Whangaruru Volunteer Coastguard Incorporated — Environment Charity in Russell
Whangaruru Volunteer Coastguard Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Russell, Russell. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Saving lives at sea and aiding of vessels in distress and undertaking marine related safety patrols, along the Northland coastline.
- Registration Number
- CC10479
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-06-18
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Environment
- Location
- Russell, Russell
- whangaruru@coastguard.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.1M | $1.0M |
| 2024 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.7M |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.5M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.0M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Einnee Facey | Secretary | 2024-11-10 |
| Louis Cahill | Vice President & Unit Safety Coordinator | 2022-09-19 |
| Tony Coyle | Treasurer & Unit Training Coordiator | 2021-09-19 |
| Nathalie Leblanc | President | 2020-09-06 |
| Karlene Wakefield | Committee Member | 2013-05-10 |
| Toom Kaka | Committee Member | 1918-10-27 |
Former Officers (19)
- Kit Bigelow — Committee Member (departed 2025-11-09)
- Carol Armitage — President (departed 2024-11-10)
- Heather Rye — Treasurer (departed 2024-11-10)
- Shane Housham — Committee Member (departed 2025-11-09)
- Christopher Bigelow — President (departed 2023-09-10)
- Philip Tane — Treasurer (departed 2018-10-27)
- Kevin Mitchell — Committee Member (departed 2022-09-11)
- Alex Wakefield — President (departed 2018-10-27)
- Maria Cowan — Secretary (departed 2016-12-31)
- Elizabeth Court — Treasurer (departed 2014-05-18)
- Paul Morgan — Member (departed 2013-05-10)
- Nicki Wakefield — Member (departed 2012-04-21)
- Martin Hepi — Committee Member (departed 2018-10-27)
- Tony Milnes — Committee Member (departed 2013-05-10)
- Alexander Wakefield — President (departed 2013-05-10)
- Elaine Lang — Secretary (departed 2012-04-21)
- Terrance Lang — Vice President (departed 2012-04-21)
- Neil McKay — Treasurer (departed 2008-06-30)
- Graeme Haydon — Committee Member (departed 2010-03-31)
Funding Sources
- One Foundation — $24,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $20,000
- The North and South Trust Limited — $20,000
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $3,200
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Whangaruru Volunteer Coastguard Incorporated
Financial data as at June 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.)
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~157 months of expenses on $377K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
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$377.2K
$73.0K
$961.1K
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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Saving lives at sea and aiding of vessels in distress and undertaking marine related safety patrols, along the Northland coastline.
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Ranked against 156 peers · Environment · $100K – $1M
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