Medecins Sans Frontieres New Zealand Charitable Trust — Health Charity in Whangarei
Medecins Sans Frontieres New Zealand Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Whangarei, Whangarei. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C- (58.3/100). Annual revenue: $10.8M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: We are a non-profit, self-governed organisation, entirely funded by public donations. The donated funds we raise are directed to the provision of medical aid in locations, and for projects, focused on emergency humanitarian aid work. The work that we do calls for immediate, patient-centred responses to crisis, and situations of emergency, where people are affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare.
- Registration Number
- CC53189
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2016-03-17
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C- (58.3/100)
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Whangarei, Whangarei
- contact.us@nz.msf.org
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $10.8M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $15.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.2 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10.8M | $15.3M | $1.6M |
| 2024 | $12.0M | $15.3M | $3.0M |
| 2023 | $8.4M | $0.0M | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $7.8M | $1.0M | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $5.5M | $0.0M | $0.6M |
| 2020 | $4.0M | $0.0M | $1.2M |
| 2019 | $2.5M | $0.0M | $0.8M |
| 2018 | $1.2M | $0.2M | $-0.3M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $-0.3M |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C-
- Overall Score
- 58.3/100
- Financial Score
- 55.4
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Roth | Executive Director | 2026-01-05 |
| Sivapalan Namasivayam | Trustee | 2024-02-07 |
| Katrina Marie Penney | Trustee | 2016-03-08 |
| Matthew Reid | Trustee | 2016-03-08 |
| Maurine Elizabeth Hilton-Thorp | Trustee | 2016-02-08 |
Former Officers (2)
- Ashley Killeen — Interim Executive Director (departed 2026-01-30)
- Jennifer Tierney — Executive Director (departed 2025-09-26)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $0 | - |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Trustees | $0 | 2024 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $0 | 2024 |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Trustees | $0 | - |
| Katrina Marie Penney | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Dr Matthew Charles Reid | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Dr Sivapalan Namasivayam | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Maurine Elizabeth Hilton-Thorp | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Dr Matthew Charles Reid | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Katrina Marie Penney | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Maurine Elizabeth Hilton-Thorp | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Dr Sivapalan Namasivayam | Trustee | - | 2023 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2023)
As disclosed in Medecins Sans Frontieres New Zealand Charitable Trust's annual report.
- Médecins Sans Frontières International entities (France, Switzerland) — $5,206,567 (60.84% of revenue) — Medical humanitarian field operations funding
Service Providers
- Crowe
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Medecins Sans Frontieres New Zealand Charitable Trust
Financial data as at December 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 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.
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$10.8M
$15.3M
$1.9M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
We are a non-profit, self-governed organisation, entirely funded by public donations. The donated funds we raise are directed to the provision of medical aid in locations, and for projects, focused on emergency humanitarian aid work. The work that we do calls for immediate, patient-centred responses to crisis, and situations of emergency, where people are affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare.
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