New Zealand Methodist Trust Association — Religion Charity in Christchurch
New Zealand Methodist Trust Association is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $38.2M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The Methodist Trust Association is an internal entity of the Methodist Church of New Zealand. Religious purposes
- Registration Number
- CC22846
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-10
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- info@methodist.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other charities, Religious groups
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $38.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $12.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $341.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $38.2M | $12.9M | $1.8M |
| 2024 | $22.2M | $25.6M | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $12.2M | $24.6M | $333.8M |
| 2022 | $21.1M | $2.3M | $315.1M |
| 2021 | $9.8M | $42.0M | $320.1M |
| 2020 | $11.4M | $1.6M | $298.9M |
| 2019 | $13.6M | $18.6M | $300.4M |
| 2018 | $14.1M | $27.2M | $1.8M |
| 2017 | $13.8M | $25.2M | $282.6M |
| 2016 | $14.7M | $18.1M | $282.5M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| David Johnston | Trustee | 2011-02-01 |
Former Officers (28)
- Tara Tautari — Trustee
- David Taumoepeau — Trustee
- Jennifer Moreton — Trustee
- Julie Adamson — Trustee
- Richard Devereux — Trustee (departed 2020-08-07)
- Jane Davel — Trustee (departed 2020-11-23)
- Jane Catherine Davel — Trustee (departed 2020-11-23)
- Stephen Walker — Executive Officer
- Norman Johnston — Trustee (departed 2016-01-31)
- Christopher Johnston — Trustee (departed 2014-02-01)
- Chris Johnston — Trustee (departed 2014-02-01)
- Michael Greer — Trustee (departed 2018-01-31)
- David Gerard Johnston — Trustee
- David Bush — Trustee
- Lorraine Parker — Trustee (departed 2014-01-31)
- Geoffrey Peak — Trustee (departed 2011-12-31)
- Kay Kendall — Trustee (departed 2009-11-30)
- Stanley West — Trustee (departed 2009-11-30)
- Jack Jenner — Trustee (departed 2016-01-31)
- David Hunt — Trustee (departed 2021-11-19)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Moreton | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Julie Adamson | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| David Johnston | Chairperson | - | 2025 |
| David Bush | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Tara Tautari | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Meleane Nacagilevu | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| David Taumoepeau | Trustee | - | 2025 |
Service Providers
- Dawn Alexander
- PKF Goldsmith Fox Audit Limited
- Bank of New Zealand
- Leonard Knight Limited
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New Zealand Methodist Trust Association
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This entity is registered as a charity but functions as a property, trading, or investment vehicle held by a service-delivering parent (a church, school, hospital, professional association, or similar). Its purpose is to hold or trade assets on the parent's behalf — not to deliver programs to public beneficiaries on its own books. The standard charity rating template (program-vs-administration split, reserve-months, fundraising efficiency) doesn't apply at the subsidiary level — those signals are meaningful at the parent level. A letter grade is withheld here rather than producing a misleading F driven by template-fit. Look up the parent charity by name for its rating.
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$38.2M
$12.9M
$341.2M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Subsidiary
Special Entity TypeThis organization is a subsidiary or branch of a parent charity.
About
The Methodist Trust Association is an internal entity of the Methodist Church of New Zealand. Religious purposes
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