Grief Support and Education Charitable Trust — Health Charity in Auckland
Grief Support and Education Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C- (57.4/100). Annual revenue: $2.6M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: To support every person, regardless of financial circumstance, through their individual loss and grief journey by providing quality counselling, resources, and support groups; sourcing necessary funding; delivering appropriate training, education and research opportunities; partnering with aligned organisations; and effectively engaging with our communities.
- Registration Number
- CC38713
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2009-03-22
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C- (57.4/100)
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.griefcentre.co.nz
- admin@griefcentre.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 9
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $0.4M |
| 2023 | $2.0M | $1.8M | $0.5M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C-
- Overall Score
- 57.4/100
- Financial Score
- 54.2
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (13)
- Marcus Hayes — Trustee
- Jane Skeen — Trustee
- Wade Downey — Trustee
- Monica Briggs — Trustee (departed 2026-01-16)
- Sumita Paul — Trustee
- Amanda Collier — Trustee (departed 2016-12-16)
- Annette Cuplan — Trustee (departed 2018-06-08)
- Mark Ebery — Trustee (departed 2015-11-20)
- Andrew Thompson — Trustee (departed 2016-12-16)
- Margaret Agee — Trustee
- Mary Frayling — Trustee
- Gaynor Larsen — Trustee (departed 2017-03-24)
- Stephen Dil — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $120,000
- The Lion Foundation — $66,250
- Foundation North — $45,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $43,837
- Foundation North — $30,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $27,400
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $24,000
- Foundation North — $15,000
- One Foundation — $14,955.95
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $12,360
- Foundation North — $10,000
- The North and South Trust Limited — $7,064
- Auckland Foundation — $4,000
- Constellation Communities Trust — $3,118
- Trillian Trust — $1,999
- Milestone Foundation — $1,580
- Pelorus Trust — $1,400
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $869
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Grief Support and Education Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 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 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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About
To support every person, regardless of financial circumstance, through their individual loss and grief journey by providing quality counselling, resources, and support groups; sourcing necessary funding; delivering appropriate training, education and research opportunities; partnering with aligned organisations; and effectively engaging with our communities.
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Ranked against 67 peers · Health · $1M – $10M
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