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Trustee Insolvency Screening

Cross-referencing charity trustees against the MBIE Insolvency Register. MBIE TTL rules applied.

Trustees Screened

157,734

Current charity officers with linked profiles

Trustees with Records

8

Matched to insolvency register entries

Active Records

15

Currently undischarged

Charities Clear

157,726

No insolvency records found

Methodology & Important Context

Current charity officers with cross-platform profiles are screened against the MBIE Insolvency Register. Matching is by name and may produce false positives — a match does not confirm that the insolvency record belongs to this person.

An insolvency record does not necessarily prevent someone from being a charity trustee. The Charities Act 2005 s16 disqualifies undischarged bankrupts from being officers, but discharged bankrupts face no such restriction. This page is intended to support governance review, not to make determinations about eligibility.

Display of insolvency data is time-limited per the MBIE API Access Agreement: bankruptcy and no-asset procedures are shown for 4 years from discharge; summary instalment orders for 5 years from order date. Exceptions apply for multiple insolvencies.

Insolvency Register Matches

15 records across 8 charities.

TrusteeCharityTypeStatusAdjudicatedDischargedMatch
Robert BellBoard ChairBellbird Charitable TrustEducationBankruptcyActive29 Jul 2004—Name match
Robert BellBoard ChairBellbird Charitable TrustEducationBankruptcyActive20 Oct 2016—Name match
Peter ThomasTrusteeFreedom CentreReligionBankruptcyActive7 May 2003—Name match
Peter ThomasTrusteeFreedom CentreReligionBankruptcyActive4 Nov 2024—Name match
Robert BakerTrusteeMission Links TrustInternational AidBankruptcyActive25 Feb 1998—Name match
Robert BakerTrusteeMission Links TrustInternational AidBankruptcyActive27 Oct 1988—Name match
Charles RobinsonTrusteeNgati Apa Ki Te Ra To Charitable TrustEducationBankruptcyActive26 May 2022—Name match
John BerryTrusteeShaliah Ministries TrustReligionBankruptcyActive2 May 2002—Name match
John BerryTrusteeShaliah Ministries TrustReligionBankruptcyActive13 Dec 1989—Name match
Richard MurrayTrusteeThe Macnab Domain Community TrustArts & CultureNo Asset ProcedureActive25 Jan 2022—Name match
Daniel WalkerChairmanWhanau Marama Parenting LimitedHealthBankruptcyActive15 Nov 2023—Name match
Daniel WalkerChairmanWhanau Marama Parenting LimitedHealthBankruptcyActive16 Nov 2001—Name match
Daniel WalkerChairmanWhanau Marama Parenting LimitedHealthBankruptcyActive19 Sept 2008—Name match
David BaldwinBoard MemberWillow Creek Association (New Zealand) TrustOtherNo Asset ProcedureActive9 Jun 2010—Name match
David BaldwinBoard MemberWillow Creek Association (New Zealand) TrustOtherBankruptcyActive25 Feb 2013—Name match

MBIE Data Retention Rules

Bankruptcy

Displayed for 4 years from discharge date. No limit if 2+ bankruptcies or combined with no-asset procedure.

No Asset Procedure

Displayed for 4 years from discharge date. No limit if combined with bankruptcy.

Summary Instalment Order

Displayed for 5 years from order date.

Data sourced from the Insolvency Register. Search date: 3 October 2026 at 09:51 pm UTC.

Data sourced from MBIE Insolvency Register, Charities Services register. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. 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.

Data as at 1 Oct 2026 · refreshed weekly from the Charities Register data we hold