Volunteer Service Abroad Te Tuao Tawahi Incorporated — Environment Charity in Wellington
Volunteer Service Abroad Te Tuao Tawahi Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity B (75.7/100). Annual revenue: $11.2M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: New Zealand's largest and most experienced volunteering agency working in international development. Our Kiwi volunteers share skills with people in the wider Pacific to help them build a better future for themselves and their children.
- Registration Number
- CC36739
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (75.7/100)
- Sector
- Environment
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- vsa@vsa.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $11.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $11.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $8.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $6.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 7.7 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 43
- Volunteers
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $11.2M | $11.2M | $6.8M |
| 2024 | $10.2M | $10.1M | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $8.6M | $8.5M | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $5.8M | $5.4M | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $5.3M | $5.1M | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $9.3M | $9.2M | $3.0M |
| 2019 | $9.8M | $10.8M | $2.9M |
| 2018 | $9.2M | $8.9M | $4.0M |
| 2017 | $8.9M | $8.4M | $3.7M |
| 2016 | $9.9M | $9.6M | $3.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 75.7/100
- Financial Score
- 76
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (66)
- Jacqueline Neave — Council Member
- Michael Hollings — Council Member
- Toleafoa Schuster — Council Member
- Kate Maxwell — Director
- Tiffany Babbington — Council Member (departed 2025-03-06)
- Chloe Oldfield — Council Member
- Helen McGregor — Council Member
- Ilze Gotelli — Council Member
- KATE WAREHAM — CEO
- Philippa Smales — Director Stakeholder Engagement (departed 2025-02-22)
- KIRSTEN MCFADDEN — Director – People, Finance & Workplace (departed 2024-08-02)
- TARITA HUTCHINSON — Council Member (departed 2021-03-30)
- GIROL KARACAOGLU — Council Member (departed 2019-11-04)
- OLIVIA OWEN — Council Member (departed 2019-12-07)
- Hannah Stewart — Council Member (departed 2020-10-10)
- SIMON TROTTER — Deputy Chair
- Hone McGregor — Council Chair (departed 2022-09-27)
- TIMOTHY RAE — Director International Development (departed 2020-05-08)
- Stephen Goodman — CEO (departed 2022-07-31)
- Gretchen Leuthart — Communications Manager (departed 2019-06-26)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Maher | Executive Director | - | 2024 |
| Rosie Gumport | Chair | - | 2024 |
| Sian Butcher | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Stephen Sinclair | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Joanne Thornton | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Chris Jenkins | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Paul Chandler | Trustee | - | 2024 |
Service Providers
- Grant Thornton
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Volunteer Service Abroad Te Tuao Tawahi Incorporated
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- Government-funding concentration95% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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$11.2M
$11.2M
$8.1M
43
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
About
New Zealand's largest and most experienced volunteering agency working in international development. Our Kiwi volunteers share skills with people in the wider Pacific to help them build a better future for themselves and their children.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 6 peers · Environment · $10M – $50M
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