River Valley Baptist Church — Religion Charity in Parakai
River Valley Baptist Church is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Parakai, Parakai. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: To meet regulary for worship, prayer, teaching fellowship and encouragement. To express the love of God to the community through the ministries of the Word and practical care. In every possible way to seek to make disciples of Jesus Christ and bring them into membership. Engage in the task of mission principally in New Zealand but also overseas.
- Registration Number
- CC34465
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Parakai, Parakai
- Website
- https://www.rivervalleybaptist.org/
- rivervalleybaptist@gmail.com
- Data as at
- March 2026
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $1.4M |
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $1.3M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.3M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.1M | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lynda McDermott | Elder | 2026-06-07 |
Former Officers (27)
- JOHN OSBORNE — Elder
- Gregory Crawford — Elder
- Patrice Philip — Elder (departed 2025-05-25)
- Naomi Crawford — Deacon (departed 2025-05-25)
- Michael Rickson — Deacon
- Mark Norrish — Elder
- Mireille Birt — Elder (departed 2024-08-01)
- Shani Renwick — Deacon (departed 2021-05-31)
- Sarah Wright — Pastor
- Kenneth Wright — Pastor
- gavin brown — Elder (departed 2020-07-26)
- Maren Osbaldiston — Elder (departed 2018-05-20)
- Shirley Wood — Treasurer/administrator (departed 2022-05-29)
- Janice Webster — Elder (departed 2016-05-15)
- Averil Osborne — Elder (departed 2022-06-23)
- Nicholas Birt — Elder (departed 2016-05-15)
- Peter Edlington — Deacon
- David Ryder — Deacon (departed 2022-05-29)
- Keith Willis — Elder (departed 2015-05-17)
- Pauline Norrish — Deacon
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River Valley Baptist Church
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 →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 designatedBoard of 10 with no chair designated on the register
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~102 months of expenses on $250K 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 (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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To meet regulary for worship, prayer, teaching fellowship and encouragement. To express the love of God to the community through the ministries of the Word and practical care. In every possible way to seek to make disciples of Jesus Christ and bring them into membership. Engage in the task of mission principally in New Zealand but also overseas.
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Ranked against 196 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M
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