The Rotorua Steiner School Trust Board — Education Charity in Rotorua

The Rotorua Steiner School Trust Board is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Rotorua, Rotorua. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: To provide a quality Rudolf Steiner education to children age 0-6yrs in the local and wider Rotorua communities. To continue to provide opportunities for children to learn life from life in a loving, home like environment incorporating qualities of truth, beauty and goodness. Where children are able to explore and experiment in a safe and supportive environment. To continue to provide parent education to support families to grow and learn in the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.

Registration Number
CC39545
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2009-04-27
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Rotorua, Rotorua
Email
office@pathwayskindergarten.co.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.3M NZD
Total Assets
$0.9M NZD
Net Assets
$0.9M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
3
Financial Year End
2025-12-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.3M$0.3M$0.9M
2024$0.4M$0.3M$0.9M
2023$0.4M$0.3M$0.7M
2022$0.3M$0.2M$0.6M
2021$0.2M$0.2M$0.6M
2020$0.2M$0.2M$0.5M
2019$0.2M$0.2M$0.5M
2018$0.2M$0.2M$0.5M
2017$0.2M$0.2M$0.5M
2016$0.2M$0.2M$0.5M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (1)

NameRoleAppointed
Werner NaudeChair2021-03-22

Former Officers (42)

  • Chelsea Rowlands — Trust Member (departed 2025-05-01)
  • Karen Love — Secretary (departed 2025-05-01)
  • Michelle Bailey — Trustee (departed 2021-11-14)
  • Sarah Nicoll — Trust Member (departed 2023-12-16)
  • Claire Flynn — Trustee (departed 2022-05-02)
  • Sonia Corbett — Trustee (departed 2021-06-07)
  • Chelsea Pomare — Secretary (departed 2021-03-22)
  • John Andrews — Trustee (departed 2021-03-22)
  • Andrea Mathis — Trustee (departed 2021-03-22)
  • Paddy Cass — Trust Member (departed 2023-12-16)
  • Vanessa Forlong — Treasurer (departed 2017-12-12)
  • Andrea Batchelor — Trustee (departed 2017-12-12)
  • Carola Gohring — Trust Member (departed 2025-05-01)
  • Ian Cairns — Trustee (departed 2022-03-22)
  • Jess Dallaway — Treasurer (departed 2019-03-25)
  • Bernard Needham — Trustee (departed 2018-04-10)
  • Natalie Bay — Board Secretary (departed 2018-02-13)
  • Rebecca Atkinson — Trustee (departed 2017-04-10)
  • Kathy Snodgrass — Trustee (departed 2017-04-10)
  • Richard Gillies — Chair (departed 2017-04-09)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $6,945

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The Rotorua Steiner School Trust Board

CC39545Rotorua, RotoruaRegistered 27 Apr 2009
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating2d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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.)

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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.

  • Small board structure
    1 current officer listed on the register — best-practice boards have 5+ members with separation of duties

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Revenue

$345.9K

Expenses

$349.0K

Assets

$939.7K

Staff

3

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

About

Mission

To provide a quality Rudolf Steiner education to children age 0-6yrs in the local and wider Rotorua communities. To continue to provide opportunities for children to learn life from life in a loving, home like environment incorporating qualities of truth, beauty and goodness. Where children are able to explore and experiment in a safe and supportive environment. To continue to provide parent education to support families to grow and learn in the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanau

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$345.9K
Total Expenses
$349.0K
Net Assets
$873.7K
Staff
3
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 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
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
0mo
Could operate 0 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

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

Revenue Diversification

2
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,822
High Concentration: 99% of revenue from Other
Other99.1%
Donations0.9%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/133
Revenue
$346K
#53/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$-3K
#96/133
Staff Cost %
81%
#133/133

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Rotorua, Rotorua

Registration

Registration NumberCC39545
Entity TypeTrust
Registered27 Apr 2009
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated22 Feb 1985
Registered office
16 Larch Street, Victoria, Rotorua

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Provides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)Other - Acts an Umbrella body

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 28 September 2026.