Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Dunedin

Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. Annual revenue: $0.7M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: To support the development of exciting and innovative artistic works, the professional development of emerging artists, and the quality of the arts community in New Zealand. Goals of the Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust 1. To facilitate the development and presentation of innovative and challenging artistic work by artists from Dunedin, the Otago region and New Zealand. 2. To provide opportunities for emerging artists to develop new skills, networks and employment. 3. To develop arts audiences in Dunedin and Otago and promote the work of local artists. 4. To engage with the arts community and other interested groups to support the development of the arts in Dunedin.

Registration Number
CC30574
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Dunedin, Dunedin
Email
info@dunedinfringe.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.7M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.7M NZD
Total Assets
$0.4M NZD
Net Assets
$0.2M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
6
Volunteers
1
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.7M$0.7M$0.2M
2024$0.7M$0.7M$0.2M
2023$0.6M$0.7M$0.2M
2022$0.6M$0.5M$0.3M
2021$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2020$0.3M$0.1M$0.1M
2019$0.3M$0.3M$0.0M
2018$0.3M$0.2M$0.0M
2017$0.2M$0.2M$-0.0M
2016$0.2M$0.2M$-0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (48)

  • Joseph Considine — Treasurer
  • Antony Deaker — Trustee
  • Iftekhar Ahmed — Trustee
  • Rebekah Mapson — Trustee
  • Vanessa Beck — Staff Member (departed 2025-11-20)
  • George Dawes — Trustee
  • Marea Colombo — Trustee
  • David Bainbridge-Zafar — Chair
  • Padmini Pushpa- Kanta Naidu — Trustee (departed 2026-04-16)
  • Scott Clifford — Secretary
  • Alice Currie — Trustee
  • Warren Chambers — Trustee
  • Adrian Christie — Treasurer (departed 2025-06-19)
  • Sabra Moore — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • Kathryn Schrader — Co-Director (departed 2025-11-19)
  • Ruth Harvey — Co-Director (departed 2026-06-04)
  • Quinn Hardie — Trustee (departed 2023-12-07)
  • Darin Stewart — Treasurer (departed 2022-10-03)
  • Sian Jackson-Findlay — Trustee (departed 2024-05-15)
  • Leeann (Metiria) Stanton Turei — Co-Chairperson (departed 2022-05-12)

Funding Sources

  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $18,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $10,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $8,000
  • THE BENDIGO VALLEY SPORTS AND CHARITY FOUNDATION — $6,500
  • Lion Foundation — $5,000
  • Grassroots Trust Limited — $5,000

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Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust

CC30574Dunedin, DunedinRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 2 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

$664.0K

Expenses

$680.1K

Assets

$396.0K

Staff

6

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

About

Mission

To support the development of exciting and innovative artistic works, the professional development of emerging artists, and the quality of the arts community in New Zealand. Goals of the Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust 1. To facilitate the development and presentation of innovative and challenging artistic work by artists from Dunedin, the Otago region and New Zealand. 2. To provide opportunities for emerging artists to develop new skills, networks and employment. 3. To develop arts audiences in Dunedin and Otago and promote the work of local artists. 4. To engage with the arts community and other interested groups to support the development of the arts in Dunedin.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOlder peoplePeople with disabilitiesVoluntary bodies other than charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$664.0K
Total Expenses
$680.1K
Net Assets
$199.8K
Staff
6
employees
Volunteers
1

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 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
4.5mo
Could operate 4.5 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
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

9
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,137
High Concentration: 96% of revenue from Other
Other95.5%
Donations4.1%
Investment Income0.4%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 117 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#29/118
Revenue
$664K
#13/118
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/118
Surplus
$-16K
#90/118
Staff Cost %
35%
#118/118

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
Dunedin, Dunedin

Registration

Registration NumberCC30574
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated11 Jun 2004
Registered office
26 Princes Street Central Dunedin Dunedin 9016, Dunedin

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyMakes grants / loans to individualsMakes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)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: 28 September 2026.