Multicultural Whangarei Incorporated — Education Charity in Whangarei

Multicultural Whangarei Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Whangarei, Whangarei. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: Multicultural Whangārei is a not-for-profit community-based organisation that supports migrants and newcomers in Whangārei with their settlement process. We promote positive race relations through community education, ensuring people of all ethnicities feel able to actively contribute to their adopted community. Multicultural Whangārei provides cultural programmes, language classes, family events, employment assistance, support services, information and referrals.

Registration Number
CC37124
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2009-01-25
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Whangarei, Whangarei
Email
info@mwhg.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (iwi_trust)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.3M NZD
Total Assets
$0.3M NZD
Net Assets
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
4
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2024$0.3M$0.3M$0.0M
2023$0.4M$0.4M$0.0M
2022$0.3M$0.2M$0.0M
2021$0.3M$0.3M$0.0M
2020$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.1M
2018$0.1M$0.1M$0.1M
2017$0.1M$0.1M$0.1M
2016$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (10)

NameRoleAppointed
Pooja Singh ShettiyarCommittee-Member,-Executive-Committee-Secretary2026-01-14
Sam NarulaCommittee Member2026-01-12
Vincent CocurulloCommittee Member2025-11-08
Arezoo HussainiCommittee Member2025-11-08
Ralph CorreaCommittee-Member,-Executive-Committee-Treasurer2025-11-08
Vaanipriya DiwanCommittee Member2025-11-08
Obi KhanalCommittee Member2024-10-10
Rabin RanjiCommittee Member2020-08-03
Sandeep DiwanCommittee-Member,-Executive-Vice-Chair2020-08-03
Marion Kerepeti EdwardsCommittee-Member,-Executive-Committee-Chair2019-09-17

Former Officers (54)

  • Su Mei Li Morgan — Committee Member (departed 2025-11-08)
  • Poonam Sethi — Secretary (departed 2025-09-06)
  • Ligimamilli Pakieto-Johnstone — Committee Member (departed 2025-11-08)
  • Sue-Anne Moo — Committee Member (departed 2024-09-30)
  • Anita Neil — Treasurer (departed 2021-11-30)
  • Barney Mackie — Committee Member (departed 2021-08-16)
  • Sanjana Weragodaarachichi — Secretary (departed 2022-06-30)
  • Justin kim — Committee Member (departed 2019-10-15)
  • Sharon Ho — Secretary (departed 2020-10-05)
  • Mei Shu — Treasurer (departed 2019-09-17)
  • Jane Scripps — Committee Member (departed 2021-08-08)
  • Jos Polman — Committee Member (departed 2021-05-11)
  • Leah Peacock — Committee Member (departed 2020-09-28)
  • Mei Zhu — Committee Member (departed 2021-06-30)
  • Swati Kapoor — Secretary (departed 2019-09-17)
  • Shashi Kariyawasam — Committee Member (departed 2020-08-03)
  • Patrick French — Treasurer (departed 2019-09-17)
  • Sun Kim — Committee Member (departed 2021-07-02)
  • Astrid Kelly — Secretary (departed 2018-09-25)
  • Marion Kerepeti — Committee (departed 2019-09-17)

Funding Sources

  • Foundation North — $131,895
  • Foundation North — $86,150
  • Foundation North — $80,600
  • Foundation North — $65,750
  • Foundation North — $65,000
  • Foundation North — $40,000
  • Foundation North — $25,000
  • Pub Charity Limited — $3,806.12

Similar Charities in Education

FunderEducationTrustIwi Trust

Multicultural Whangarei Incorporated

CC37124Whangarei, WhangareiRegistered 25 Jan 2009
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating2d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)

How ratings work →
Revenue

$283.5K

Expenses

$271.8K

Assets

$265.9K

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
EducationSocial ServicesCommunity Development
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Northland

About

Mission

Multicultural Whangārei is a not-for-profit community-based organisation that supports migrants and newcomers in Whangārei with their settlement process. We promote positive race relations through community education, ensuring people of all ethnicities feel able to actively contribute to their adopted community. Multicultural Whangārei provides cultural programmes, language classes, family events, employment assistance, support services, information and referrals.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicMigrants / refugeesOlder peoplePeople of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$283.5K
Total Expenses
$271.8K
Net Assets
$60.6K
Staff
4
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
7.2mo
Could operate 7.2 months with zero revenue
Healthy
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

8
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,224
High Concentration: 96% of revenue from Other
Other96.0%
Investment Income2.1%
Donations1.9%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/133
Revenue
$284K
#67/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$12K
#83/133
Staff Cost %
65%
#133/133

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

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Whangarei, Whangarei

Registration

Registration NumberCC37124
Entity TypeTrust
Registered25 Jan 2009
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Incorporated25 Jun 2008
Registered office
37 Bank Street, Civic Arcade Upstaire, Whangarei, 0110

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyProvides advice / information / advocacyProvides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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: 28 September 2026.