Outward Bound Trust Of New Zealand — Education Charity in Auckland
Outward Bound Trust Of New Zealand is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity B+ (84.7/100). Annual revenue: $9.6M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The principal activity of the Trust is to provide experiential education courses.
- Registration Number
- CC34682
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B+ (84.7/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- governance@outwardbound.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $9.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $9.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $10.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $6.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 75
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9.6M | $9.8M | $6.1M |
| 2024 | $8.9M | $8.9M | $6.3M |
| 2023 | $8.2M | $8.4M | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $6.3M | $7.0M | $6.5M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $6.8M | $7.2M |
| 2020 | $7.3M | $6.7M | $7.4M |
| 2019 | $7.4M | $6.7M | $6.7M |
| 2018 | $7.2M | $6.3M | $6.1M |
| 2017 | $6.1M | $6.1M | $5.2M |
| 2016 | $6.0M | $6.1M | $5.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B+
- Overall Score
- 84.7/100
- Financial Score
- 93.2
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (30)
- Crystal Kaiwai — Acting Chief Executive Officer (departed 2026-07-03)
- Laura Platt — Head of Finance (departed 2026-05-01)
- Delwyn Hart — Director
- Mark Synnott — Director
- Iaean John Cranwell — Director
- JOANNE ROBINSON — Director
- Cheewei Kwan — Director (departed 2024-12-07)
- Steve Hall — Director
- Amy Murphy — Director (departed 2025-08-26)
- Roslyn Mexted — Director
- Sarah Scott — Director (departed 2021-11-27)
- Fiona Mackenzie — Director (departed 2021-02-28)
- Fiona Nicole Mackenzie — Director (departed 2021-02-28)
- Gavin Schiller — Director (departed 2021-04-08)
- Grant Faber — Director
- Steve Cole — Director (departed 2019-11-09)
- Tim Watts — Director
- Ian Moody — Trustee (departed 2017-10-28)
- Hilary Sumpter — Director (departed 2022-12-03)
- Graham Young — Director (departed 2013-09-21)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $246,100 | - |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $246,100 | 2025 |
| Roz Mexted | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Jo Robinson | Deputy Chairperson | - | 2025 |
| Steve Hall | Deputy Chairperson | - | 2024 |
| Grant Faber | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Roz Mexted | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Cheewei Kwan | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Iaean Cranwell | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Tim Watts | Chairperson | - | 2025 |
| Andrew Smith | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Grant Faber | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Del Hart | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Mark Synnott | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Jo Robinson | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Amy Murphy | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Iaean Cranwell | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Tim Watts | Chairperson | - | 2024 |
| Andrew Smith | Outward Bound Trust Director | - | 2025 |
| Cheewei Kwan | Deputy Chairperson | - | 2024 |
| Steve Hall | Deputy Chairperson | - | 2025 |
| Amy Murphy | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Mark Synnott | Trustee | - | 2025 |
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $1,150,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $210,000
- Foundation North — $75,000
- Foundation North — $70,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $70,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $63,000
- Foundation North — $60,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $55,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $50,000
- Foundation North — $50,000
- Foundation North — $45,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $39,495.64
- The Lion Foundation — $30,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Pelorus Trust — $20,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation Limited — $18,664.28
- Foundation North — $15,000
- Trust House Foundation — $10,300
- Trust House Foundation — $10,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $6,000
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in Outward Bound Trust Of New Zealand's annual report.
- Outward Bound Trust of New Zealand Foundation — $752,000 (7.8% of revenue) — Operating grant
Service Providers
- Tej Sethi
- Westpac Banking Corporation
- Westpac Banking Corporation
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Outward Bound Trust Of New Zealand
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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 9. 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.
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About
The principal activity of the Trust is to provide experiential education courses.
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