Te Manawa Museums Trust — Education Charity in Palmerston North
Te Manawa Museums Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Palmerston North, Palmerston North. CharityData rates this charity C- (58.5/100). Annual revenue: $4.5M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The primary objective of the Trust is to provide interactive experience in art, science and history through acquiring, conserving, researching, developing, communicating and exhibiting material evidence of people and their environment, rather than making a financial return.
- Registration Number
- CC38836
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C- (58.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Palmerston North, Palmerston North
- Website
- http://www.temanawa.co.nz
- accounts@temanawa.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $4.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $4.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $23.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $22.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 47
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.5M | $4.5M | $22.6M |
| 2024 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $21.4M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $4.1M | $21.1M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $20.6M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $18.5M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $16.9M |
| 2019 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $17.9M |
| 2018 | $3.8M | $3.9M | $17.9M |
| 2017 | $4.0M | $4.0M | $16.4M |
| 2016 | $3.8M | $3.5M | $16.4M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C-
- Overall Score
- 58.5/100
- Financial Score
- 70
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Gallavin | Trustee | 2025-09-17 |
| Gillian Lawn | Trustee | 2024-05-09 |
| Simon Barnett | Trustee | 2024-04-03 |
| Sarah Rusholme | Trustee | 2024-04-03 |
| Caroline Thum | Trustee | 2024-02-15 |
| Peter Te Rangi | Trustee | 2023-04-18 |
| Terrence Hapi | Trustee | 2021-06-24 |
| Geoffrey Jameson | Trustee | 2014-02-27 |
Former Officers (20)
- Alison Rudzki — Trustee (departed 2025-09-17)
- Evan Greensides — Trustee (departed 2024-01-18)
- James Etuale — Trustee (departed 2022-11-24)
- Alana Crooks — Trustee (departed 2022-11-24)
- Adrian van Dyk — Trustee (departed 2025-03-26)
- Manu Kawana — Trustee (departed 2020-07-30)
- Caroline Tate — Trustee (departed 2024-02-15)
- Sarah Bell — Trustee (departed 2021-11-25)
- Paul McElroy — Trustee (departed 2019-08-29)
- Tyson Schmidt — Trustee (departed 2020-09-24)
- Grant Smith — Trustee (departed 2016-03-31)
- Hohepa Isaac-Sharland — Trustee (departed 2017-12-22)
- Nuwyne Te Awe Awe-Mohi — Trustee (departed 2023-03-24)
- Richard Garland — Trustee (departed 2014-02-27)
- Maia Waitai — Trustee (departed 2012-01-26)
- Bridgitte Te Awe Awe - Bevan — Trustee (departed 2013-02-21)
- John Fowke — Chair (departed 2022-09-29)
- Sheridan Hickey — Trustee (departed 2019-09-26)
- Allan Anderson — Trustee (departed 2014-09-25)
- Anne Podd — Trustee (departed 2012-09-20)
Funding Sources
- The Lion Foundation — $40,000
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
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Te Manawa Museums Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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 8. 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.
- Government-funding concentration85% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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.
$4.5M
$4.5M
$23.4M
47
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
About
The primary objective of the Trust is to provide interactive experience in art, science and history through acquiring, conserving, researching, developing, communicating and exhibiting material evidence of people and their environment, rather than making a financial return.
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Revenue Diversification
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 37 peers · Education · $1M – $10M
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