Wellington Light of Life Chinese Church — Religion Charity in Lower Hutt

Wellington Light of Life Chinese Church is a Charitable Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.

Mission: 1. To provide pastoral care for believers, guard biblical truth, worship God and reach the lost. 2. To reach out to and assist people, particularly those experiencing misery in life and finding it hard to overcome adversity. 3. To see more people come to know Jesus and receive His salvation and fullness of life. 4. To see passionate, happy, healthy, joyful, bright and lively people in our community; to see those suffering physically or psychologically restored to wholeness and able to experience the joy of life.

Registration Number
CC48473
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2012-08-28
Status
Active
Sector
Religion
Location
Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt
Email
nzlightoflife@gmail.com
Data as at
March 2026

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.2M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.2M NZD
Total Assets
$1.2M NZD
Net Assets
$1.2M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
1
Financial Year End
2026-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2026$0.2M$0.2M$1.2M
2025$0.2M$0.2M$1.2M
2024$0.2M$0.2M$1.2M
2023$0.2M$0.2M$1.1M
2022$0.2M$0.2M$1.1M
2021$0.2M$0.2M$1.1M
2020$0.3M$0.2M$1.0M
2019$0.7M$0.2M$0.9M
2018$0.2M$0.1M$0.3M
2017$0.2M$0.2M$0.3M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (13)

  • KUI FAN — Trustee
  • JING LIU — Trustee
  • Kennedy Yeung — Trustee (departed 2026-06-08)
  • Rui Zhang — Trustee
  • Qiang Zhang — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
  • Liang Yu — Trustee (departed 2021-10-26)
  • Qing Cao — Trustee
  • Chong Ong — Senior Pastor (departed 2019-12-15)
  • Xi Huang — Pastor
  • Yee-Chung NG — Trustee
  • Bin Meng — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
  • Rihua Jin — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
  • Hsien CHANG — Pastor (departed 2018-03-31)

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Wellington Light of Life Chinese Church

CC48473Lower Hutt, Lower HuttRegistered 28 Aug 2012
Data updated: 1 Nov 2026
Financials7mo agoRating1mo ago

Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.

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

XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)

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  • No chair recorded on the register
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Revenue

$247.5K

Expenses

$234.8K

Assets

$1.2M

Staff

1

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

1. To provide pastoral care for believers, guard biblical truth, worship God and reach the lost. 2. To reach out to and assist people, particularly those experiencing misery in life and finding it hard to overcome adversity. 3. To see more people come to know Jesus and receive His salvation and fullness of life. 4. To see passionate, happy, healthy, joyful, bright and lively people in our community; to see those suffering physically or psychologically restored to wholeness and able to experience the joy of life.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicMigrants / refugeesOlder peopleOther charitiesPeople of a certain ethnic / racial originPeople with disabilitiesReligious groupsVoluntary bodies other than charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$247.5K
Total Expenses
$234.8K
Net Assets
$1.2M
Staff
1
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (14 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
2.6mo
Could operate 2.6 months with zero revenue
Critical
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

19
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,051
High Concentration: 89% of revenue from Donations
Donations89.1%
Other10.6%
Investment Income0.3%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 192 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#30/193
Revenue
$247K
#93/193
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/193
Surplus
$13K
#108/193
Staff Cost %
12%
#193/193

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
20
Transparency
65
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Latest Audit

FY2022
Clean
2 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt

Registration

Registration NumberCC48473
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered28 Aug 2012
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated1 Mar 2010
Registered office
35 George Street, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Religion
Activities
Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Provides religious services / activitiesProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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