Auckland City Mission — Advocacy Charity in Auckland
Auckland City Mission is a Trust charity in the Advocacy sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity A- (89.5/100). Annual revenue: $39.9M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Helping people in desperate need by providing excellent integrated services and effective advocacy
- Registration Number
- CC22938
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-13
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- A- (89.5/100)
- Sector
- Advocacy
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- hayley.s@aucklandcitymission.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $39.9M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $38.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $150.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $132.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 40.9 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $39.9M | $38.9M | $132.3M |
| 2024 | $39.3M | $36.6M | $130.1M |
| 2023 | $36.0M | $33.9M | $126.5M |
| 2022 | $42.1M | $29.0M | $122.7M |
| 2021 | $61.1M | $25.3M | $105.9M |
| 2020 | $44.2M | $20.4M | $68.1M |
| 2019 | $25.0M | $13.6M | $42.3M |
| 2018 | $13.2M | $9.4M | $28.4M |
| 2017 | $8.7M | $7.6M | $23.6M |
| 2016 | $8.6M | $7.0M | $21.8M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- A-
- Overall Score
- 89.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (2)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Riana Manuel | Trustee | 2026-04-01 |
| Anthony Te Atawhai Tibble | Trustee | 2026-04-01 |
Former Officers (32)
- Rosemarie Harrop — Trustee
- Darryl Jhinku — Trustee
- Arend Merrie — Trustee
- Erica Whineray Kelly — Trustee (departed 2025-08-20)
- Paul Gilberd — Trustee
- Helen Robinson — Ceo/city Missioner
- Elana Curtis — Trustee (departed 2023-05-31)
- Lyndon Drake — Trustee (departed 2023-06-29)
- Linley Wood — Trustee (departed 2023-09-28)
- Leon Wijohn — Trustee (departed 2018-12-11)
- Evan Davies — Trustee
- Graeme Birkhead — Trustee
- Douglas Osborne — Trustee (departed 2017-03-25)
- Gavin Rennie — Trustee
- Wayne Jackson — Trustee (departed 2019-05-30)
- Claire Szabo — Trustee (departed 2021-06-30)
- Christopher Farrelly — Ceo/city Missioner (departed 2021-04-01)
- Joanna Pidgeon — Trustee
- Christa Fouche — Trustee (departed 2015-08-31)
- David Shand — Trustee (departed 2017-11-28)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linley Wood | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Evan Davies | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Linley Wood | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Gavin Rennie | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Lyndon Drake | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Elana Curtis | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Arend Merrie | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Paul Gilberd | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Graeme Birkhead | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Joanna Pidgeon | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Evan Davies | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Erica Whineray Kelly | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Helen Robinson | CEO/City Missioner | - | 2024 |
| Gavin Rennie | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Arend Merrie | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Evan Davies | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Graeme Birkhead | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Linley Wood | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Darryl Jhinku | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Joanna Pidgeon | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Graeme Birkhead | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Celia Caughey | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Lyndon Drake | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Helen Robinson | CEO/City Missioner | - | 2022 |
| Paul Gilberd | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Joanna Pidgeon | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Erica Whineray Kelly | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Helen Robinson | CEO/City Missioner | - | 2023 |
| Elana Curtis | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Gavin Rennie | Trustee | - | 2022 |
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $249,998
- Foundation North — $160,000
- Foundation North — $100,000
- Foundation North — $100,000
- Foundation North — $90,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $83,500
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $80,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $79,081
- Lion Foundation — $55,000
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $50,000
- Foundation North — $50,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $39,050
- Simplicity Foundation — $30,500
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $30,000
- The Lion Foundation — $25,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $20,000
- Dragon Community Trust — $15,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $10,480
- Akarana Community Trust — $10,000
- Blue Waters Community Trust — $10,000
- Four Regions Trust — $1,000
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2024)
As disclosed in Auckland City Mission's annual report.
- Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga-Ministry of Housing and Urban Development — Mission HomeGround building construction funding; income recognized as liability over contract period
Service Providers
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Limited
- Dianne Alamar
- ASB Bank
- ASB Bank
- ASB Bank
- Chapman Tripp
- Chapman Tripp
- Chapman Tripp
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Auckland City Mission
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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 registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 10. 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.
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Limited) for 5 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
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.
$39.9M
$38.9M
$150.9M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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