Christian World Service

CC22288 · NZBN 9429043108978 · Care / protection of animals · Christchurch
Registered 30 Mar 2008 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 3

Key facts: Christian World Service is a registered New Zealand charity (CC22288), operating in the care / protection of animals sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$2.4M and total expenditure of NZ$1.1M for the year ended 2025.

Christian World Service (CWS) is an aid and development service of partner Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Partner Churches are Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia, Methodist Church of New Zealand, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, Religious Society of Friends and Christian Churches New Zealand. We work to end poverty and injustice throughout the world by supporting communities working for better lives and livelihoods and providing humanitarian relief in times of disaster. As an inclusive organisation we respond without discrimination based on ethnicity, belief, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation.
NZ$2.4M
Gross income
NZ$1.1M
Expenditure
NZ$2.0M
Total assets
NZ$1.8M
Total equity

Income vs expenditure

Each year from the charity's annual returns. The top bar is money coming in, the bar below is money spent.

Income  Expenditure
2018
NZ$2.2M
NZ$1.8M
2019
NZ$1.3M
NZ$1.7M
2020
NZ$1.4M
NZ$1.5M
2021
NZ$1.5M
NZ$1.6M
2022
NZ$1.9M
NZ$1.9M
2023
NZ$1.9M
NZ$2.2M
2024
NZ$1.8M
NZ$1.8M
2025
NZ$2.4M
NZ$1.1M

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$2.2M
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~20 months.
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