Built by the community
The centre at 4 Seafield Road, Netherby, Ashburton, was established in 2000 by the late John Keeley, an SPCA inspector. He, Rallou Keeley and the local SPCA committee raised the funds and built it.
07.1Our story
Three marks on the map.
The centre's history is short to tell and long in the making: built by local people, then set up as a charity of its own, and still run by volunteers today.
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2000
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2017
A charity of its own
The centre became an independent local charity. The Mid Canterbury Animal Welfare Centre Incorporated was registered with Charities Services on 2 October 2017.
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Today
Run by volunteers
Volunteers run the centre, with a local committee at the helm. New cats arrive at a separate quarantine building.
The animals in the photographs on this site are illustrative. They are not animals at the centre.
07.2What we do
Our purpose, in the register's words.
“Provide facilities for the care, welfare and rehabilitation of animals. Provide public education of animal welfare and assist with enforcement of Animal Welfare Act.”
The register lists the centre's area of operation as Canterbury, and the people it serves as the general public and animals.
- 01CareFacilities at Netherby where animals are looked after, with a separate quarantine building for new cats.
- 02WelfareEach animal's wellbeing comes first. It is in the centre's name.
- 03RehabilitationTime and care for animals to recover and start again.
- 04EducationPublic education on animal welfare.
- 05Animal Welfare ActAssisting with enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act, the law that protects animals in New Zealand.
07.4Who runs the centre
A local committee, volunteers throughout.
The Mid Canterbury Animal Welfare Centre Incorporated is an incorporated society and a registered charity. It is governed by a volunteer committee of 5 to 12 people, and the Charities Register currently lists five officers, including a president, a secretary and a treasurer.
Rallou Keeley has been the society's President since 2017, and she managed the centre for twenty years.
Every year the centre files an annual return with Charities Services, the charities regulator within the Department of Internal Affairs. Anyone can read the centre's entry, officers and annual returns on the public register.
Charity detailsCC56428
- Legal name
- The Mid Canterbury Animal Welfare Centre Incorporated
- Registration
- CC56428, registered 2 October 2017
- Regulator
- Charities Services, New Zealand
- Legal structure
- Incorporated society
- Governance
- A volunteer committee of 5 to 12 people
- Balance date
- 31 December
- Area
- Canterbury
- Centre
- 4 Seafield Road, Netherby, Ashburton
07.5Where the money goes
The accounts, levelled.
Total income and total expenditure for each year, as filed in the centre's annual returns with Charities Services. The register gives totals rather than a breakdown; for the detail, read the annual returns on the register or ask us.
Income, 2025
$9,142
Year ended 31 December 2025
Expenditure, 2025
$46,545
Year ended 31 December 2025
Income, 2024
$80,817
The year before, against $41,652 of expenditure
Income and expenditure, 2018 to 2025 (NZ$)
- Income
- Expenditure
Year ended 31 December 2025: income $9,142, expenditure $46,545. Point at or tab to a year to read it.
Show the figures as a table
| Year ended | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | $9,142 | $46,545 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | $80,817 | $41,652 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | $32,398 | $31,720 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | $17,162 | $36,270 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | $25,973 | $31,245 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | $12,774 | $26,004 |
| 31 Dec 2019 | $21,623 | $24,682 |
| 31 Dec 2018 | $39,844 | $26,776 |
07.6Next on the route