Family Support Services Whanganui Trust — Education Charity in Whanganui
Family Support Services Whanganui Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Whanganui, Whanganui. CharityData rates this charity A- (89.5/100). Annual revenue: $3.1M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To assist families/whanau to provide quality care for their children and young people in their homes through the provision of professional and appropriate social work and education services; 1.2 To work with families/whanau and extended family/hapu that are under stress and who have children and young people in their care; To assist in the prevention of child abuse and family violence. To strengthen families and therefore prevent family breakdown.
- Registration Number
- CC22347
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-31
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- A- (89.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Whanganui, Whanganui
- Website
- http://www.jigsawwhanganui.org.nz
- admin@jigsawwhanganui.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $3.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.8M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 5.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 26
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.1M | $2.8M | $1.5M |
| 2024 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $0.9M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $0.9M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $0.4M |
| 2019 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $0.3M |
| 2017 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $0.3M |
| 2016 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $0.3M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- A-
- Overall Score
- 89.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (25)
- Vanya Teki — Interim Executive Officer (departed 2025-02-02)
- Rhia Taonui — CEO
- Cheyenne Potaka-Osborne — Trustee
- Jodie Te Waaka — Trustee
- Leayne Huirua — Trustee (departed 2024-05-01)
- Zona Julian — Trustee (departed 2022-10-28)
- Malcolm Carson — Trustee
- Maria Potaka — Trustee (departed 2023-08-03)
- Geoffrey Hipango — Trustee (departed 2024-04-25)
- Linsey Higgins — Trustee (departed 2019-10-14)
- Terry Dowdeswell — Trustee
- Blair Anderson — Trustee (departed 2019-10-14)
- Tania VanderVegte — Trustee (departed 2016-05-30)
- Brian Doughty — Trustee (departed 2025-04-29)
- Susan Osborne — Trustee (departed 2018-11-27)
- Brigid Crowley — Trustee (departed 2014-07-31)
- Lorraine Taylor — Trustee (departed 2021-12-20)
- Tai Taukamo — Trustee (departed 2012-10-23)
- Elizabeth Polson — Trustee (departed 2012-08-22)
- David Barton — Trustee (departed 2021-12-20)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $35,000
- Four Regions Trust — $3,000
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Family Support Services Whanganui Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. 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.
- Government-funding concentration95% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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.
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To assist families/whanau to provide quality care for their children and young people in their homes through the provision of professional and appropriate social work and education services; 1.2 To work with families/whanau and extended family/hapu that are under stress and who have children and young people in their care; To assist in the prevention of child abuse and family violence. To strengthen families and therefore prevent family breakdown.
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Ranked against 37 peers · Education · $1M – $10M
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