The Common Unity Project — Community Development Charity in Lower Hutt
The Common Unity Project is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: We are a community-based urban farm and enterprise project, growing food, skills and leadership with local families. The overall purpose of the Trust is to grow vibrant and resilient local communities, recognising that this is inseparable from restoring and protecting the health of the environment, by lighting the magic in communities.
- Registration Number
- CC48997
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2013-03-22
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt
- finance@cupa.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 10
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.7M | $1.0M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $0.6M |
| 2021 | $0.8M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (2)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Chalmers | Trustee | 2026-05-14 |
| (Chih Hung) Christine Hudson | Trustee | 2026-03-01 |
Former Officers (34)
- Peggy Luke-Ngaheke — Trustee (departed 2026-07-20)
- Brent Skinnon — Trustee
- Hannah Pilbrow — Trustee (departed 2024-09-01)
- Andrew Mitchell — Trustee
- Kristie Carter — Trustee
- Sally Babington — Trustee (departed 2023-08-25)
- Frances Herrington — Chair
- Katie Brown — Trustee (departed 2022-05-03)
- Finn Collins — Trustee (departed 2023-08-14)
- Murray Lu — Trustee (departed 2023-06-30)
- Gretchen Leuthart — Trustee (departed 2023-06-30)
- Leanne Dawson — Trustee (departed 2024-03-18)
- Christopher Northmore — Trustee (departed 2025-12-15)
- Wayne Paaka — Trustee (departed 2019-12-28)
- Anna McMartin — Trustee (departed 2019-12-28)
- Anna Griffiths — Trustee (departed 2019-08-31)
- Kerrin Eckersley / Gallagher — Trustee (departed 2020-12-01)
- Carolyn Watts — Trustee (departed 2021-04-01)
- Mary-Jane Rivers — Trustee (departed 2019-12-28)
- Mei Ling Sim — Trustee (departed 2017-02-15)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $7,000
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $3,000
- Pelorus Trust — $2,868.5
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The Common Unity Project
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
We are a community-based urban farm and enterprise project, growing food, skills and leadership with local families. The overall purpose of the Trust is to grow vibrant and resilient local communities, recognising that this is inseparable from restoring and protecting the health of the environment, by lighting the magic in communities.
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