Unite Church Trust — Religion Charity in Nelson
Unite Church Trust is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Nelson, Nelson. CharityData rates this charity A- (87.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at December 2024.
Mission: Unite Church has a mission to grow apprentices of Jesus, according to the bible, growing in devotion with God and one another. We believe this will show the world the love of God.
- Registration Number
- CC30772
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- A- (87.8/100)
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Nelson, Nelson
- office@unitechurch.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2024
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $4.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $4.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 10.7 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Volunteers
- 20
- Financial Year End
- 2024-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $4.3M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $4.3M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.4M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.3M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.1M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.1M |
| 2015 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- A-
- Overall Score
- 87.8/100
- Financial Score
- 97.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.8%
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (9)
- James Hodgson — Trustee
- Danielle Montauban van Swijndregt — Trustee
- Scott Montauban van swijndregt — Trustee (departed 2021-12-31)
- Karen Burton — Trustee (departed 2025-11-04)
- Elijah Burton — Trustee
- David Burr — Board Advisory & Accounting (departed 2025-06-10)
- Damian Velluppillai — Trustee
- Thomas Todd — Trustee
- Paul Burton — Ministry Leader and Board Member (departed 2019-01-31)
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Unite Church Trust
Financial data as at December 2024. 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 recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 5. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~264 months of expenses on $233K 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.
$233.1K
$196.8K
$4.4M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Unite Church has a mission to grow apprentices of Jesus, according to the bible, growing in devotion with God and one another. We believe this will show the world the love of God.
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Ranked against 199 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M
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