Central Lakes Trust

CC25069 · NZBN 9429043069224 · Environment / conservation · Cromwell
Registered 29 May 2008 · Status: Registered (no return filed since 2016 — likely inactive) · Latest return year: 2016 · Tier 1

Key facts: Central Lakes Trust is a registered New Zealand charity (CC25069), operating in the environment / conservation sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$97.1M and total expenditure of NZ$82.4M for the year ended 2016.

Provides grant funding to; registered charitable organisations, registered public state learning providers and regional council/territorial local authorities for charitable purposes throughout the Central Lakes Trust region

Register-noted indicators

No annual return since 2016
Factual fields from the Charities Register — not findings of wrongdoing.
NZ$97.1M
Gross income
NZ$82.4M
Expenditure
NZ$369.6M
Total assets
NZ$276.0M
Total equity

Income vs expenditure

Each year from the charity's annual returns. The top bar is money coming in, the bar below is money spent.

Income  Expenditure
2009
NZ$-5.7M
NZ$3.6M
2010
NZ$23.6M
NZ$5.5M
2011
NZ$12.4M
NZ$5.8M
2012
NZ$7.2M
NZ$6.3M
2013
NZ$20.3M
NZ$5.9M
2014
NZ$65.3M
NZ$53.4M
2015
NZ$87.4M
NZ$64.0M
2016
NZ$97.1M
NZ$82.4M
All data sourced verbatim from the Charities Register (Charities Services). CharitiesWatch NZ does not assert wrongdoing. © 2026 CharitiesWatch NZ.