Bay of Islands Uniting Parish — Religion Charity in Paihia
Bay of Islands Uniting Parish is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Paihia, Paihia. CharityData rates this charity F (15/100). Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: As followers of Jesus, we welcome people in worship for God's mission. To gather regularly for worship,enrich worship services by involving people in their preparation and presentation while still honouring Methodist and Presbyterian traditions. In response to God, offer our full potential and ourselves to God. Prepare ourselves and each other to witness to our community and the world.
- Registration Number
- CC25159
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2020-11-23
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- F (15/100)
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Paihia, Paihia
- Website
- www.bayofislands.methodist.org.nz
- irenegirvan@hotmail.com
- Data as at
- June 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 77.4 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Volunteers
- 6
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.4M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.4M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.4M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2015 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.1M |
| 2014 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $1.1M |
| 2013 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.1M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- F
- Overall Score
- 15/100
- Financial Score
- 35
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- Holding 77.4 months of expenses in reserves ($0.4M) — above the 18-month threshold (more than 2× threshold)
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (13)
- Irene Mackenzie — Treasurer
- Margaret Lange — Officer
- Don Croft — Team Member
- Frank Leadley — Chair
- Elisabeth Langstone — Team Member (departed 2025-09-04)
- Lesley Jones — Outreach-Co-Ordinator (departed 2021-11-01)
- Joy Bainbridge — Treasurer (departed 2024-02-20)
- Andrew Mackenzie — Secretary
- Heather McNeill — Chair (departed 2021-03-17)
- Terry Brew — Secretary (departed 2012-06-30)
- Michael Deverell — Treasurer (departed 2009-11-10)
- Beverley Deverell — Secretary (departed 2009-11-10)
- Ann Pearson — Worship-Co-Ordinator
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Bay of Islands Uniting Parish
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 sizeReserves cover ~77 months of expenses on $68K 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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of F is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
About
As followers of Jesus, we welcome people in worship for God's mission. To gather regularly for worship,enrich worship services by involving people in their preparation and presentation while still honouring Methodist and Presbyterian traditions. In response to God, offer our full potential and ourselves to God. Prepare ourselves and each other to witness to our community and the world.
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Ranked against 245 peers · Religion · Under $100K
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