Ficino Educational Trust — Education Charity in Auckland

Ficino Educational Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity A- (89.5/100). Annual revenue: $4.3M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: To educate children and young persons in a natural system, designed to develop the whole character of those young persons.

Registration Number
CC24402
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-05-14
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
A- (89.5/100)
Sector
Education
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Email
office@ficino.school.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$4.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$4.1M NZD
Total Assets
$10.3M NZD
Net Assets
$7.9M NZD
Reserve Months
1.1 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
43
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$4.3M$4.1M$7.9M
2024$3.8M$3.8M$7.7M
2023$4.2M$3.5M$7.8M
2022$9.0M$3.3M$7.1M
2021$3.1M$3.0M$1.5M
2020$3.3M$3.0M$1.4M
2019$3.4M$2.7M$1.1M
2018$2.7M$2.4M$0.4M
2017$2.3M$2.4M$0.1M
2016$2.0M$2.1M$0.2M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
A-
Overall Score
89.5/100
Financial Score
100
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (16)

  • Rowan Ashton — Trustee
  • Kayur Patel — Trustee
  • Bruce Cowper — Trustee
  • Susan Andreassen — Trustee
  • Douglas Matthews — Trustee (departed 2022-12-12)
  • Anna Winter — Trustee (departed 2026-05-19)
  • Louis Boulanger — Trustee (departed 2017-03-13)
  • Rosemary Auld — Trustee
  • Bruce Watson — Trustee
  • Robert Bree — Trustee (departed 2012-09-18)
  • Mark Rassie — Trustee (departed 2025-02-18)
  • Paula Hudson — Trustee (departed 2008-05-15)
  • Elizabeth Wall — Trustee (departed 2010-12-09)
  • Peter Ashton — Trustee (departed 2011-06-21)
  • Lawrence Ames — Trustee (departed 2017-02-21)
  • David Farrelly — Trustee (departed 2008-10-02)

Service Providers

  • Moore Markhams

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Ficino Educational Trust

CC24402Auckland, AucklandRegistered 14 May 2008
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating4d ago

Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

A-
90/100
Financial
100
Governance
65
Transparency
65

Reasons to look carefully (1)

These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.

  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 6. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.

Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.

Revenue

$4.3M

Expenses

$4.1M

Assets

$10.3M

Staff

43

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

To educate children and young persons in a natural system, designed to develop the whole character of those young persons.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$4.3M
Total Expenses
$4.1M
Net Assets
$7.9M
Staff
43
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
1.1mo
Could operate 1.1 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

5
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,512
High Concentration: 98% of revenue from Other
Other97.5%
Donations2.4%
Investment Income0.0%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 37 peers · Education · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
90
#6/38
Revenue
$4.3M
#8/38
Reserve Months
1.1
#1/38
Surplus
$216K
#14/38
Staff Cost %
76%
#38/38

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating History

A-
2025
Score: 89.5
Financial: 100 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65
Current
A-
2024
Score: 89.5
Financial: 100 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65

Rating

A-
Score: 89.5/100
Financial
100
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 100 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 79 → A-.
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
10 years of audit history(1 going concern flag)

Contact Details

Address
Auckland, Auckland

Registration

Registration NumberCC24402
Entity TypeTrust
Registered14 May 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated11 Dec 2012
Registered office
27 Esplanade Road, Mount Eden, Auckland

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 30 September 2026.