustee
- Nina Welanyk Brown — Independent Board Member
- Emma Sutherland — Trustee
- James HELMORE — Trustee
- Anna Tootill — Trustee
- Peter Kara — Trustee
- Corrina Gage — Trustee (departed 2024-10-23)
- Anne-Marie Jackson — Trustee (departed 2023-10-30)
- Kira Schaffler — Trustee (departed 2024-10-23)
- Elsie McKee — Trustee (departed 2022-10-20)
- Jennifer Gill — Trustee (departed 2021-10-21)
- KATE WAREHAM — Chair (departed 2023-09-29)
- Michael Bassett-foss — Trustee (departed 2023-09-29)
- Matt Barker — Trustee (departed 2022-10-20)
- Ian Murphy — Trustee (departed 2019-10-31)
- Maurice Kidd — Trustee (departed 2022-10-20)
- Dean Lawrence — Trustee (departed 2022-10-20)
- Katie Phillipps — Trustee (departed 2017-10-25)
- Danny Tuato'o — Trustee (departed 2021-02-10)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Key Management Personnel | Senior Management Personnel | $570,099 | 2024 |
| Governing Body (Board Members) | Board Members/Directors | $30,750 | 2024 |
Service Providers
- Moore Markhams
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Water Safety New Zealand Incorporated
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.
$4.3M
$4.4M
$1.7M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
WSNZ is the lead agency for the water safety sector. We work to reduce the high number of Kiwis who lose their lives or are injured in the water each year.
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Ranked against 54 peers · Community Development · $1M – $10M
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