Manna Christian Stores Limited — Religion Charity in Auckland
Manna Christian Stores Limited is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity C+ (67/100). Annual revenue: $3.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: Manna's purpose is to distribute Christian material and gifts through a chain of retail stores to Christian organisations and the general public at discounted prices. Goods are donated to churches and other organisations.
- Registration Number
- CC36864
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (67/100)
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- neels@biblesociety.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Other charities, Religious groups
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $3.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $3.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 2.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 60
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.2M | $3.5M | $1.1M |
| 2024 | $3.9M | $3.7M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.4M | $1.0M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.3M | $0.9M |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.9M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $5.8M | $6.1M | $0.4M |
| 2018 | $9.0M | $5.9M | $0.7M |
| 2017 | $5.7M | $6.2M | $-2.9M |
| 2016 | $5.1M | $6.1M | $-2.4M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 67/100
- Financial Score
- 72.1
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 85
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (8)
- David Mclay — Director
- Stewart Hunter — Director
- Christiaan Janse van Rensburg — Director
- James Coleman — Director (departed 2025-03-31)
- Franics Burdett — Director (departed 2019-03-31)
- Joanne Gardyne — Director (departed 2017-07-14)
- Paul Johnstone — Director (departed 2017-07-14)
- Russell Dunn — Director (departed 2017-07-14)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $188,598 | 2024 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $188,598 | - |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $188,598 | 2025 |
Service Providers
- UHY Haines Norton
Reporting Group Members
Manna Christian Stores Limited files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 1 sibling charity:
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Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (3)
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 3. 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.
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (UHY Haines Norton (Auckland) Limited) for 5 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
- Shared trustees with reporting-group siblingsOne current trustee also serves on the board of another charity in the same Charities Services reporting group (group has 2 member charities filing one consolidated annual return). Group-internal cross-trusteeship can be operationally efficient but should be visible to donors.
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.
$3.2M
$3.5M
$1.4M
60
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Reporting group parent. Manna Christian Stores Limited files one consolidated annual return covering 1 member. Member-level figures are not separately reported with Charities Services.
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About
Manna's purpose is to distribute Christian material and gifts through a chain of retail stores to Christian organisations and the general public at discounted prices. Goods are donated to churches and other organisations.
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Revenue Diversification
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 34 peers · Religion · $1M – $10M
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Reporting Group — Consolidated Annual Return
Manna Christian Stores Limited is one of 2 charities in a Charities Services reporting group. Members file a single consolidated Annual Return together, so the financial figures on each member’s page reflect the combined group — not standalone operations.
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