Christian World Service — Religion Charity in Christchurch
Christian World Service is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C+ (69.4/100). Annual revenue: $2.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Christian World Service (CWS) is an aid and development service of partner Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Partner Churches are Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia, Methodist Church of New Zealand, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, Religious Society of Friends and Christian Churches New Zealand. We work to end poverty and injustice throughout the world by supporting communities working for better lives and livelihoods and providing humanitarian relief in times of disaster. As an inclusive organisation we respond without discrimination based on ethnicity, belief, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation.
- Registration Number
- CC22288
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (69.4/100)
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- cws@cws.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (other)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 14.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 6
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.4M | $1.1M | $1.8M |
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $0.5M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2.2M | $0.6M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $0.9M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.0M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.0M |
| 2019 | $1.3M | $1.7M | $1.2M |
| 2018 | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1.5M |
| 2017 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.2M |
| 2016 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 69.4/100
- Financial Score
- 85.6
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 3 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 (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (46)
- Ruth Ferguson — Trustee
- Glenn Livingstone — Trustee
- TERITO-ITE-RAI-TEMEAMEA PEYROUX-SEMU — Trustee
- Tim Pratt — National Director (departed 2023-12-31)
- Losana Korovulavula — Trustee
- Michael Wallace — Trustee
- Murray Overton — Ex Officio (departed 2023-08-04)
- Stephen (Steve) Lee — Trustee
- Edmond Fehoko — Trustee (departed 2022-02-24)
- Georgina Kingsley Smith — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
- John Bergin — Trustee (departed 2023-03-04)
- Kate Boardman — Trustee
- Fe'iloakitau Tevi — Trustee
- Jonathan Fletcher — Trustee (departed 2025-03-22)
- Claire Hart — Chair Board Member (departed 2019-11-23)
- Ian Lothian — Trustee (departed 2020-10-31)
- Tara Tautari — Trustee (departed 2024-02-29)
- Jenny Dawson — Trustee (departed 2018-12-01)
- David Fielding — Trustee (departed 2019-03-19)
- Graham French — Trustee (departed 2018-08-14)
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Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. 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.
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 (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
Christian World Service (CWS) is an aid and development service of partner Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Partner Churches are Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia, Methodist Church of New Zealand, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, Religious Society of Friends and Christian Churches New Zealand. We work to end poverty and injustice throughout the world by supporting communities working for better lives and livelihoods and providing humanitarian relief in times of disaster. As an inclusive organisation we respond without discrimination based on ethnicity, belief, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation.
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Ranked against 34 peers · Religion · $1M – $10M
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