Unicef Childrens Foundation — International Aid Charity in Wellington
Unicef Childrens Foundation is a Trust charity in the International Aid sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C (60.9/100). Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Unicef Childrens Foundation is part of the same organisation as New Zealand National Committee For Unicef Trust Board (CC35979). Each registration files its own accounts.
Mission: The UNICEF Childrens Foundation receives gifts, bequests and legacies on behalf of UNICEF NZ which are invested. An annual distribution of investment income is made to UNICEF NZ for distribution in accordance with its charitable purposes.
- Registration Number
- CC27773
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (60.9/100)
- Sector
- International Aid
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- 2helpkids@unicef.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (endowment)
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Other charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $2.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.1 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.8M | $2.6M |
| 2024 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.0M | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.2M | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.0M | $2.6M |
| 2019 | $0.3M | $0.0M | $2.3M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.3M | $1.9M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.1M | $2.2M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $2.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 60.9/100
- Financial Score
- 73.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Heather Hayden | Trustee | 2025-11-11 |
| Ian Olan | Trustee | 2025-11-11 |
| Tim Sutton | Trustee | 2025-11-11 |
| Nicholas Wells | Trustee | 2025-05-01 |
Former Officers (17)
- Mavis Mullins — Trustee (departed 2025-11-11)
- Carmen Vicelich — Trustee (departed 2025-11-11)
- Mark Oldershaw — Trustee (departed 2023-11-10)
- Linda Jenkinson — Trustee (departed 2022-08-03)
- Anita Killeen — Trustee (departed 2026-07-31)
- Simon Wi Rutene — Trustee (departed 2026-05-21)
- Paula Snowden — Trustee (departed 2018-12-01)
- David Iverson — Trustee (departed 2020-09-22)
- Jane Katharine Meares — Trustee (departed 2020-09-22)
- Tore Hayward — Trustee (departed 2020-03-04)
- Christopher Allen — Trustee (departed 2019-05-07)
- Matthew Silwood — Trustee (departed 2015-05-20)
- Graeme Sinclair — Trustee (departed 2014-09-19)
- Ross Steele — Trustee (departed 2016-05-03)
- Victoria Stace — Trustee (departed 2017-08-16)
- Rose MacLeod — Trustee (departed 2009-06-03)
- Paul Bevin — Trustee (departed 2015-11-30)
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Unicef Childrens Foundation
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.
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.
$337.5K
$849.8K
$2.6M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Grant-Making Trust
Special Entity TypeThis trust makes grants to other organizations. It does not deliver programs directly.
Relationship: related_entity
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The UNICEF Childrens Foundation receives gifts, bequests and legacies on behalf of UNICEF NZ which are invested. An annual distribution of investment income is made to UNICEF NZ for distribution in accordance with its charitable purposes.
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