# Beneficiaries Advocacy and Information Service Incorporated

**Charities Register number:** CC10594
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2007-07-10
**Sector:** Social Services
**ICNPO group:** Social Services
**Region:** Auckland
**NZBN:** 9429042594413
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

To provide quality information and independent advocacy for beneficiaries, low-income families, and those marginalised in our community. Our free financial advocacy service provides support, information and education for beneficiaries, low-income families and individuals within our community. These groups in our community struggle to understand and cope with the processes for obtaining their financial entitlements through WINZ and IRD and do not know what other support may be available for them in the community. Our advocacy support work for clients includes working collaboratively across a wide range of local support agencies. BAIS works with government entities such as IRD, WINZ and local and central government policy builders to ensure clients have the resources available to them from their community to deal with all issues. These issues may go beyond entitlements and can deeply affect their well-being such as safety in the home, child poverty, housing, mental health and disability and unemployment.

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — Liabilities exceed assets, which the scoring template cannot represent fairly.
- **Status code:** `structural_negative_equity`
- **Flags raised by the methodology:** none

Ratings are an analytical view computed from this charity's own filings to the Charities Register, using a published methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology. They are not advice and not a statement about any individual.

## Latest annual return (year ended 2025-06-30)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$213k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$231k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$-18k
- **Total assets:** NZ$45k
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$73k
- **Net assets:** NZ$-28k
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$44k
- **Donations:** NZ$6k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$203k
- **Paid staff:** 3
- **Volunteers:** 0
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=2789ee0a-4c56-f011-bb44-0022480ffcd1&isPublic=true

All figures are as filed by the charity with Charities Services, in New Zealand dollars.

## Filing history

| Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Surplus/deficit | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | NZ$213k | NZ$231k | NZ$-18k | NZ$-28k |
| 2024-06-30 | NZ$187k | NZ$212k | NZ$-25k | NZ$-9k |
| 2023-06-30 | NZ$203k | NZ$212k | not disclosed | NZ$19k |
| 2022-06-30 | NZ$203k | NZ$141k | not disclosed | NZ$25k |
| 2021-06-30 | NZ$149k | NZ$189k | not disclosed | NZ$-12k |
| 2020-06-30 | NZ$199k | NZ$186k | not disclosed | NZ$28k |
| 2019-06-30 | NZ$167k | NZ$166k | not disclosed | NZ$16k |
| 2018-06-30 | NZ$173k | NZ$160k | not disclosed | NZ$16k |
| 2017-06-30 | NZ$108k | NZ$153k | not disclosed | NZ$3k |
| 2016-06-30 | NZ$99k | NZ$135k | not disclosed | NZ$48k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 7 current (37 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** yes
- **Most recent audit opinion:** unqualified

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC10594) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **The Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$40k, year ended 2024-12-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$40k, year ended 2019-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$40k, year ended 2020-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$35k, year ended 2026-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$30k, year ended 2022-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$30k, year ended 2025-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$25k, year ended 2024-03-31
- **Pub Charity Limited** (foundation) — NZ$17k, year ended 2024-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-10-01
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-25
- Rating: computed 2026-10-01
- This document generated: 2026-10-03

Figures are as filed. A charity that has filed since the dates above may have newer numbers on the Charities Register.

## More data

- Charity profile: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/beneficiaries-advocacy-and-information-service-incorporated
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/beneficiaries-advocacy-and-information-service-incorporated/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/beneficiaries-advocacy-and-information-service-incorporated/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC10594

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/beneficiaries-advocacy-and-information-service-incorporated. Primary source: Charities Services (Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai), Department of Internal Affairs. Analytical scores are CharityData's own, computed under a published methodology, and are not advice. Generated 2026-10-03T08:28:13.234Z.