The Challenge Wanaka Sports Trust — Sports & Recreation Charity in Wanaka
The Challenge Wanaka Sports Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Sports & Recreation sector, based in Wanaka, Wanaka. Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: We are a trust that organise and run the Challenge Wanaka Festival of Triathlon. We run events for all ages and abilities. The community of Wanaka embraces the event and over 200 members of the community volunteer each year to help out
- Registration Number
- CC41318
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2009-07-12
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Sports & Recreation
- Location
- Wanaka, Wanaka
- jane@challenge-wanaka.com
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 6
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $-0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.0M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Shaun Hubbard | Trustee | 2023-08-01 |
| Wayne Hudson | Trustee | 2023-08-01 |
| Penelope Batchelor | Trustee | 2022-10-13 |
| Patrick 16 Cribb | Trustee | 2022-10-13 |
| Anthony Gordon Pfeiffer | Trustee | 2019-08-22 |
| Andrew Mcleod | Trustee | 2015-07-01 |
Former Officers (14)
- Jessica Adele Garrett Garrett — Trustee (departed 2023-07-31)
- Julie Aitken — Trustee (departed 2023-07-31)
- Kelly Good — Trustee (departed 2025-10-09)
- Nicola Holmes — Trustee (departed 2017-12-04)
- Steve Gurney — Trustee (departed 2019-09-23)
- Ann Scanlan — Trustee (departed 2014-05-01)
- Chris Stevens — Trustee (departed 2021-02-24)
- Fiona Reid — Trustee (departed 2015-03-31)
- Victoria Murray-Orr — Trustee (departed 2019-09-19)
- Hildegard Stapper — Trustee (departed 2012-12-31)
- Thomas Pryde — Trustee (departed 2021-03-15)
- Alistair Madill — Trustee (departed 2023-03-31)
- John Alldred — Trustee (departed 2016-09-22)
- Scott Findlay — Trustee (departed 2015-03-31)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $15,000
- Lion Foundation — $12,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $12,000
- The Lion Foundation — $10,000
- The Lion Foundation — $8,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $7,550
- Pub Charity Limited — $5,000
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $5,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $3,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $3,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $1,031.34
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The Challenge Wanaka Sports Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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.)
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 6. 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 (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
We are a trust that organise and run the Challenge Wanaka Festival of Triathlon. We run events for all ages and abilities. The community of Wanaka embraces the event and over 200 members of the community volunteer each year to help out
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Ranked against 168 peers · Sports & Recreation · $100K – $1M
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