The Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust

CC46615 · NZBN 9429043208821 · Religious activities · Auckland
Registered 23 May 2011 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 3

Key facts: The Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust is a registered New Zealand charity (CC46615), operating in the religious activities sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$1.2M and total expenditure of NZ$1.3M for the year ended 2025.

Established in March 2011, the Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust is a multi award-winning New Zealand charity that exists to reduce litter together. Our goal is for 60% less coastal litter by 2030. We inspire change in mindsets, behaviours, policies and practices, through community engagement and citizen science. With the scale of our vision, we cannot achieve this work alone. We deliver and support large-scale clean-up events, educational programmes, public awareness campaigns and citizen science environmental monitoring activities nationwide. Sustainable Coastlines is strictly apolitical and focuses on solutions for people of all ages, backgrounds and sectors.

Register-noted indicators

Modified audit opinionNegative equity
Factual fields from the Charities Register — not findings of wrongdoing.
NZ$1.2M
Gross income
NZ$1.3M
Expenditure
NZ$196K
Total assets
NZ$-170K
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
2018
NZ$1.3M
NZ$1.3M
2019
NZ$1.8M
NZ$1.7M
2020
NZ$2.4M
NZ$2.2M
2021
NZ$2.2M
NZ$2.2M
2022
NZ$2.2M
NZ$2.4M
2023
NZ$2.1M
NZ$2.6M
2024
NZ$1.7M
NZ$2.2M
2025
NZ$1.2M
NZ$1.3M

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$699K
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~-2 months.
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