Interpreting New Zealand Incorporated — Registered Charity in Wellington

Interpreting New Zealand Incorporated is a Incorporated Society charity, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity B (76.4/100). Annual revenue: $4.5M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: To ensure equity of access to services for non-English speakers by making trained interpreters available.

Registration Number
CC26507
Charity Type
Incorporated Society
Registration Date
2008-06-23
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B (76.4/100)
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Email
info@interpret.org.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Migrants / refugees, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$4.5M NZD
Total Expenses
$4.2M NZD
Total Assets
$1.8M NZD
Net Assets
$1.4M NZD
Reserve Months
2.4 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
19
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$4.5M$4.2M$1.4M
2024$3.8M$3.4M$0.7M
2023$3.0M$2.9M$0.7M
2022$2.8M$2.8M$0.7M
2021$2.7M$2.7M$0.9M
2020$2.5M$2.5M$0.9M
2019$2.4M$2.2M$0.8M
2018$2.0M$1.8M$0.7M
2017$1.6M$1.6M$0.6M
2016$1.6M$1.5M$0.5M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B
Overall Score
76.4/100
Financial Score
77
Governance Score
75
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (9)

NameRoleAppointed
Susan KnoxChief Executive2026-03-30
Tom HoveyTrustee2025-11-12
Marlini BakriTrustee2025-11-12
Rabia AlmbaidTrustee2024-12-11
Alda RezendeTrustee2024-12-11
Turei OrmsbyChair2023-11-22
Stana PezicTreasurer2023-11-20
Cecily LinTrustee2022-11-15
Rula TalahmaTrustee2022-11-15

Former Officers (59)

  • Erwin La Cruz Serpa — Acting Ce (departed 2026-03-27)
  • Peter McLellan — Chief Executive (departed 2025-11-14)
  • Mona Hannouche — Trustee (departed 2024-11-21)
  • Suzanne (Sue) Hope — Board Chair (departed 2023-11-16)
  • Arthur Chin — CEO (departed 2023-01-30)
  • Molly Kennedy — Board Chair (departed 2025-11-12)
  • Lily Brown — Trustee (departed 2023-11-16)
  • Farah Khosravi — Trustee (departed 2024-11-27)
  • Clement Swarnappa — Trustee (departed 2023-11-16)
  • Michael Zino — Trustee (departed 2022-06-01)
  • Siobhan Leonard — Trustee (departed 2022-06-01)
  • Alexandra Ganyusheva — Trustee (departed 2021-11-16)
  • Esmaeil Khallaf — Trustee (departed 2022-11-15)
  • Idil Kaplan — Trustee (departed 2023-05-31)
  • Tracey Read — Trustee (departed 2021-11-16)
  • Demissie Diressie — Trustee (departed 2019-02-01)
  • Justine Pepperell — Trustee (departed 2019-09-02)
  • Hannah Brownsey — Trustee (departed 2020-02-01)
  • Svetlana Sabitova — Trustee (departed 2021-11-16)
  • Mohamed Zewada — Trustee (departed 2020-11-17)

Service Providers

  • Moore Markhams

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Interpreting New Zealand Incorporated

CC26507Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 23 Jun 2008
Data updated: Today
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating16h ago

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

B
76/100
Financial
77
Governance
75
Transparency
65
Revenue

$4.5M

Expenses

$4.2M

Assets

$1.8M

Staff

19

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

About

Mission

To ensure equity of access to services for non-English speakers by making trained interpreters available.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Migrants / refugeesPeople of a certain ethnic / racial originPeople with disabilitiesOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$4.5M
Total Expenses
$4.2M
Net Assets
$1.4M
Staff
19
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 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
2.4mo
Could operate 2.4 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

1
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,861
High Concentration: 99% of revenue from Other
Other99.3%
Investment Income0.7%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 14 peers · Other · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
76
#6/15
Revenue
$4.5M
#2/15
Reserve Months
2.4
#1/15
Surplus
$313K
#7/15
Staff Cost %
30%
#15/15

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

Rating

B
Score: 76.4/100
Financial
77
Governance
75
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 77 × 40% + Governance 75 × 60% = 76 → B.
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
Key Audit Matters
  • management override of controls
10 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Wellington, Wellington

Registration

Registration NumberCC26507
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Registered23 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Incorporated13 May 1993
Registered office
Suite 1 Floor 1, 72 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Other
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)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: 1 October 2026.