Auckland Light of Hope Church Charitable TrustReligion Charity in Auckland

Auckland Light of Hope Church Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B- (71.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: To provide pastoral care for believers, guard Biblical truth, worship God, reach the lost, and strengthen their faith. Health: To see happy and healthy people in our community. To see those suffering restored to wholeness and able to experience the joy of the life. Charity: To reach out to and assist people, particularly those experiencing misery in life and finding it hard to overcome adversity. Evangelism: to see people come to know Jesus and receive His salvation and fullness of life.

Registration Number
CC57801
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2020-04-23
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B- (71.5/100)
Sector
Religion
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Email
lightofhope01@hotmail.com
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
March 2025

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.3M NZD
Total Assets
$1.6M NZD
Net Assets
$1.6M NZD
Reserve Months
65.9 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
4
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.3M$0.3M$1.6M
2024$0.3M$0.2M$1.5M
2023$0.4M$0.1M$1.5M
2022$0.8M$0.1M$1.2M
2021$0.5M$0.0M$0.4M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B-
Overall Score
71.5/100
Financial Score
70
Governance Score
75
Transparency Score
65
Program Spending Ratio
0.6%

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (8)

NameRoleAppointed
Chia Hsin LeeTrustee2026-04-02
Mao-Kai LeeTrustee2026-04-02
Tao JinTrustee2026-04-02
Bobo ShumTrustee2026-04-02
Lijun SunTreasurer2024-08-01
Yunhai LiuChair2023-07-17
Aaron HuangTrustee2020-12-27
Wei LuTrustee2019-06-08

Former Officers (7)

  • Chun To LeeTrustee (departed 2026-04-02)
  • Daniel ChungTrustee (departed 2026-04-02)
  • Zhengjian FeiTrustee (departed 2026-04-02)
  • Jianjun LiTreasurer (departed 2024-08-01)
  • Kean Seng ChowTrustee (departed 2026-04-02)
  • Lizhi GouTrustee (departed 2024-08-01)
  • Xiaobo WangChair (departed 2024-08-01)

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Auckland Light of Hope Church Charitable Trust

CC57801Auckland, AucklandRegistered 23 Apr 2020
Data updated: Yesterday
Financials31 Mar 2025Ratingyesterday

Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

B-
72/100
Financial
70
Governance
75
Transparency
65

Reasons to look carefully (1)

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.

  • Reserves high for operating size
    Reserves cover ~66 months of expenses on $328K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size

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.

Revenue

$328.3K

Expenses

$285.6K

Assets

$1.6M

Staff

4

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
HealthArts & CultureReligionCommunity Development
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Auckland

About

Mission

To provide pastoral care for believers, guard Biblical truth, worship God, reach the lost, and strengthen their faith. Health: To see happy and healthy people in our community. To see those suffering restored to wholeness and able to experience the joy of the life. Charity: To reach out to and assist people, particularly those experiencing misery in life and finding it hard to overcome adversity. Evangelism: to see people come to know Jesus and receive His salvation and fullness of life.

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$328.3K
Total Expenses
$285.6K
Net Assets
$1.6M
Staff
4
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (5 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

Verified

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
61c
For every $1 spent, 61c reaches programs
Adequate
Sustainability
0mo
Could operate 0 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

9
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,094
High Concentration: 95% of revenue from Donations
Donations95.3%
Other3.0%
Investment Income1.6%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 198 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
72
#10/199
Revenue
$328K
#52/199
Reserve Months
65.9
#1/199
Surplus
$43K
#72/199
Staff Cost %
36%
#199/199

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

B-
Score: 71.5/100
Financial
70
Governance
75
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 70 × 40% + Governance 75 × 60% = 73 → 72 after red-flag penalties → B-.
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Contact Details

Address
Auckland, Auckland

Registration

Registration NumberCC57801
Entity TypeTrust
Registered23 Apr 2020
StatusRegistered

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Religion

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 13 September 2026.