Depot Arts and Music Space Trust — Education Charity in Auckland

Depot Arts and Music Space Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $1.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: 1. To foster, promote and increase public interest and participation in the arts, including all forms of the Visual and Applied Arts and Crafts, Performance Art, Literature, Poetry, Music, Film and the study of the Arts. 2. To initiate, conduct, assist, encourage and promote educational programmes and opportunities concerning the arts for all age groups to achieve any or all of the objects of the Trust 3. To issue or promote or assist in the issue of books, papers, pamphlets, periodicals and other documents to inform and educate concerning the arts 4. To promote and communicate to the public through various means including exhibitions, publications and events the creative, cultural and artistic richness of the arts in New Zealand with the purpose of increasing public interest and appreciation. 5. To provide physical premises, infrastructure and services and to receive subscriptions, fees, funding, donations, grants and sponsorships.

Registration Number
CC50815
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2014-07-25
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Email
amy.saunders@depot.org.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$1.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$1.3M NZD
Total Assets
$0.4M NZD
Net Assets
$0.2M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
18
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$1.3M$1.3M$0.2M
2024$1.2M$1.2M$0.3M
2023$1.1M$1.1M$0.3M
2022$1.0M$1.0M$0.3M
2021$0.9M$0.9M$0.3M
2020$0.9M$0.9M$0.3M
2019$1.1M$1.0M$0.3M
2018$0.7M$0.7M$0.2M
2017$0.7M$0.7M$0.2M
2016$0.7M$0.7M$0.3M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (22)

  • Malcolm Lawry — Trustee
  • Rose-Marie Nathan — Trustee
  • Cora-Allan Twiss — Trustee
  • Karen Payne — Trustee
  • Wayne Dyer — Co-Chair
  • Tammas Alexander — Treasurer
  • Vivian Kent — Trustee (departed 2023-04-17)
  • Abby Storey — Trustee (departed 2025-02-19)
  • Nicola Divine — Co-Chair
  • Lawrence Brock — Trustee (departed 2021-05-01)
  • Gayle Morris — Trustee (departed 2019-11-30)
  • David Bailey — Trustee (departed 2023-05-15)
  • Margaret Taylor — Chair (departed 2024-12-11)
  • Anthony McNeight — Chair (departed 2019-08-27)
  • Christopher Mullane — Officer (departed 2017-10-01)
  • Helen Ross — Trustee (departed 2016-11-30)
  • Jo Barrett — Trustee (departed 2017-01-13)
  • Lorraine Owens — Trustee (departed 2015-08-05)
  • Catherine Gunn — Trustee (departed 2017-08-15)
  • Suanne Lorimer — Trustee (departed 2015-08-07)

Funding Sources

  • Foundation North — $180,000
  • Foundation North — $25,000
  • Four Winds Foundation Limited — $16,900
  • Pub Charity Limited — $15,498.27
  • One Foundation — $10,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $3,000

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Depot Arts and Music Space Trust

CC50815Auckland, AucklandRegistered 25 Jul 2014
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at June 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

$1.3M

Expenses

$1.3M

Assets

$353.2K

Staff

18

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

Funded By

Registered charities that have funded this organisation.

About

Mission

1. To foster, promote and increase public interest and participation in the arts, including all forms of the Visual and Applied Arts and Crafts, Performance Art, Literature, Poetry, Music, Film and the study of the Arts. 2. To initiate, conduct, assist, encourage and promote educational programmes and opportunities concerning the arts for all age groups to achieve any or all of the objects of the Trust 3. To issue or promote or assist in the issue of books, papers, pamphlets, periodicals and other documents to inform and educate concerning the arts 4. To promote and communicate to the public through various means including exhibitions, publications and events the creative, cultural and artistic richness of the arts in New Zealand with the purpose of increasing public interest and appreciation. 5. To provide physical premises, infrastructure and services and to receive subscriptions, fees, funding, donations, grants and sponsorships.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicOlder peopleOther charitiesPeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$1.3M
Total Expenses
$1.3M
Net Assets
$227.1K
Staff
18
employees
Volunteers
0

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
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
1.1mo
Could operate 1.1 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

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

Revenue Diversification

52
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 4,810
Government Grants52.4%
Other45.4%
Trading / Services1.5%
Investment Income0.7%
Donations0.0%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 37 peers · Education · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
0
#24/38
Revenue
$1.3M
#32/38
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/38
Surplus
$-64K
#32/38
Staff Cost %
56%
#38/38

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

Rating

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

Address
Auckland, Auckland

Registration

Registration NumberCC50815
Entity TypeTrust
Registered25 Jul 2014
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated19 May 2014

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyMakes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)Sponsors / undertakes research

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: 28 September 2026.