Canterbury Direct Investments Limited — Social Services Charity in Christchurch
Canterbury Direct Investments Limited is a Statutory Organisation charity in the Social Services sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $21.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: The company is engaged in the business of the management and investment of funds in accordance with shareholder policies for charitable purposes, particularly direct holdings in private equity and social infrastructure funds.
- Registration Number
- CC49771
- Charity Type
- Statutory Organisation
- Registration Date
- 2013-09-18
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- Website
- https://www.ratafoundation.org.nz
- compliance@ratafoundation.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $21.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $14.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $261.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $61.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $21.2M | $14.8M | $61.5M |
| 2025 | $18.4M | $12.2M | $55.1M |
| 2024 | $19.7M | $12.8M | $47.7M |
| 2023 | $15.2M | $9.8M | $40.8M |
| 2022 | $17.1M | $4.7M | $35.3M |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $1.7M | $22.9M |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $0.8M | $18.8M |
| 2019 | $4.8M | $0.9M | $16.6M |
| 2018 | $2.1M | $0.6M | $12.7M |
| 2017 | $2.1M | $0.9M | $11.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Weir | Director | 2026-01-30 |
| Katie Foote | Director | 2026-01-30 |
| Alexander Margaritis | Director | 2026-01-30 |
| Dean Percy | Director | 2025-09-08 |
| David Jessep | Director | 2020-10-21 |
| Glenn Livingstone | Director | 2020-10-21 |
| John Murphy | Director | 2019-06-01 |
| Josiah Tualamali'i | Director | 2019-06-01 |
Former Officers (29)
- Judene Edgar — Director (departed 2026-08-31)
- David Ivory — Director (departed 2026-08-31)
- Anne-Marie Kite — Director (departed 2026-01-30)
- Howard Timms — Director (departed 2026-01-30)
- Christopher Ford — Director (departed 2026-01-30)
- Sharon Gemmell — Director (departed 2026-08-31)
- Michael Bendall — Director (departed 2025-01-19)
- Philippa Burns — Director (departed 2026-08-31)
- Katherine Sherriff — Director (departed 2019-12-01)
- Mike Rutledge — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Robyn Wallace — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Elizabeth Lovell — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Sam MacDonald — Director (departed 2018-06-30)
- Antonina Grant — Director (departed 2022-10-31)
- Anthony de Reeper — Director (departed 2019-05-31)
- Sarah-Jane Weir — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Paulasi Fakahu — Trustee (departed 2016-08-27)
- Gillian Spooner — Director (departed 2015-02-09)
- Christine Korako — Director (departed 2020-09-09)
- Rosemary Wells — Director (departed 2020-09-09)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sommerville | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Kevin Doherty | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Margaret Coates | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Peter Guthrie | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| David Moffett | Chair | - | 2021 |
| Michael Deane | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Ngaire Button | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Raewyn Pou | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| David Tritt | Chair | - | 2022 |
| Nicola Scott | Trustee | - | 2022 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in Canterbury Direct Investments Limited's annual report.
- Fund managers (10 investment managers) — $2,040,000 — Investment management and advisory services
Service Providers
- KPMG
- KPMG
- Mercer
- Rhodes & Co
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Canterbury Direct Investments Limited
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This entity is registered as a charity but functions as a property, trading, or investment vehicle held by a service-delivering parent (a church, school, hospital, professional association, or similar). Its purpose is to hold or trade assets on the parent's behalf — not to deliver programs to public beneficiaries on its own books. The standard charity rating template (program-vs-administration split, reserve-months, fundraising efficiency) doesn't apply at the subsidiary level — those signals are meaningful at the parent level. A letter grade is withheld here rather than producing a misleading F driven by template-fit. Look up the parent charity by name for its rating.
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. 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.
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$21.2M
$14.8M
$261.5M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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Special Entity TypeThis organization is a subsidiary or branch of a parent charity.
About
The company is engaged in the business of the management and investment of funds in accordance with shareholder policies for charitable purposes, particularly direct holdings in private equity and social infrastructure funds.
Who We Serve
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Revenue Diversification
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Ranked against 13 peers · Social Services · $10M – $50M
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