Whau Mental Health Research Foundation — Health Charity in Auckland
Whau Mental Health Research Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: To support high quality research in New Zealand into studies that address problems with mental health by providing funding for studies into their epidemiology, aetiology, pathology, clinical presentation, intervention and prevention or towards any one or more related objects or purposes which are charitable in accordance with the law of New Zealand, which related objects and purposes are declared to be the objects and purposes of the Trust.
- Registration Number
- CC10497
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-06-24
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- info@whaufoundation.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.8M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.7M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.8M |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.3M | $1.0M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.2M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.3M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $1.2M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.2M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.3M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Leggat | Trustee | 2025-06-01 |
| Clive Bensemann | Trustee | 2024-03-21 |
| Georgina Giordani | Trustee | 2022-04-07 |
| Kiri Prentice | Trustee | 2021-08-16 |
| Dick Bellamy | Trustee | 2012-12-03 |
| Barbara Disley | Trustee | 2011-11-03 |
| Brian J Linehan | Trustee | 2007-06-07 |
| Robert R Kydd | Chair | 2007-06-07 |
Former Officers (18)
- Roger Hill — Trustee (departed 2026-07-21)
- Maria Baker — Trustee (departed 2022-02-11)
- Taimi Allan — Trustee (departed 2021-11-11)
- Philip Recordon — Trustee (departed 2024-03-21)
- John Hagen — Trustee (departed 2022-12-20)
- Louise Nicholson — Trustee (departed 2022-09-23)
- Kerri Butler — Trustee (departed 2016-03-07)
- Hugh Williams — Trustee (departed 2015-02-17)
- Geoff Bridgman — Trustee (departed 2023-11-14)
- Catherine Mary Prebble — Trustee (departed 2023-11-08)
- Gael M McDonald — Trustee (departed 2008-11-06)
- Ronald J Gilbert — Trustee (departed 2011-02-07)
- Kenneth L Eagle — Trustee (departed 2012-11-20)
- Roger H Culpan — Trustee (departed 2007-11-01)
- Warren J Brookbanks — Chair (departed 2017-10-19)
- Louis Boulanger — Trustee (departed 2010-10-15)
- Sally N Merry — Trustee (departed 2014-09-30)
- Edgar N Rout — Secretary/ Treasurer (departed 2011-03-10)
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Whau Mental Health Research Foundation
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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To support high quality research in New Zealand into studies that address problems with mental health by providing funding for studies into their epidemiology, aetiology, pathology, clinical presentation, intervention and prevention or towards any one or more related objects or purposes which are charitable in accordance with the law of New Zealand, which related objects and purposes are declared to be the objects and purposes of the Trust.
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