Family Help Trust — Social Services Charity in Christchurch

Family Help Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $1.6M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: We work in partnership with Canterbury children and their families who live in high-risk households, experience multiple vulnerabilities and needs, and are at greatest risk of negative life outcomes.

Registration Number
CC24417
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-05-14
Status
Active
Sector
Social Services
Location
Christchurch, Christchurch
Email
jeanette@familyhelptrust.org.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$1.6M NZD
Total Expenses
$1.6M NZD
Total Assets
$1.4M NZD
Net Assets
$1.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
15
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$1.6M$1.6M$1.0M
2024$1.6M$1.5M$0.8M
2023$1.4M$1.3M$0.6M
2022$1.5M$1.6M$0.6M
2021$1.9M$1.8M$0.6M
2020$1.9M$1.9M$0.5M
2019$1.8M$1.7M$0.5M
2018$1.4M$1.3M$0.4M
2017$1.3M$1.2M$0.3M
2016$1.1M$1.2M$0.3M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (23)

  • Mahlon Saumalu — Trustee
  • Christopher Rewha — Board Trustee
  • Jessica Babe — Trustee
  • Donald Elder — Board Chair
  • Mark Newsome — Trustee (departed 2016-11-21)
  • Lesley Campbell — Trustee
  • Yvonne Crichton-Hill — Trustee (departed 2020-02-27)
  • Andrew McGregor — Trustee (departed 2014-11-14)
  • James Anglem — Trustee (departed 2015-01-16)
  • Therese Arseneau — Trustee (departed 2017-11-20)
  • Beatrice Cheer — Trustee (departed 2020-02-24)
  • Janetta Skiba — Trustee
  • David Cliff — Trustee (departed 2012-12-17)
  • Noel Walsh — Trustee (departed 2020-01-31)
  • Raewyn Ewing — Trustee (departed 2016-06-20)
  • Judith Miller — Trustee (departed 2011-12-19)
  • Elizabeth Chesterman — Trustee (departed 2017-11-27)
  • Charles Knibb — Board Treasurer
  • Jane Tappenden — Trustee (departed 2018-11-19)
  • Peter Mcgregor — Trustee (departed 2008-12-31)

Funding Sources

  • Lion Foundation — $35,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $20,000

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Family Help Trust

CC24417Christchurch, ChristchurchRegistered 14 May 2008
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating3d ago

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

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

Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. 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 the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. 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 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)

How ratings work →
Revenue

$1.6M

Expenses

$1.6M

Assets

$1.4M

Staff

15

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

About

Mission

We work in partnership with Canterbury children and their families who live in high-risk households, experience multiple vulnerabilities and needs, and are at greatest risk of negative life outcomes.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanau

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$1.6M
Total Expenses
$1.6M
Net Assets
$1.0M
Staff
15
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 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
6.8mo
Could operate 6.8 months with zero revenue
Healthy
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

50
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 4,985
Government Grants67.0%
Other17.6%
Donations13.5%
Investment Income1.9%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 55 peers · Social Services · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
0
#35/56
Revenue
$1.6M
#31/56
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/56
Surplus
$83K
#28/56
Staff Cost %
81%
#56/56

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
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Christchurch, Christchurch

Registration

Registration NumberCC24417
Entity TypeTrust
Registered14 May 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated14 Dec 1990
Registered office
20 Buckleys Road, Linwood, Christchurch

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Social Services
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)Sponsors / undertakes research

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 29 September 2026.