Art for Life Trust — Health Charity in Christchurch

Art for Life Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: "The purpose of Art for Life Trust is to educate and train people with special needs in the area of fine arts especially painting and sculpture. In particular the Trust will: 1. operate an arts studio for the following purposes 2. to provide for the teaching of art and in particular with reference to 4 below 3. to give students and teachers opportunities to display their creations and so to obtain feedback 4. to use the artistic media to assist those with physical or mental disabilities in their treatment or rehabilitation 5. to further Arts generally 6. to provide such other support and assistance as may be consistent with the charitable aims of the Trust. " To provide an art studio for people with disabilities

Registration Number
CC51796
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2015-05-15
Status
Active
Sector
Health
Location
Christchurch, Christchurch
Email
secretary@artforlife.org.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
2
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.1M$0.1M-
2024$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2023$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2022$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2021$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2020$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2018$0.1M$0.0M$0.0M
2017$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2016$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (5)

NameRoleAppointed
Zachary BeckTreasurer2026-04-16
Kara BurrowesTrustee2025-08-13
Pierce CROWLEYChair2023-08-09
Arthur de BeunSecretary2022-06-09
William BurryTrustee2022-02-16

Former Officers (24)

  • Kara Tyler — Trustee (departed 2025-08-13)
  • Eva Hansen — Trustee (departed 2025-03-31)
  • Laura NICHOLLS — Treasurer (departed 2026-05-13)
  • Kees van den Oever — Treasurer (departed 2024-12-31)
  • John Ruane — Trustee (departed 2023-10-12)
  • Sophie Svenson — Trustee (departed 2023-06-30)
  • Cornelis (Kees) van den Oever — Trustee (departed 2021-11-25)
  • Daniel Nelson — Treasurer (departed 2022-12-09)
  • Orleana Lancaster — Trustee (departed 2021-11-04)
  • Leah Norman — Chair (departed 2023-03-03)
  • Ruba Rawashdeh — Administrator (departed 2021-08-12)
  • Sam Mitchell — Trustee (departed 2021-09-15)
  • Ricki Taylor — Treasurer (departed 2021-06-30)
  • Madison Keay — Trustee (departed 2021-03-30)
  • Hannah Wilson — Trustee (departed 2022-06-09)
  • David Morrin — Trustee (departed 2020-09-03)
  • Gentilessa Romano — Trustee (departed 2018-03-07)
  • Louise Bendall — Trustee/chairperson (departed 2021-08-31)
  • Richard McMeeking — Trustee (departed 2021-03-04)
  • Thomas Stevens — Trustee/chairperson (departed 2020-03-02)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $18,034
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $16,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $12,000
  • Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $12,000
  • Lion Foundation — $10,000
  • Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $6,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $6,000
  • Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $6,000
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000

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Art for Life Trust

CC51796Christchurch, ChristchurchRegistered 15 May 2015
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials9mo agoRatingyesterday

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

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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.)

How ratings work →
Revenue

$93.9K

Expenses

$106.2K

Staff

2

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

About

Mission

"The purpose of Art for Life Trust is to educate and train people with special needs in the area of fine arts especially painting and sculpture. In particular the Trust will: 1. operate an arts studio for the following purposes 2. to provide for the teaching of art and in particular with reference to 4 below 3. to give students and teachers opportunities to display their creations and so to obtain feedback 4. to use the artistic media to assist those with physical or mental disabilities in their treatment or rehabilitation 5. to further Arts generally 6. to provide such other support and assistance as may be consistent with the charitable aims of the Trust. " To provide an art studio for people with disabilities

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
People with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$93.9K
Total Expenses
$106.2K
Net Assets
-
Staff
2
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (11 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
98c
For every $1 spent, 98c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
4mo
Could operate 4 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
Fundraising Cost
$0.57
Costs $0.57 to raise each $1 in donations
High cost

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

Revenue Diversification

7
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,267
High Concentration: 96% of revenue from Other
Other96.2%
Donations3.6%
Investment Income0.2%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 265 peers · Health · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#55/266
Revenue
$94K
#8/266
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/266
Surplus
$-12K
#226/266
Staff Cost %
68%
#266/266

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Christchurch, Christchurch

Registration

Registration NumberCC51796
Entity TypeTrust
Registered15 May 2015
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated28 Nov 2014
Registered office
23 Barrington Street, Somerfield, Christchurch

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Health
Activities
Provides 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: 27 September 2026.