WORD Christchurch — Education Charity in Christchurch
WORD Christchurch is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: We develop and present programmes, projects and events that excite, entertain, educate and inspire writers, readers and thinkers
- Registration Number
- CC30517
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- admin@wordchristchurch.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.6M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (30)
- Kent Yeoman — Trustee
- Bronte Kelly — Trustee (departed 2024-12-06)
- Sela Faletolu-Fasi — Trustee (departed 2025-09-16)
- Tina Makereti Dahlberg — Trustee (departed 2025-04-14)
- Michelle Shirtcliffe — Trustee
- Pauline Scanlan — Trustee
- Marianne Hargreaves — Trustee
- Stephanie Walker — Executive Director
- FEAGAI LAVEA-TIMO — Trustee (departed 2024-02-21)
- Erin Harrington — Trustee
- Marcus Elliott — Trustee (departed 2025-01-05)
- Tristan Sage — Trustee (departed 2017-12-31)
- Donna Robertson — Trustee
- Morrin Rout — Trustee (departed 2024-03-19)
- Paula Taylor — Trustee (departed 2024-06-18)
- Rachael King — Trust Board Member (departed 2013-09-06)
- Vicki Blyth — Chair
- Stephanie Grieve — Trust Board Member (departed 2015-12-31)
- Anna Rogers — Trust Board Member (departed 2018-12-31)
- Coral Atkinson — Trust Board Member (departed 2011-07-31)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $39,605
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $12,143.9
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $10,137
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $8,960
- The Lion Foundation — $7,500
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $7,465
- One Foundation — $5,000
- One Foundation — $5,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $4,189.77
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $4,105
- Air Rescue Services Limited — $3,385.65
- New Zealand Community Trust — $3,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $3,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation Limited — $2,800
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $2,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $2,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $2,000
- Lion Foundation — $2,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $1,928
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WORD Christchurch
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.)
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We develop and present programmes, projects and events that excite, entertain, educate and inspire writers, readers and thinkers
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