Radio Kidnappers Charitable Trust — Community Development Charity in Hastings

Radio Kidnappers Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Hastings, Hastings. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: To broadcast community programmes within Hawkes Bay and New Zealand

Registration Number
CC20134
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2007-11-28
Status
Active
Sector
Community Development
Location
Hastings, Hastings
Email
roger@rpsinclair.co.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.4M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.4M NZD
Total Assets
$0.3M NZD
Net Assets
$0.2M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
4
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.4M$0.4M$0.2M
2024$0.4M$0.4M$0.2M
2023$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2022$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2021$0.3M$0.2M$0.1M
2020$0.2M$0.2M$0.0M
2019$0.2M$0.3M$0.0M
2018$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2017$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2016$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (5)

NameRoleAppointed
Peter FowlerTrustee2024-09-23
David WalkerTrustee2023-04-11
Rizwaana LatiffTrustee2023-03-14
Megan WilliamsTrustee2013-03-01
Roger SinclairTrustee2005-06-01

Former Officers (18)

  • Wendy Forman — Trustee (departed 2025-05-24)
  • Edmond Otis — Trustee (departed 2023-11-01)
  • Bhavna Nagar — Trustee (departed 2024-08-26)
  • Lynne Trafford — Trustee (departed 2023-04-11)
  • Jeremy Roberts — Trustee (departed 2022-12-20)
  • Brent Malone — Trustee (departed 2021-06-30)
  • Karen Cooper — Trustee (departed 2014-12-31)
  • James Diggle — Trustee (departed 2011-04-01)
  • Lionel Priest — Trustee (departed 2014-12-31)
  • Norma Keesing — Trustee (departed 2014-12-31)
  • John Redman — Trustee (departed 2013-03-01)
  • Graeme William Richardson — Chair (departed 2021-06-30)
  • Lee Ferguson — Trustee (departed 2008-12-31)
  • Robin David Gwynn — Trustee (departed 2008-12-31)
  • David Hugh McDonald — Trustee (departed 2009-02-10)
  • Renata Lehmann — Trustee (departed 2016-06-30)
  • Trevor James Ernest Ruffell — Trustee/secretary (departed 2008-12-31)
  • Frederic Cleal Twyford — Trustee (departed 2012-06-30)

Funding Sources

  • First Light Community Foundation Limited — $4,000

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FunderCommunity DevelopmentTrustCharitable Trust

Radio Kidnappers Charitable Trust

CC20134Hastings, HastingsRegistered 28 Nov 2007
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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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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 register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 5. 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.

Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.

Revenue

$440.4K

Expenses

$387.5K

Assets

$314.2K

Staff

4

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

1 red flag identified- Review the Rating tab for details

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Community Development
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Hawke's BayNationwide

About

Mission

To broadcast community programmes within Hawkes Bay and New Zealand

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicMigrants / refugeesOlder peopleOther charitiesPeople of a certain ethnic / racial originPeople with disabilitiesReligious groupsVoluntary bodies other than charitiesOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$440.4K
Total Expenses
$387.5K
Net Assets
$208.3K
Staff
4
employees
Volunteers
0

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
4.5mo
Could operate 4.5 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

1
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,920
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other99.6%
Investment Income0.3%
Donations0.1%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 135 peers · Community Development · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#58/136
Revenue
$440K
#29/136
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/136
Surplus
$53K
#55/136
Staff Cost %
62%
#136/136

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
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Hastings, Hastings

Registration

Registration NumberCC20134
Entity TypeTrust
Registered28 Nov 2007
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated11 Oct 2000
Registered office
First Floor, Lowe House 304 Fitzroy Avenue Hastings, Hastings

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Community Development
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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