# Visions of a Helping Hand Charitable Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC55083
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2017-09-28
**Sector:** Health
**ICNPO group:** Health
**Region:** Rotorua
**NZBN:** 9429046396303
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

To provide safe and secure facilities and dwellings that are adequately staffed to support homeless persons including their children, to reach their goals including sustainable and permanent housing; • To deliver wrap-around services in areas such as education, hauora (medical services), children’s programmes, funding assistance, tenant advocacy and social services. • To provide housing, health and well-being and educational programmes and services that are comprehensive, integrated, culturally appropriate and recovery and growth focused; • Develop relationships with Tangata Whenua which enhance dignity and honour to Te Tiriti o Waitangi ensuring the relevance of the Trust’s services for Māori; • To facilitate reconnection with the community for residents by establishing and administering health and social welfare services and skills development To provide pathways to home ownership

## CharityData rating

- **Grade:** B (77.9 / 100)
- **Financial health:** 79.1/100
- **Governance:** 75/100
- **Transparency:** 85/100
- **Computed:** 2026-09-26 (methodology 3.11)
- **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 2025-03-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$12.67M
- **Total expenses:** NZ$12.73M
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$-57k
- **Total assets:** NZ$4.34M
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$453k
- **Net assets:** NZ$3.88M
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$2.60M
- **Government grants:** NZ$0 (0.0% of revenue)
- **Donations:** NZ$11k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$4.05M
- **Paid staff:** 40
- **Volunteers:** 0
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=f7f9406c-c10e-f011-bb41-0022480ffcd1&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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | NZ$12.67M | NZ$12.73M | NZ$-57k | NZ$3.88M |
| 2024-03-31 | NZ$14.23M | NZ$14.90M | NZ$-671k | NZ$3.94M |
| 2023-03-31 | NZ$15.65M | NZ$14.40M | not disclosed | NZ$4.61M |
| 2022-03-31 | NZ$12.38M | NZ$9.47M | not disclosed | NZ$3.36M |
| 2021-03-31 | NZ$3.84M | NZ$3.42M | not disclosed | NZ$456k |
| 2020-03-31 | NZ$1.30M | NZ$1.38M | not disclosed | NZ$40k |
| 2019-03-31 | NZ$1.05M | NZ$921k | not disclosed | NZ$126k |
| 2018-03-31 | NZ$111k | NZ$111k | not disclosed | NZ$23k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 6 current (19 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** yes
- **Paid executives disclosed:** 9
- **Executive remuneration bands:** NZ$300k–500k, NZ$100k–150k
- **Auditor:** Silks Audit
- **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=CC55083) and on the charity's profile page.

## Service providers

- Silks Audit — auditor

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-23
- Financials: last updated 2026-05-29
- Rating: computed 2026-09-26
- This document generated: 2026-09-28

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/visions-of-a-helping-hand-charitable-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/visions-of-a-helping-hand-charitable-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/visions-of-a-helping-hand-charitable-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC55083

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/visions-of-a-helping-hand-charitable-trust. 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 2026-09-28T00:49:41.320Z.