The Parkinson's New Zealand Charitable Trust — Health Charity in Wellington

The Parkinson's New Zealand Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B (77.5/100). Annual revenue: $2.0M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: Parkinson's New Zealand provides support, education and information for the New Zealanders living with Parkinson's, their families, carers and health professionals.

Registration Number
CC55231
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2017-12-21
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B (77.5/100)
Sector
Health
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Email
info@parkinsons.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: General public, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$2.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$2.6M NZD
Total Assets
$2.9M NZD
Net Assets
$2.6M NZD
Reserve Months
2.1 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
26
Volunteers
1
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$2.0M$2.6M$2.6M
2024$2.4M$2.3M$3.1M
2023$2.8M$2.1M$3.0M
2022$2.5M$2.2M$2.2M
2021$2.6M$3.0M$2.3M
2020$2.6M$3.0M$2.4M
2019$2.0M$2.7M$2.9M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B
Overall Score
77.5/100
Financial Score
82.9
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (9)

NameRoleAppointed
Ian ThursfieldTrustee2025-11-27
Kait O'CallahanTrustee2025-11-27
Bruce McGregorTrustee2025-11-27
Deborah HardimanTrustee2025-11-27
Kevin RamshawTrustee2022-11-23
Christine MercerTrustee2020-11-26
Anthony LawsonTrustee2020-11-26
Andrew BellChief Executive2020-10-19
Laurence MiltonOperations Manager2018-02-27

Former Officers (15)

  • Joanne Boston — Trustee (departed 2026-02-13)
  • Makarena Dudley — Trustee (departed 2023-03-29)
  • Deborah Marshall — Trustee (departed 2025-10-23)
  • Adell Morton — Trustee (departed 2025-10-23)
  • Joanne van Kan — Trustee (departed 2025-07-24)
  • Stephen Goodman — Trustee (departed 2025-10-23)
  • Roger Coulson — Trustee (departed 2021-06-28)
  • Peter Garelja — Trustee (departed 2022-11-23)
  • Robyn Cotton — Trustee (departed 2020-11-26)
  • Judy Clarke — Trustee (departed 2022-11-23)
  • Andrew Dunn — Trustee (departed 2023-11-22)
  • Susan Abraham — Trustee (departed 2018-12-05)
  • Janice Grigg — Trustee (departed 2020-11-26)
  • Graeme Roberts — Trustee (departed 2019-10-01)
  • Murray Carey — Trustee (departed 2019-10-01)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $140,000
  • Foundation North — $90,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $60,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $29,772
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $29,276
  • Foundation North — $25,000
  • Grassroots Trust Limited — $18,098.4
  • Foundation North — $15,000
  • Foundation North — $15,000
  • Foundation North — $15,000
  • Oxford Sports Trust Incorporated — $11,944
  • Pelorus Trust — $11,554
  • Oxford Sports Trust — $11,218.2
  • Oxford Sports Trust — $10,000
  • Foundation North — $10,000
  • First Light Community Foundation Limited — $7,600
  • Dragon Community Trust — $2,000
  • Rano Community Trust — $2,000

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The Parkinson's New Zealand Charitable Trust

CC55231Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 21 Dec 2017
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating2d ago

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

B
78/100
Financial
83
Governance
65
Transparency
65

Reasons to look carefully (1)

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 register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 9. 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.

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.

Revenue

$2.0M

Expenses

$2.6M

Assets

$2.9M

Staff

26

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

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
HealthEducation
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Nationwide

About

Mission

Parkinson's New Zealand provides support, education and information for the New Zealanders living with Parkinson's, their families, carers and health professionals.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General publicPeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$2.0M
Total Expenses
$2.6M
Net Assets
$2.6M
Staff
26
employees
Volunteers
1

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (7 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
90c
For every $1 spent, 90c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
2.1mo
Could operate 2.1 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
$0.40
Costs $0.40 to raise each $1 in donations
High cost

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

Revenue Diversification

54
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 4,583
Other58.4%
Donations33.2%
Investment Income8.4%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 67 peers · Health · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
78
#15/68
Revenue
$2.0M
#36/68
Reserve Months
2.1
#1/68
Surplus
$-567K
#67/68
Staff Cost %
63%
#68/68

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

Rating

B
Score: 77.5/100
Financial
82.9
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 83 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 72 → B.
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Contact Details

Address
Wellington, Wellington

Registration

Registration NumberCC55231
Entity TypeTrust
Registered21 Dec 2017
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated11 Dec 2017
Registered office
39 The Terrace, Wellington Central, Wellington

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Health
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)Sponsors / undertakes research

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