Living Well Trust — Religion Charity in Thames
Living Well Trust is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Thames, Thames. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at May 2025.
Mission: Within New Zealand: to provide leadership, direction and resources which will enable Thames Baptist Church to minister to its local community by seeking to meet the social, emotional, physical, spiritual and educational needs of the people of its local community To provide such service centres, programmes and facilities as will support appropriate community services. To promote the gospel of Jesus Christ through a well-run and well-stocked Christian bookshop catering for a range of tastes and needs, serving the community and churches of Thames and surrounding areas with a facility that is welcoming to all and with caring concern for anyone in need of friendship and prayer.
- Registration Number
- CC29731
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Thames, Thames
- admin@thamesbaptist.org.nz
- Data as at
- May 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 6
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-05-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Trevor Weeks | Trustee | 2026-02-10 |
Former Officers (20)
- Robyn Ruddell — Trustee
- Colin McLaren — Chair
- Lyndon Twemlow — Trustee (ex Officio)
- Diane Pawley — Trustee
- Katherine Sangster — Trustee
- Ann Hoover — Trustee (departed 2025-11-23)
- Royce McMurtrie — Trustee (departed 2025-07-01)
- Karlene Lee — Trustee (departed 2024-06-25)
- Kylie Gunn — Trustee (departed 2022-11-05)
- Caroline Talbot — Trustee (departed 2022-02-28)
- Terri Churton — Trustee/treasurer
- Keri Revell — Chair (departed 2025-05-20)
- David Gibson — Trustee (departed 2018-05-23)
- Wilfrid Pound — Trustee (departed 2011-11-23)
- Edwin Griffin — Trustee (departed 2015-11-03)
- Margaret Mabey — Trustee (departed 2017-08-30)
- David Kitchen — Trustee (departed 2018-12-31)
- Elizabeth Jones — Trustee (departed 2019-08-28)
- Paul Silvester — Trustee (departed 2019-08-28)
- Alison Donnelly — Secretary (departed 2011-12-23)
Funding Sources
- We Care Community Trust — $15,063
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $13,000
- Lion Foundation — $6,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $4,000
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Living Well Trust
Financial data as at May 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.)
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Within New Zealand: to provide leadership, direction and resources which will enable Thames Baptist Church to minister to its local community by seeking to meet the social, emotional, physical, spiritual and educational needs of the people of its local community To provide such service centres, programmes and facilities as will support appropriate community services. To promote the gospel of Jesus Christ through a well-run and well-stocked Christian bookshop catering for a range of tastes and needs, serving the community and churches of Thames and surrounding areas with a facility that is welcoming to all and with caring concern for anyone in need of friendship and prayer.
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Ranked against 198 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M
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