South City Baptist Church Tauranga — Religion Charity in Tauranga
South City Baptist Church Tauranga is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Tauranga, Tauranga. CharityData rates this charity F (28.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at July 2025.
Mission: To be a church offering services to both members and non members including Sunday services Home bible study groups as well as opportunities for friendship counselling and assistance
- Registration Number
- CC33494
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- F (28.5/100)
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Tauranga, Tauranga
- southcitybapoffice@gmail.com
- Data as at
- July 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $6.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $6.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-07-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $6.0M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $6.0M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.2M |
| 2019 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $3.1M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.2M | $3.0M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.2M | $1.4M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $1.1M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- F
- Overall Score
- 28.5/100
- Financial Score
- 70
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.1%
Red Flags
- Only 13.7% of expenses go to programs, well below acceptable standards
- 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 (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Hanna | Administration Team Member | 2024-10-20 |
| Sharon Hanna | Leadership Member | 2024-10-20 |
| Georgina Harrison | Leadership Member | 2023-09-24 |
| Katherine Harrison | Pastoral Team | 2023-02-20 |
| Lynette Jarvis | Administration Team Member | 2022-09-25 |
| John Smith | Administration Team Member | 2021-05-02 |
| Shane Jarvis | Senior Pastor | 2015-02-07 |
Former Officers (4)
- Lesley Warner-Bird — Administration Team Member (departed 2024-06-23)
- Susan Eastman — Leadership Member (departed 2023-09-24)
- Trevor Jellyman — Leadership Chair (departed 2024-10-20)
- Stephen Tyrrell — Administrator (departed 2017-11-30)
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South City Baptist Church Tauranga
Financial data as at July 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 designatedBoard of 14 with no chair designated on the register
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~299 months of expenses on $295K 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.
$295.3K
$241.7K
$6.0M
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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.
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To be a church offering services to both members and non members including Sunday services Home bible study groups as well as opportunities for friendship counselling and assistance
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Ranked against 208 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M
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