The Christchurch Foundation — Community Development Charity in Christchurch

The Christchurch Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity B- (73.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.9M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: The purpose of the Christchurch Foundation is to raise and receive money to be applied for exclusively charitable purposes that benefit the greater Christchurch community in such manner as the Trustees think fit.

Registration Number
CC54845
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2017-09-08
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B- (73.8/100)
Sector
Community Development
Location
Christchurch, Christchurch
Email
enquiries@christchurchfoundation.org.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: General public, Other charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.9M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Total Assets
$2.4M NZD
Net Assets
$2.3M NZD
Reserve Months
478.1 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
5
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.9M$0.1M$2.3M
2024$0.8M$0.1M$1.4M
2023$1.4M$0.4M$2.1M
2022$1.1M$0.2M$1.6M
2021$2.3M$0.2M$2.1M
2020$4.5M$0.0M$2.4M
2019$8.4M$0.3M$7.7M
2018$0.4M$0.3M$0.1M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B-
Overall Score
73.8/100
Financial Score
77.5
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (9)

NameRoleAppointed
Tania AndersonTrustee2026-03-25
Colin MansbridgeTrustee2026-03-25
Lucy-Mary MulhollandTrustee2025-09-30
Lynne UmbersChief Executive2025-08-02
David TikaoTrustee2024-03-26
Jonathan LoveTrustee2024-03-26
Anake GoodallTrustee2022-12-14
Pauline CotterTrustee2022-12-14
Annabel HollandTrustee2022-12-14

Former Officers (9)

  • Michael Prentice — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
  • Peter Scott — Trustee (departed 2023-11-14)
  • Graham Dockrill — Trustee (departed 2025-10-22)
  • Paul Bingham — Trustee (departed 2024-01-30)
  • Humphry Rolleston — Trustee (departed 2023-04-23)
  • Paul Deavoll — Trustee (departed 2024-11-30)
  • Lianne Dalziel — Trustee (departed 2022-11-23)
  • Andrew Turner — Trustee (departed 2022-11-23)
  • Hugh Lindo — Trustee (departed 2021-02-10)

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Community DevelopmentCharitable Trust

The Christchurch Foundation

CC54845Christchurch, ChristchurchRegistered 8 Sept 2017
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating4d ago

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

B-
74/100
Financial
78
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 9. 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

$880.7K

Expenses

$58.2K

Assets

$2.4M

Staff

5

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

Endowment Foundation

Special Entity Type

This is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.

Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.

About

Mission

The purpose of the Christchurch Foundation is to raise and receive money to be applied for exclusively charitable purposes that benefit the greater Christchurch community in such manner as the Trustees think fit.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General publicOther charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$880.7K
Total Expenses
$58.2K
Net Assets
$2.3M
Staff
5
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (8 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
0mo
Could operate 0 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

19
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,105
High Concentration: 89% of revenue from Donations
Donations89.4%
Other10.6%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 156 peers · Community Development · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
74
#20/157
Revenue
$881K
#5/157
Reserve Months
478.1
#1/157
Surplus
$822K
#1/157
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/157

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

Rating

B-
Score: 73.8/100
Financial
77.5
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 78 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 70 → B-.
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Latest Audit

FY2023
Clean
6 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Christchurch, Christchurch

Registration

Registration NumberCC54845
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered8 Sept 2017
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated11 Sept 2017

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Community Development
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: 5 October 2026.