Ashburton Youth Cafe Charitable Trust — Community Development Charity in Ashburton

Ashburton Youth Cafe Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Ashburton, Ashburton. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: The philosophy of the Ashburton Youth Café Charitable Trust is that by providing a safe environment for youth to interact will in turn reduce inappropriate youth activity within their own social circles and the community. Providing them with a venue to mix with their peers and to interact in a non-threatening atmosphere will assist with youth development. Integrating all cultures will encourage all youth to be accepting of our changing society

Registration Number
CC43031
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2009-12-02
Status
Active
Sector
Community Development
Location
Ashburton, Ashburton
Email
base@baseyouth.org.nz
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.2M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Total Assets
$0.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
5
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.2M$0.1M$0.1M
2024$0.1M$0.1M-
2023$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2022$0.1M$0.1M$-0.0M
2021$0.1M$0.1M$-0.0M
2020$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2018$0.0M$0.1M-
2017$0.1M$0.1M-
2016$0.1M$0.1M-

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (6)

NameRoleAppointed
Heena ShahTrustee2026-02-09
Natasha FourieTreasurer2025-05-28
Graham SmithTrustee2024-06-10
Tania Trusler-Clark Trusler-ClarkTrustee2023-02-14
Tarwireyi ChibanguzaTrustee2021-03-09
Jayne CorneliusTrustee2020-06-09

Former Officers (27)

  • Sarah Tiffen — Treasurer/secretary (departed 2025-05-28)
  • Jasmin Young — Trustee (departed 2024-07-27)
  • Annette Brasell — Trustee (departed 2023-02-23)
  • Katrina Ward — Trustee (departed 2024-06-12)
  • Max Reeves — Trustee (departed 2023-04-05)
  • Ross Pearce — Trustee (departed 2024-03-11)
  • Claudine Campbell — Trustee (departed 2019-08-16)
  • Thelma Bell — Trustee (departed 2018-03-13)
  • Kerryn Gray — Chair (departed 2019-11-26)
  • Samuel Ruck — Trustee (departed 2018-03-30)
  • Tayla Wright — Trustee (departed 2018-02-28)
  • Nicki Gunn — Trustee (departed 2017-10-31)
  • Janet Hadley — Trustee / Secretary (departed 2017-03-24)
  • Aileen Campbell — Trustee (departed 2014-08-12)
  • Jim Soal — Trustee (departed 2016-07-21)
  • Marilyn Gilchrist — Trustee (departed 2018-02-28)
  • Jenny Reed — Trustee (departed 2020-07-14)
  • Jan Church — Secretary / Trustee (departed 2016-07-21)
  • Nina Rogers — Trustee (departed 2017-07-21)
  • Jacqueline Sparks — Trustee (departed 2014-07-22)

Funding Sources

  • Lion Foundation — $16,000
  • Lion Foundation — $9,000

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Ashburton Youth Cafe Charitable Trust

CC43031Ashburton, AshburtonRegistered 2 Dec 2009
Data updated: 1 Nov 2026
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating1mo ago

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

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

XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)

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Reasons to look carefully (1)

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  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 6. 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.

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Revenue

$150.9K

Expenses

$134.3K

Assets

$125.0K

Staff

5

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

About

Mission

The philosophy of the Ashburton Youth Café Charitable Trust is that by providing a safe environment for youth to interact will in turn reduce inappropriate youth activity within their own social circles and the community. Providing them with a venue to mix with their peers and to interact in a non-threatening atmosphere will assist with youth development. Integrating all cultures will encourage all youth to be accepting of our changing society

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$150.9K
Total Expenses
$134.3K
Net Assets
$57.5K
Staff
5
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (15 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
11mo
Could operate 11 months with zero revenue
Healthy
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

0
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,980
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other99.9%
Investment Income0.1%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 153 peers · Community Development · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#37/154
Revenue
$151K
#118/154
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/154
Surplus
$17K
#88/154
Staff Cost %
47%
#154/154

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
C
2024
Score: 64.9
Financial: 93 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Latest Audit

FY2023
Clean
7 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Ashburton, Ashburton

Registration

Registration NumberCC43031
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered2 Dec 2009
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated13 Oct 2009
Registered office
Base Cafe 110 Tancred Street Ashburton 7700, Ashburton

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Community Development
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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