# Love Soup Charitable Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC49692
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2013-09-22
**Sector:** Health
**ICNPO group:** Health
**Region:** Auckland
**NZBN:** 9429046153302
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

Our Goal is to alleviate hunger and poverty by soliciting, collecting, growing, and packaging food for distribution through a network of service agencies and programs that serve our target population groups Love Soup Hibiscus Coast, Community meals, Food parcels, Pataka Kai, sharing with Community groups, Love Soup Rotorua Free store, Pataka Kai, events, supporting community groups Love Soup Tokoroa Community meals, pataka Kai and community groups

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — Reports under the Tier 3/4 regime with limited disclosure and no detected red flags.
- **Status code:** `limited_disclosure`
- **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$270k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$390k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$-120k
- **Total assets:** NZ$562k
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$47k
- **Net assets:** NZ$514k
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$351k
- **Donations:** NZ$260k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$41k
- **Volunteers:** 3
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=dd079dab-4956-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$270k | NZ$390k | NZ$-120k | NZ$514k |
| 2024-06-30 | NZ$434k | NZ$471k | NZ$-37k | NZ$634k |
| 2023-06-30 | NZ$680k | NZ$511k | NZ$169k | NZ$671k |
| 2022-06-30 | NZ$925k | NZ$553k | not disclosed | NZ$503k |
| 2021-06-30 | NZ$421k | NZ$297k | not disclosed | NZ$404k |
| 2020-06-30 | NZ$421k | NZ$297k | not disclosed | NZ$130k |
| 2019-06-30 | NZ$14k | NZ$14k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2018-06-30 | NZ$54k | NZ$48k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2017-06-30 | NZ$88k | NZ$87k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2016-06-30 | NZ$99k | NZ$105k | not disclosed | not disclosed |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 5 current (29 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** no
- **Auditor:** Rise Accounting
- **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=CC49692) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$20k, year ended 2025-03-31
- **One Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$8k, year ended 2024-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-11-01
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-25
- Rating: computed 2026-10-01
- This document generated: 2026-11-13

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/love-soup-charitable-trust-cc49692
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/love-soup-charitable-trust-cc49692/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/love-soup-charitable-trust-cc49692/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC49692

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/love-soup-charitable-trust-cc49692. 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 2026-11-13T01:20:39.628Z.