Musical Theatre Dunedin Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Dunedin

Musical Theatre Dunedin Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: To produce musical and dramatic entertainment for the benefit of the organisation and or charitable or philanthropic objects. To foster, promote and encourage the study, composition, practice and performance of musical theatre productions and other works. To train and promote generally the interest of actors, singers, theatre technicians, dancers, musicians and other artists, both collectively and as individuals.

Registration Number
CC37244
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Dunedin, Dunedin
Website
https://mtd.org.nz
Email
admin@mtd.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (society)
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Total Assets
$0.4M NZD
Net Assets
$0.3M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.1M$0.1M$0.3M
2024$0.7M$0.7M$0.3M
2023$0.0M$0.1M$0.4M
2022$0.6M$0.6M$0.4M
2021$0.1M$0.1M$0.5M
2020$0.8M$0.7M$0.5M
2019$0.7M$0.6M$0.4M
2018$0.1M$0.1M$0.3M
2017$0.1M$0.2M$0.3M
2016$0.7M$0.7M$0.4M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (4)

NameRoleAppointed
Andrea ChisholmTreasurer2025-08-18
Clare LewisExecutive Board Member2025-08-18
Daniel CairnsExecutive Board Member2025-08-18
Melanie O'BrienExecutive Board Member2025-08-18

Former Officers (47)

  • Bridget Telfer-Milne — Executive Board Member
  • Shayne Sparks — Executive Board Member
  • Dean Driver — Treasurer
  • Marlise Sparks — President
  • Max Beal — Executive Board Member
  • Anne Gilkison — Executive Board Member (departed 2022-11-14)
  • Jodie Spedding — Executive Board Member (departed 2024-03-31)
  • Olivia Larkins — Vice President
  • Patrick Smit — Executive Board Member (departed 2022-06-02)
  • Anna Thomson — Executive Board Member (departed 2023-06-26)
  • Alexander Andreassend — Past President & Administrator
  • John Finlayson — Executive Board Member
  • Brent Bishop — Executive Board (departed 2021-07-12)
  • Charlotte McKay — Vice President (departed 2022-08-15)
  • Kerry Davey — Executive Board Member (departed 2024-03-31)
  • Anna Tarbotton — Executive Board (departed 2019-10-18)
  • Stacey Gribben — Executive Board (departed 2020-08-03)
  • Thomas Sear — Executive Board (departed 2019-03-11)
  • Alethea Chittenden — Executive Board (departed 2019-06-27)
  • Dale Lovett — Administrator (departed 2018-06-29)

Funding Sources

  • Lion Foundation — $12,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $12,000

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Musical Theatre Dunedin Incorporated

CC37244Dunedin, DunedinRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at March 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

$76.0K

Expenses

$119.1K

Assets

$371.2K

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

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Arts & Culture
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Otago

About

Mission

To produce musical and dramatic entertainment for the benefit of the organisation and or charitable or philanthropic objects. To foster, promote and encourage the study, composition, practice and performance of musical theatre productions and other works. To train and promote generally the interest of actors, singers, theatre technicians, dancers, musicians and other artists, both collectively and as individuals.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicMigrants / refugeesOlder peoplePeople of a certain ethnic / racial originPeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$76.0K
Total Expenses
$119.1K
Net Assets
$300.7K
Volunteers
0

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
15.7mo
Could operate 15.7 months with zero revenue
Healthy
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: 9,093
High Concentration: 95% of revenue from Other
Other95.3%
Investment Income2.5%
Trading / Services2.2%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 360 peers · Arts & Culture · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#57/361
Revenue
$76K
#35/361
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/361
Surplus
$-43K
#353/361
Staff Cost %
2%
#361/361

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 NumberCC37244
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Incorporated18 Nov 1929
Registered office
1 Sullivan Avenue, South Dunedin, Dunedin, 9012

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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.