Environmental Education for Resource Sustainability Trust — Environment Charity in Tauranga

Environmental Education for Resource Sustainability Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Tauranga, Tauranga. Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.

Mission: "To educate all sectors of the community on the importance of eliminating waste for the benefit of local communities and the global environment."

Registration Number
CC22711
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2008-04-08
Status
Active
Sector
Environment
Location
Tauranga, Tauranga
Website
https://www.eerst.co.nz
Email
info@eerst.co.nz
Data as at
March 2026

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Voluntary bodies other than charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.6M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.6M NZD
Total Assets
$0.5M NZD
Net Assets
$0.3M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
3
Financial Year End
2026-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2026$0.6M$0.6M$0.3M
2025$0.7M$0.7M$0.3M
2024$0.5M$0.5M$0.3M
2023$0.5M$0.4M$0.3M
2022$0.4M$0.3M$0.2M
2021$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2020$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2019$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2018$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2017$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (3)

NameRoleAppointed
Gary KelkTrustee2018-03-13
Brendon ThomasTrustee2011-08-16
Marty HoffartTrustee2008-04-09

Former Officers (3)

  • Iris Thomas — Trustee
  • Kim Edwards — Secretary (departed 2018-03-13)
  • Bruce Trask — Chair (departed 2013-09-30)

Funding Sources

  • Lion Foundation — $21,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $18,500
  • Foundation North — $15,635
  • Foundation North — $15,116
  • Foundation North — $14,805
  • Foundation North — $13,177
  • Foundation North — $12,189
  • Foundation North — $8,740
  • Trust House Foundation — $4,561
  • Mainland Foundation Limited — $4,561
  • Blue Sky Community Trust — $4,321.2
  • The Trusts Community Foundation — $4,303.5
  • Mainland Foundation Limited — $4,113
  • Mainland Foundation Limited — $3,864

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Environmental Education for Resource Sustainability Trust

CC22711Tauranga, TaurangaRegistered 8 Apr 2008
Data updated: 1 Nov 2026
Financials7mo agoRating1mo ago

Financial data as at March 2026. 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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  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 3. 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

$609.1K

Expenses

$605.8K

Assets

$456.6K

Staff

3

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

"To educate all sectors of the community on the importance of eliminating waste for the benefit of local communities and the global environment."

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicVoluntary bodies other than charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$609.1K
Total Expenses
$605.8K
Net Assets
$330.8K
Staff
3
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 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
3.8mo
Could operate 3.8 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
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

27
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 7,346
High Concentration: 85% of revenue from Government Grants
Government Grants84.9%
Donations11.1%
Other3.8%
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 158 peers · Environment · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#23/159
Revenue
$609K
#30/159
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/159
Surplus
$3K
#102/159
Staff Cost %
69%
#159/159

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

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
10
Transparency
65
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Latest Audit

FY2023
Clean
2 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Tauranga, Tauranga

Registration

Registration NumberCC22711
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered8 Apr 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated7 Apr 2000
Registered office
Suite A, 184 Cameron Road Tauranga 3110, Tauranga

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Environment
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

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