First Church Charitable Trust — Religion Charity in Invercargill
First Church Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Invercargill, Invercargill. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2026.
Mission: The Charitable Trust was set up to administer donations and bequests and provide income for charitable purposes
- Registration Number
- CC43527
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2010-02-01
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Invercargill, Invercargill
- njblackmore@kinect.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2026-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $1.4M |
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $1.3M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.0M |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $-0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $1.0M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Philip Fraser | Trustee | 2024-02-12 |
| Jane Blackmore | Treasurer | 2022-11-06 |
| Merren McCallum | Secretary | 2018-01-21 |
| Nyalle Paris | Trustee | 2016-05-24 |
| Susan Burns | Chair | 2015-11-16 |
| Alexander Stoneman | Trustee | 2009-12-16 |
Former Officers (5)
- Richard Gray — Trustee (departed 2016-05-24)
- Norman Mcrae — Trustee (departed 2024-02-11)
- Elva Brash — Trustee (departed 2022-09-02)
- Moya Twaddle — Trustee (departed 2015-11-16)
- David Joyce — Trustee (departed 2018-01-18)
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First Church Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Small volunteer-led organisations are not letter-graded: the standard financial template does not fit entities without paid staff, large revenue, or significant government funding. The charity's filed figures are shown above.
How ratings work →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.
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~87549 months of expenses on $58K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
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$58.3K
$190
$1.4M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The Charitable Trust was set up to administer donations and bequests and provide income for charitable purposes
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Ranked against 277 peers · Religion · Under $100K
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