Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust — Health Charity in Wellington
Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity D+ (54/100). Annual revenue: $102.9M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Provider of support services for the development, health and well being of children under five.
- Registration Number
- CC54853
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2017-07-14
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (54/100)
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- nicole.summerfield@plunket.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $102.9M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $103.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $60.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $44.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 2.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1075
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $102.9M | $103.8M | $44.7M |
| 2024 | $101.5M | $97.7M | $45.2M |
| 2023 | $91.2M | $86.9M | $41.4M |
| 2022 | $93.8M | $90.0M | $37.0M |
| 2021 | $92.3M | $92.9M | $30.6M |
| 2020 | $91.6M | $93.6M | $31.1M |
| 2019 | $84.1M | $87.2M | $33.1M |
| 2018 | $40.3M | $47.1M | $35.7M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 54/100
- Financial Score
- 59.3
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 85
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.0%
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Kennerley | Trustee | 2025-10-31 |
| Tamati Shepherd-Wipiiti | Trustee | 2025-08-29 |
| Anne Fitisemanu | Trustee | 2023-05-23 |
| Fiona Kingsford | Chief Executive | 2022-10-18 |
| Fiona Wiremu | Chair | 2022-01-01 |
| Whetu Parore | Trustee | 2022-01-01 |
| Tracey Bridges | Trustee | 2020-11-03 |
| Tarati Blair-Hunt | Trustee | 2017-11-14 |
Former Officers (11)
- Frances Wilde — Chair (departed 2025-08-28)
- Alexander Skinner — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
- Tammi Uluinayau — Trustee (departed 2017-11-14)
- Amohaere Tangitu — Trustee (departed 2021-10-19)
- Matthew Harker — Trustee (departed 2025-10-30)
- Nigel Kirkpatrick — Trustee (departed 2023-01-31)
- Lucy Hickman — Trustee (departed 2023-01-31)
- Craig Tamblyn — Trustee (departed 2021-10-19)
- Alison Prins — Trustee (departed 2020-11-03)
- Helen Lake — Trustee (departed 2020-11-03)
- Andree Talbot — Trustee (departed 2017-11-14)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Senior Management | $1,908,000 | 2025 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Senior Management | $1,908,000 | 2024 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Senior Management | $1,908,000 | - |
| Board/Trustees (aggregate) | Trustee | $96,000 | 2025 |
| Board/Trustees (aggregate) | Trustee | $96,000 | - |
| Board/Trustees (aggregate) | Trustee | $96,000 | 2024 |
| Unknown | Trustee | $12,500 | 2025 |
| Unknown | Trustee | $12,000 | 2024 |
| Alex Skinner | RAAC Chairperson | - | 2021 |
| Fran Wilde | Chairperson | - | 2021 |
Funding Sources
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $73,106.91
- New Zealand Community Trust — $45,000
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $40,045
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $40,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $36,340
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $29,900
- The North and South Trust Limited — $21,476
- We Care Community Trust — $15,267
- Pelorus Trust — $15,257
- Four Regions Trust — $15,000
- One Foundation — $15,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $14,800
- Trust House Foundation — $11,000
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $10,000
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $10,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $9,656
- Milestone Foundation Limited — $8,424
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $8,000
- ILT Foundation — $7,500
- The North and South Trust Limited — $6,500
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $6,000
- Youthtown Incorporated — $5,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $5,000
- Milestone Foundation — $5,000
- First Light Community Foundation Limited — $5,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $4,600
- Redwood Trust Incorporated — $4,200
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $4,000
- Redwood Trust Incorporated — $4,000
- Oxford Sports Trust — $3,328
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $3,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $3,000
- The North and South Trust Limited — $2,600
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust's annual report.
- Health New Zealand — Te Whatu Ora — $73,524,300 (71.2% of revenue) — Well Child Tamariki Ora service delivery
Service Providers
- KPMG
- Forsyth Barr
- Bank of New Zealand (BNZ)
- Bank of New Zealand
- Bank of New Zealand
- Forsyth Barr
- Forsyth Barr
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Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust
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.
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (KPMG) for 8 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
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.
$102.9M
$103.8M
$60.0M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D+ is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
About
Provider of support services for the development, health and well being of children under five.
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