Creative Arts Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Dunedin
Creative Arts Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. Annual revenue: $0.9M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: - Supporting the wellbeing of people facing mental health challenges in Dunedin and the Otago region through creativity and community engagement - Providing a safe and supportive environment free from stigma of mental illness or addiction to be creative, meet other people facing wellbeing challenges, and encourage a sense of belonging and hope - To provide opportunities for tangata whairoa to develop their creative interests, skills and connection with the wider community.
- Registration Number
- CC20790
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-01-29
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Dunedin, Dunedin
- director@artsenta.org
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.9M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 13
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $1.3M |
| 2024 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $1.0M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $1.0M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $1.0M |
| 2018 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $1.0M |
| 2017 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $1.0M |
| 2016 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $1.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Joanne Taylor-Cross | Trustee | 2021-10-14 |
| Charlotte Carr | Trustee | 2015-07-01 |
| Penelope Kinney | Trustee | 2015-07-01 |
| David Hogue | Chair | 2015-07-01 |
| Lisa Turner | Trustee | 2014-10-23 |
| Michael David Ferrari | Deputy Chair | 2007-08-31 |
Former Officers (16)
- Lisa Perniskie — Trustee (departed 2024-12-20)
- Kim Gotlieb — Trustee (departed 2021-04-22)
- Cate Butcher — Treasurer (departed 2020-01-31)
- Murray BELL — Trustee (departed 2016-12-28)
- Jeremy Noble — Trustee (departed 2016-03-02)
- Wendy True — Trustee (departed 2021-12-09)
- Ursula O'sullivan — Trustee (departed 2014-08-13)
- Darryl Baser — Trustee (departed 2012-05-09)
- Josephine Regan — Trustee (departed 2017-12-14)
- Thomas Lamb — Trustee (departed 2018-12-06)
- Sandra Anne Bell — Trustee (departed 2009-02-11)
- Stephanie Du Fresne — Chair (departed 2008-11-14)
- Rosemary Freda Caulton — Trustee (departed 2020-12-10)
- Kathleen Vera Beattie — Trustee (departed 2019-12-12)
- Louise Durant Petherbridge — Trustee (departed 2015-06-30)
- Murray George Bell — Treasurer (departed 2015-06-30)
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Creative Arts Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
How ratings work →$900.9K
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$1.5M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
- Supporting the wellbeing of people facing mental health challenges in Dunedin and the Otago region through creativity and community engagement - Providing a safe and supportive environment free from stigma of mental illness or addiction to be creative, meet other people facing wellbeing challenges, and encourage a sense of belonging and hope - To provide opportunities for tangata whairoa to develop their creative interests, skills and connection with the wider community.
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Ranked against 109 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M
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