Central Otago Living Options Charitable Trust — Social Services Charity in Alexandra
Central Otago Living Options Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Alexandra, Alexandra. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2016.
Mission: To provide supported living service for people with disabilities in Central Otago and the Wakatipu.
- Registration Number
- CC45915
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2010-12-15
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Alexandra, Alexandra
- alastair@livingoptions.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- March 2016
Beneficiaries: People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $3.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $2.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2016-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $2.6M |
| 2015 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $2.5M |
| 2014 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $2.6M |
| 2013 | $0.3M | $0.1M | $2.6M |
| 2012 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $2.3M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (6)
- Caroline Hutchison — Trustee
- Pamella Wallace — Trustee
- Peter Mead — Trustee (departed 2023-08-07)
- Anthony Mckenna — Trustee
- Heather Guest — Trustee
- Thomas Pryde — Trustee (departed 2021-07-05)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $73,202.52
Reporting Group Members
Central Otago Living Options Charitable Trust files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 1 sibling charity:
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Central Otago Living Options Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 2016. Sourced from Charities Services register.
The most recent financial filing with Charities Services is more than three years old. Until a current return is filed, a rating is not assigned.
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (3)
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 4. 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.
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~286 months of expenses on $130K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
- Shared trustees with reporting-group siblings3 current trustees also serve on the board of another charity in the same Charities Services reporting group (group has 2 member charities filing one consolidated annual return). Group-internal cross-trusteeship can be operationally efficient but should be visible to donors.
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$130.2K
$110.9K
$3.2M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2016). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Reporting group parent. Central Otago Living Options Charitable Trust files one consolidated annual return covering 1 member. Member-level figures are not separately reported with Charities Services.
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Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To provide supported living service for people with disabilities in Central Otago and the Wakatipu.
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Reporting Group — Consolidated Annual Return
Central Otago Living Options Charitable Trust is one of 2 charities in a Charities Services reporting group. Members file a single consolidated Annual Return together, so the financial figures on each member’s page reflect the combined group — not standalone operations.
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