Manawatu Lutheran Parish — Education Charity in Palmerston North
Manawatu Lutheran Parish is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Palmerston North, Palmerston North. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: The Manawatu Lutheran Parish is a family of God reflecting His love to our Community, where God- Father, Son and Holy Spirit- grows us by his grace to be disciples of Jesus. The Manawatu Lutheran Parish provides a welcoming environment of Christian nurture and practical care so the people experience God’s love and grace and grow as disciples of Jesus Christ. In addition the Manawatu Lutheran Parish provides “targeted” programmes for its Members/Friends catering for pre-school children through to Senior Citizens, study/small groups and an education programme.
- Registration Number
- CC31390
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Palmerston North, Palmerston North
- manawatulutheran@inspire.net.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $4.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $4.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 4
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $4.5M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $3.0M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $3.0M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $3.0M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.6M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $2.6M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Smith | Pastoral Leadership Team Member | 2026-02-22 |
| Jefersson Godoy | Pastoral Leadership Team Member | 2026-02-22 |
| Emily-Jean Argyle | Chairperson-Pastoral-Leadership-Team | 2025-02-23 |
| Arthur Wood | Pastoral Leadership Team Member | 2013-02-24 |
Former Officers (20)
- David Jebanayagam — Pastoral Leadership Team Member
- Mitchell Hopping — Pastoral Leadership Team Member (departed 2026-02-22)
- Geoffrey Schefe — Pastor & Pastoral Leadership Team Member (departed 2023-06-30)
- Warren Jurgens — Pastoral-Leadership-Team-Member (departed 2026-02-22)
- Sheree Garth — Pastoral-Leadership-Team-Member (departed 2023-02-26)
- Kerri Satherley — Pastoral Leadership Team Member
- Dennis Mollet — Pastoral Leadership Team Member (departed 2020-12-03)
- Tony Noffke — Pastoral Leadership Team Member (departed 2024-02-25)
- Chris Woods — Pastoral Leadership Team Member (departed 2020-02-23)
- David Hopping — Pastoral Leadership Team Member (departed 2022-05-26)
- Daina Parry — Leadership Team Member (departed 2016-07-31)
- Rodger Russ — Pastor & Pastoral Leadership Team Member (departed 2018-09-30)
- Jan Stern — Leadership Team Member (departed 2014-04-03)
- Roy Price — Leadership Team Member (departed 2018-02-18)
- Gerhard Hoppe — Treasurer
- Lawrence Satherley — Pastoral Leadership Team Member (departed 2021-02-21)
- Judith Nelson — Committee Member (departed 2013-02-24)
- Paul Argyle — Leadership Team Member (departed 2017-02-26)
- Roger Clausen — Plt Member (departed 2013-02-24)
- Lesley Cuttle — Leadership Team Member (departed 2014-03-02)
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Manawatu Lutheran Parish
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 →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.
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~244 months of expenses on $229K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
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$4.5M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The Manawatu Lutheran Parish is a family of God reflecting His love to our Community, where God- Father, Son and Holy Spirit- grows us by his grace to be disciples of Jesus. The Manawatu Lutheran Parish provides a welcoming environment of Christian nurture and practical care so the people experience God’s love and grace and grow as disciples of Jesus Christ. In addition the Manawatu Lutheran Parish provides “targeted” programmes for its Members/Friends catering for pre-school children through to Senior Citizens, study/small groups and an education programme.
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Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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