Otautahi Community Housing Trust — Community Development Charity in Christchurch
Otautahi Community Housing Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity C (62.5/100). Annual revenue: $38.4M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) is a registered community housing provider and charitable trust offering affordable homes and building sustainable communities in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. Our purpose is to house people on low incomes who need support with affordable housing. We’re tenant-centric and work to create tenant opportunities and to foster sustainable tenancies. In responding to the housing crisis, we build homes and upgrade existing homes so they are warm and dry.
- Registration Number
- CC53251
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2016-03-09
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (62.5/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- cedreece.tamagushiku@ocht.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $38.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $32.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $200.8M NZD
- Net Assets
- $132.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 52
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $38.4M | $32.6M | $132.0M |
| 2024 | $38.1M | $30.9M | $109.6M |
| 2023 | $31.9M | $30.9M | $92.2M |
| 2022 | $31.7M | $28.1M | $92.1M |
| 2021 | $25.9M | $24.3M | $58.1M |
| 2020 | $37.9M | $23.2M | $38.5M |
| 2019 | $38.8M | $20.7M | $23.9M |
| 2018 | $19.3M | $18.7M | $4.4M |
| 2017 | $16.6M | $12.7M | $3.8M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $-0.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 62.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- Annual return discloses 3 related-party loans totalling $54,593,381 on non-arm's-length terms (latest FY 2025-06-30) — may warrant trustee review.
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Celeste Donovan | Trustee | 2026-01-21 |
| Nathaniel Jardine | Trustee | 2026-01-21 |
| Simon Britten | Trustee | 2025-12-03 |
Former Officers (16)
- Vicki Buck — Trustee
- Jessica Riddell — Trustee
- Philippa Jones — Trustee
- Geoff Walker — Trustee
- Pauline Cotter — Trustee (departed 2025-01-29)
- Jake McLellan-Dowling — Trustee
- Sina Cotter Tait — Trustee
- Darren Evans — Trustee (chairperson)
- Yani Johanson — Trustee (departed 2022-10-31)
- Philip Mauger — Trustee (departed 2022-11-30)
- Steve Phillips — Trustee (departed 2022-06-10)
- Andrew Turner — Trustee (departed 2019-12-19)
- Lloyd Mander — Trustee (departed 2023-09-29)
- Pamela Sharpe — Trustee (departed 2024-11-29)
- Paul Lonsdale — Trustee (departed 2019-12-19)
- Alexander Skinner — Trustee (chairperson) (departed 2024-11-29)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership team (aggregate) | Senior Leadership Team | $1,223,000 | - |
| Leadership team (aggregate) | Senior Leadership Team | $1,223,000 | 2025 |
| Members of the Board (aggregate) | Trustees | $227,000 | - |
| Members of the Board (aggregate) | Trustees | $227,000 | 2025 |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Board Members | $0 | 2025 |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Board Members | $0 | - |
| Jake McLellan | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Alexander Skinner | Chair | - | 2025 |
| Pauline Cotter | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Pamela Sharpe | Deputy Chair | - | 2025 |
| Jessica Riddell | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Sina Cotter Tait | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Geoff Walker | ARC Chair | - | 2025 |
| Vicki Buck | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Philippa Jones | Deputy Chair | - | 2025 |
| Darren Evans | Chair | - | 2025 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in Otautahi Community Housing Trust's annual report.
- Christchurch City Council — $6,150,000 (16% of revenue) — Social housing portfolio lease and management
Service Providers
- Michael Rondel
- BDO Christchurch Audit Limited
- Bank of New Zealand
- Anthony Harper
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Otautahi Community Housing Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$38.4M
$32.6M
$200.8M
52
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) is a registered community housing provider and charitable trust offering affordable homes and building sustainable communities in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. Our purpose is to house people on low incomes who need support with affordable housing. We’re tenant-centric and work to create tenant opportunities and to foster sustainable tenancies. In responding to the housing crisis, we build homes and upgrade existing homes so they are warm and dry.
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Ranked against 9 peers · Community Development · $10M – $50M
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