Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand Incorporated — Social Services Charity in Wellington
Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand Incorporated is a Incorporated Society charity in the Social Services sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity B (76.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Founded in 1945, Blind Citizens NZ is New Zealand's leading blindness consumer organisation and one of the country's largest and oldest organisations of disabled consumers. We are often referred to as a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO). Blind Citizens NZ works to heighten awareness of the rights of blind, deafblind, low vision and vision impaired people, and to remove the barriers that impact upon their ability to live in an accessible, equitable and inclusive society.
- Registration Number
- CC41040
- Charity Type
- Incorporated Society
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (76.8/100)
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- http://www.abcnz.org.nz
- rwilkinson@blindcitizensnz.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $2.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 11.1 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 4
- Volunteers
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $2.1M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $0.5M | $0.1M | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $2.0M |
| 2021 | $0.7M | $0.4M | $2.0M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.9M | $1.8M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $2.2M |
| 2018 | $1.1M | $0.5M | $2.2M |
| 2017 | $0.7M | $0.5M | $1.6M |
| 2016 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $1.4M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 76.8/100
- Financial Score
- 77.5
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.6%
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (27)
- Juanita Willems — Trustee
- Peter Allen — Trustee
- Maria Stevens — Member-At-Large-|-Board-Member
- Beverley Duncan — Member-At-Large-|-Board-Member
- Tewai Halatau — Member-At-Large-/-Board-Member (departed 2024-10-19)
- Carl Halliburton — Member-At-Large-/-Board-Member (departed 2020-10-10)
- Christine Fern — Member-At-Large-/-Board-Member (departed 2025-10-04)
- David Allen — Member-At-Large-/-Board-Member (departed 2020-10-10)
- Wendy Chiang — Member-At-Large-/-Board-Member (departed 2024-10-19)
- Vaughan Dodd — Member At Large (departed 2019-02-22)
- Daniel Phillips — Member At Large (departed 2018-10-07)
- Paula Waby — Member-At-Large-|-Board-Member
- Geraldine Glanville — Member At Large (departed 2019-10-06)
- Murray Peat — Member At Large (departed 2019-08-31)
- Amanda Stevens — World Blind Union Representative (departed 2017-05-20)
- Brian Say — Trustee (departed 2015-03-10)
- Ann Bain — Trustee (departed 2013-10-05)
- Shaun Johnson — Member-At-Large-/-Board-Member (departed 2021-10-10)
- Andrea Courtney — Member-At-Large-|-Board-Member
- Clive Lansink — National President (departed 2016-11-17)
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Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand Incorporated
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$453.9K
$599.0K
$2.2M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Founded in 1945, Blind Citizens NZ is New Zealand's leading blindness consumer organisation and one of the country's largest and oldest organisations of disabled consumers. We are often referred to as a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO). Blind Citizens NZ works to heighten awareness of the rights of blind, deafblind, low vision and vision impaired people, and to remove the barriers that impact upon their ability to live in an accessible, equitable and inclusive society.
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