Tipu Skills for Life Charitable Trust — Social Services Charity in Tauranga
Tipu Skills for Life Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Tauranga, Tauranga. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: Tipu Skills for Life aims to work intensively through a year-long program to build and nurture the current strengths of the participants. We offer practical life skills to empower participants to make a lasting positive change in their lives. We also commit to taking time to connect with whanau, participants, and their communities.
- Registration Number
- CC56535
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2019-02-01
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Tauranga, Tauranga
- prue@skillsforlife.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 4
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Esther Savage | Trustee | 2025-05-22 |
| Tracy Stubbing | Trustee | 2022-12-21 |
| Terry Furmage | Trustee | 2022-12-21 |
| Sharon Appleton | Trustee | 2022-12-21 |
| Robert Stacey | Chair | 2021-08-19 |
Former Officers (4)
- Martin Steinmann — Board Chairman (departed 2022-06-29)
- Hester Hattingh — Trustee (departed 2025-01-14)
- Tracey Wilson — Trustee (departed 2023-03-30)
- Wayne Mortensen — Trustee (departed 2020-05-06)
Funding Sources
- The Lion Foundation — $12,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $11,013
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $6,546
- One Foundation — $6,271.08
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $1,985
- Youthtown Incorporated — $1,388
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Tipu Skills for Life Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 2025. 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.)
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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About
Tipu Skills for Life aims to work intensively through a year-long program to build and nurture the current strengths of the participants. We offer practical life skills to empower participants to make a lasting positive change in their lives. We also commit to taking time to connect with whanau, participants, and their communities.
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