The New Plymouth & Districts' Returned and Services' Association Incorporated — Education Charity in New Plymouth
The New Plymouth & Districts' Returned and Services' Association Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in New Plymouth, New Plymouth. CharityData rates this charity C (63.4/100). Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To preserve the comradeship born of service and to promote the general welfare of servicemen and former servicemen, their respective dependants and the former dependants of deceased servicemen or ex-servicemen. The New Plymouth & Districts' Returned and Services' Association Inc maintains a separate Poppy Trust account for public funds collected on Poppy day. Eligibility for Poppy Trust grants is for Returned and service personnel, their dependents and families, regardless of whether they are members of an RSA or not. The trust shall be applied by the Trustees exclusively for charitable purposes within New Zealand for (a) for the welfare of returned and service people and their dependents (b) in the event the RNZRSA determines that funds raised in connection with the RSA Poppy can be used for the needs or welfare of returned and service personnel, their dependents, the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, or such other charitable purposes within New Zealand.
- Registration Number
- CC53098
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2019-10-01
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (63.4/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- New Plymouth, New Plymouth
- newplymouthrsa@xtra.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 18.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.4M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 63.4/100
- Financial Score
- 65.5
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.4%
Red Flags
- Holding 18.3 months of expenses in reserves ($0.3M) — above the 18-month threshold (within 12 months of threshold). On its own, holding high reserves cannot take a CharityData grade below C, so this grade was held at that level
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Williams | Treasurer/-Executive-Member-Trustee-Poppy-Trust-Trustee-Support-Trust | 2026-03-16 |
| Penelope Williams | Executive-Committee-Member-Trustee-Poppy-Trust-Trustee-Nprsa-Support-Trust | 2026-03-01 |
| Michael Fabish | Executive Committee Member Nprsa | 2024-11-30 |
| Craig Taylor | Executive Committee Member Nprsa | 2024-11-30 |
| Leon Kovaleski | Executive Committee Member | 2023-11-25 |
| Roderick Ehrhorn | Poppy Trust Trustee | 2022-12-12 |
| Graham Chard | Poppy Trust Trustee | 2022-12-12 |
| Stephen Bone | Poppy Trust Trustee | 2022-12-12 |
| Helen Loney | Executive Committee Member | 2020-11-21 |
Former Officers (23)
- Janet Delaney — Honorary Treasurer (departed 2026-03-16)
- Ronald Prichard — Welfare Officer (departed 2025-11-22)
- Peter Kendrick — Honorary Treasurer Poppy Trust (departed 2025-11-22)
- Gary Holswich — Poppy Trust Trustee (departed 2024-11-30)
- Anthony Kivell — Executive Committee Member (departed 2024-11-30)
- Andrew Daley — Executive Committee Member (departed 2022-07-11)
- Denise Wood — Executive Committee Member (departed 2020-11-22)
- Karen Chard — Executive Committee Member (departed 2022-11-19)
- Peter Dobson — Executive Committee Member (departed 2023-11-25)
- Bryan Benton — Executive Committee Member (departed 2020-07-07)
- Mervyn Martin — Executive Committee Member (departed 2021-12-04)
- Helen Holswich — Executive Committee (departed 2024-11-30)
- Hamuora Kinera — Junior Vice President (departed 2022-11-19)
- Trevor Wylde — Executive Committee Member (departed 2020-11-21)
- Graeme Lowe — Executive Committee Member (departed 2019-11-17)
- Russell Brown — Executive Member (departed 2018-11-17)
- Brian Inns — Executive Member (departed 2016-11-12)
- Anthony House — Vice President (departed 2016-11-12)
- Gavin Bennett — Executive Committee (departed 2016-11-12)
- Eric Schwass — Committee Member (departed 2016-11-12)
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The New Plymouth & Districts' Returned and Services' Association Incorporated
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$93.6K
$79.4K
$375.3K
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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To preserve the comradeship born of service and to promote the general welfare of servicemen and former servicemen, their respective dependants and the former dependants of deceased servicemen or ex-servicemen. The New Plymouth & Districts' Returned and Services' Association Inc maintains a separate Poppy Trust account for public funds collected on Poppy day. Eligibility for Poppy Trust grants is for Returned and service personnel, their dependents and families, regardless of whether they are members of an RSA or not. The trust shall be applied by the Trustees exclusively for charitable purposes within New Zealand for (a) for the welfare of returned and service people and their dependents (b) in the event the RNZRSA determines that funds raised in connection with the RSA Poppy can be used for the needs or welfare of returned and service personnel, their dependents, the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, or such other charitable purposes within New Zealand.
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