Auckland Common Fund Limited — Religion Charity in Auckland

Auckland Common Fund Limited is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $17.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: The Proprietors of Catholic integrated schools in the Diocese of Auckland established a company as a not-for-profit body responsible for the administration of the financial resources and servicing of all common fund debts in respect of their integrated schools. The activities of the company are carried out exclusively for religious, charitable and educational purposes.

Registration Number
CC24189
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-05-11
Status
Active
Sector
Religion
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Email
accounts@cda.org.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Religious groups, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$17.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$17.0M NZD
Total Assets
$6.7M NZD
Net Assets
$6.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$17.3M$17.0M$6.0M
2024$16.0M$15.7M$5.7M
2023$15.4M$16.2M$5.4M
2022$13.8M$12.9M$6.2M
2021$13.4M$12.8M$5.2M
2020$13.4M$12.3M$4.5M
2019$13.1M$13.5M$3.4M
2018$12.9M$12.3M$3.8M
2017$12.6M$12.3M$3.2M
2016$12.4M$12.2M$2.9M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
David Patrick MULLINDirector2024-07-01
David MullinDirector2024-07-01
Catherine RyanDirector2021-01-01
James van SchieDirector2021-01-01
Mary ShanahanDirector2013-06-13
Stephen GreyDirector2009-08-07
Terence Joseph CarterDirector2002-11-08

Former Officers (7)

  • Bruce Macdonald — Director (departed 2024-06-30)
  • Mariette Maria Bernadette Van Ryn — Director (departed 2018-08-02)
  • Margaret Twomey — Director (departed 2013-06-13)
  • Anthony Harkins — Director (departed 2020-12-31)
  • Reuben William O'Neill — Director (departed 2010-05-10)
  • Kerry Arthur Francis Coleman — Director (departed 2016-09-15)
  • Ronald James Hill — Director (departed 2020-12-31)

Service Providers

  • William Buck

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Auckland Common Fund Limited

CC24189Auckland, AucklandRegistered 11 May 2008
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating4d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Subsidiary of a service-delivering parent — see the parent charity's rating

This entity is registered as a charity but functions as a property, trading, or investment vehicle held by a service-delivering parent (a church, school, hospital, professional association, or similar). Its purpose is to hold or trade assets on the parent's behalf — not to deliver programs to public beneficiaries on its own books. The standard charity rating template (program-vs-administration split, reserve-months, fundraising efficiency) doesn't apply at the subsidiary level — those signals are meaningful at the parent level. A letter grade is withheld here rather than producing a misleading F driven by template-fit. Look up the parent charity by name for its rating.

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Reasons to look carefully (1)

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 register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 6. 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.

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Revenue

$17.3M

Expenses

$17.0M

Assets

$6.7M

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

1 red flag identified- Review the Rating tab for details

Subsidiary

Special Entity Type

This organization is a subsidiary or branch of a parent charity.

About

Mission

The Proprietors of Catholic integrated schools in the Diocese of Auckland established a company as a not-for-profit body responsible for the administration of the financial resources and servicing of all common fund debts in respect of their integrated schools. The activities of the company are carried out exclusively for religious, charitable and educational purposes.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauReligious groupsOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$17.3M
Total Expenses
$17.0M
Net Assets
$6.0M

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 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
0.7mo
Could operate 0.7 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

2
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,763
High Concentration: 99% of revenue from Other
Other98.8%
Investment Income1.2%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 5 peers · Religion · $10M – $50M

Rating Score
0
#5/6
Revenue
$17.3M
#3/6
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/6
Surplus
$256K
#3/6
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/6

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
D+
2024
Score: 54.5
Financial: 50 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Auckland, Auckland

Registration

Registration NumberCC24189
Entity TypeTrust
Registered11 May 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeNZ Limited Company
Incorporated12 Nov 2002
Company #1251679
Registered office
Catholic Diocese Of Auckland, Pompallier Diocesan Centre, 30 New Street, Ponsonby, Auckland

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Religion
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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