What does Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City do?

Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City is a registered New Zealand charity operating in the Religion sector.

Is Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City a registered charity?

Yes, Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City is registered with Charities Services New Zealand under registration number CC42978.

What is Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City's annual revenue?

Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City reported total revenue of $0.6 million in their most recent annual return.

Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City — Religion Charity in Auckland

Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: Establishing, upholding and promoting spiritual, educational and humanitarian teachings and activities. Administering the ever-increasing diversity and volume of affairs and properties of the Baha’is of Auckland.

Registration Number: CC42978
Charity Type: Trust
Registration Date: 2008-06-30
Status: Active
Sector: Religion
Location: Auckland, Auckland
Email: nationaloffice@bahai.org.nz
Data as at: March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, People with disabilities, Religious groups

Financial Summary

Total Revenue: $0.6M NZD
Total Expenses: $0.8M NZD
Total Assets: $16.3M NZD
Net Assets: $16.2M NZD
Reserve Months: 0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count: 3
Volunteers: 15
Financial Year End: 2025-03-31

Financial History

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Net Assets
2025	$0.6M	$0.8M	$16.2M
2024	$0.6M	$0.7M	$16.3M
2023	$0.5M	$0.6M	$16.3M
2022	$0.5M	$0.4M	$3.1M
2021	$0.5M	$0.4M	$3.1M
2020	$0.5M	$0.5M	$3.0M
2019	$0.5M	$0.6M	$3.0M
2018	$0.5M	$0.5M	$3.1M
2017	$0.6M	$0.5M	$3.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (5)

Name	Role	Appointed
Neysan Zoelzer	Chair	2026-02-01
Zhinous Enayaty Pour Ardestany	Secretary	2026-02-01
Michael Zemke	Vice-Chairperson	2023-11-27
Kris Zemke	Member	2010-04-21
Gray Gibson	Member	2007-04-21

Former Officers (27)

Gina Opara — Member
Khatereh Eghdamian — Chair
Tuakalau Sakopo — Member (departed 2025-11-25)
Viliami Tutone — Member
Audrey Poliko — Member (departed 2023-11-02)
Nicola Poliko — Member
Asofiafia Sakopo — Member (departed 2023-06-24)
Audrey Aumua — Vice-Chairperson (departed 2023-10-10)
Aashish Indorewala — Member (departed 2023-04-06)
Nisyola Fifita — Member (departed 2024-12-09)
Siripan Rivers — Member (departed 2025-05-12)
Nanai Funa Tuiletufuga — Member (departed 2023-04-21)
John Misela — Member (departed 2021-04-20)
Fay Greenslade — Officer (departed 2016-04-20)
Behzad Eghdamian — Treasurer
Stephen Drake — Chair (departed 2021-04-20)
Fa'afou Poliko — Officer (departed 2017-04-19)
Rowshan Khalegian — Officer (departed 2012-04-20)
Elahe Khaleghian — Chair (departed 2022-04-21)
Shehzad Raja — Officer (departed 2011-04-21)

Reporting Group Members

Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 37 sibling charities:

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Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City

CC42978Auckland, AucklandRegistered 30 Jun 2008

Data updated: 4 days ago

Financials31 Mar 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

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Tier 3

Group member — Reporting-group member — see the parent charity's rating

This charity is a member of a Charities Services reporting group — its parent charity files one consolidated annual return covering the whole group. Because the member's individual return is empty by design (the financial data lives at the parent level), there's nothing on the member's own books for the standard scorecard to measure. The relevant rating, financial figures, and red flags are on the parent charity's profile — follow the link above to see them. The member is part of an ACTIVE filing group; this is not the same as "stale" or "dormant".

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Revenue

$647.8K

Expenses

$765.8K

Assets

$16.3M

Staff

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

Part of a reporting group. Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City files its annual return under the consolidated return filed by National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Zealand. The financial figures and rating shown for this charity reflect the parent's consolidated filing — see the parent's profile for the underlying disclosure.Parent rating: A.

About

Mission

Establishing, upholding and promoting spiritual, educational and humanitarian teachings and activities. Administering the ever-increasing diversity and volume of affairs and properties of the Baha’is of Auckland.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries

Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicMigrants / refugeesOlder peoplePeople with disabilitiesReligious groups

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue

$647.8K

Total Expenses

$765.8K

Net Assets

$16.2M

Staff

employees

Volunteers

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (9 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause

100c

For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs

Strong

Sustainability

4.2mo

Could operate 4.2 months with zero revenue

Low reserves

Fundraising Cost

No fundraising data

No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

Score /100

Highly Concentrated

HHI: 8,686

High Concentration: 93% of revenue from Donations

Donations93.0%

Other6.0%

Investment Income1.0%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 198 peers · Religion · $100K – $1M

Rating Score

#38/199

Revenue

$648K

#20/199

Reserve Months

0.0

#1/199

Surplus

$-118K

#194/199

Staff Cost %

10%

#199/199

Top Peers in Group

Samoan Methodist Churches of Samoa (Grey Lynn Parish) in New ZealandA

Third Space TrustA

PT Chevalier Co-Operating ParishA-

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

Score: /100

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Governance

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Contact Details

Address

Auckland, Auckland

nationaloffice@bahai.org.nz

Registration

Registration NumberCC42978

Entity TypeTrust

Registered30 Jun 2008

StatusRegistered

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Companies Office

StatusRegistered

Entity TypeCharitable Trust

Incorporated7 Sept 1934

Registered office

31 Kingdon Street, Newmarket, Auckland

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector

Religion

Activities

Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyProvides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides religious services / activitiesProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 28 September 2026.

Reporting Group — Consolidated Annual Return

Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City is one of 38 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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