Dilworth Trust

CC32171 · NZBN 9429042645320 · Emergency / disaster relief · Auckland
Registered 30 Jun 2008 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 1

Key facts: Dilworth Trust is a registered New Zealand charity (CC32171), operating in the emergency / disaster relief sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$67.3M and total expenditure of NZ$68.8M for the year ended 2025.

The Dilworth Trust Board was established under the will of James Dilworth who died on 23 December 1894. Under the terms of the Will the Trustees are directed to maintain and educate boys from families of good character in "straitened circumstances" to enable them to become "good and useful members of society".
NZ$67.3M
Gross income
NZ$68.8M
Expenditure
NZ$1.0B
Total assets
NZ$989.8M
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
2019
NZ$87.0M
NZ$29.8M
2020
NZ$84.6M
NZ$35.5M
2021
NZ$95.8M
NZ$37.0M
2022
NZ$260.9M
NZ$86.5M
2023
NZ$42.0M
NZ$105.4M
2024
NZ$59.2M
NZ$144.0M
2024
NZ$53.0M
NZ$104.0M
2025
NZ$67.3M
NZ$68.8M

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$250K
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~173 months.
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