South Canterbury Rural Support Trust — Social Services Charity in Timaru

South Canterbury Rural Support Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Timaru, Timaru. CharityData rates this charity B- (71.9/100). Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: To provide assistance through programmes or advisory services that may be necessary to help rural people and rural families who are in personal, social or financial stress due to the impact of an adverse event, financial, climatic or otherwise

Registration Number
CC52911
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2016-01-14
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B- (71.9/100)
Sector
Social Services
Location
Timaru, Timaru
Email
rst.timaru.secretary@gmail.com
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Animals, Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Total Assets
$0.4M NZD
Net Assets
$0.4M NZD
Reserve Months
13.3 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
2
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

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

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B-
Overall Score
71.9/100
Financial Score
70.6
Governance Score
75
Transparency Score
65
Program Spending Ratio
0.6%

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (8)

NameRoleAppointed
Max MunroTrustee2025-05-07
Jolene ReidTrustee2024-05-16
Joanne GoodhewTrustee2023-05-11
Stuart McmillanChairperson/trustee2023-03-01
Shirley WrightTrustee2021-06-24
Abby FranceTrustee2021-06-24
Mark AdamsTrustee2019-06-12
David HewsonTrustee2014-12-01

Former Officers (5)

  • Cara Gregan — Trustee (departed 2024-05-16)
  • Kerry Turner — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
  • David Williams — Trustee (departed 2020-09-30)
  • Sarah Barr — Trustee (departed 2020-08-31)
  • Robert Chapman — Trustee (departed 2021-06-24)

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South Canterbury Rural Support Trust

CC52911Timaru, TimaruRegistered 14 Jan 2016
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating3d ago

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

B-
72/100
Financial
71
Governance
75
Transparency
65
Revenue

$143.0K

Expenses

$87.8K

Assets

$415.1K

Staff

2

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

About

Mission

To provide assistance through programmes or advisory services that may be necessary to help rural people and rural families who are in personal, social or financial stress due to the impact of an adverse event, financial, climatic or otherwise

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
AnimalsChildren / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOlder peopleOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$143.0K
Total Expenses
$87.8K
Net Assets
$407.5K
Staff
2
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (10 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

Verified

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
61c
For every $1 spent, 61c reaches programs
Adequate
Sustainability
13.3mo
Could operate 13.3 months with zero revenue
Healthy
Fundraising Cost
$0.07
Costs $0.07 to raise each $1 in donations
Efficient

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

57
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 4,286
Other57.0%
Donations29.1%
Investment Income13.8%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 140 peers · Social Services · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
72
#20/141
Revenue
$143K
#112/141
Reserve Months
13.3
#1/141
Surplus
$55K
#47/141
Staff Cost %
34%
#141/141

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

B-
Score: 71.9/100
Financial
70.6
Governance
75
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 71 × 40% + Governance 75 × 60% = 73 → 72 after red-flag penalties → B-.
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Contact Details

Address
Timaru, Timaru

Registration

Registration NumberCC52911
Entity TypeTrust
Registered14 Jan 2016
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated20 May 2015
Registered office
0, Timaru

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Social Services
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyProvides advice / information / advocacyProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Provides other finance (e.g. investment funds)Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 29 September 2026.