Project Employ Limited — Education Charity in Auckland

Project Employ Limited is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $1.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.

Mission: Our mission is to promote and encourage the personal and professional development of marginalised people, specifically young adults with intellectual disabilities and learning differences through access to work skills training programmes, thereby assisting them to grow, develop and have the best chance of gaining meaningful, paid employment in the community. This will ensure they live with pride, dignity and respect.

Registration Number
CC59759
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2021-11-01
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Email
accounts@projectemploy.nz
Data as at
March 2026

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$1.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.9M NZD
Total Assets
$0.6M NZD
Net Assets
$0.5M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
18
Financial Year End
2026-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2026$1.0M$0.9M$0.5M
2025$0.8M$0.7M$0.5M
2024$0.8M$0.6M$0.4M
2023$0.4M$0.3M$0.2M
2022$0.2M$0.0M-

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
Richard EastonTrustee2025-03-21
Murray ThatcherTrustee2024-07-09
Mark LongbottomTrustee2023-12-01
Nicola PartridgeTrustee2023-05-29
Kate TelfordTrustee2022-05-01
Sarah Dann-HoareTrustee2021-10-29
Andrew HillTrustee2021-10-08

Former Officers (7)

  • Anthony Dench — Chair (departed 2024-12-19)
  • Karen Lonergan — Trustee (departed 2024-01-30)
  • Marilyn Glover — Trustee (departed 2025-06-05)
  • Janou Kannangara — Trustee (departed 2022-03-25)
  • Stephen Brown — Trustee (departed 2022-11-04)
  • Robert Harpur — Trustee (departed 2023-01-25)
  • Diane Eaglesome — Trustee (departed 2022-06-03)

Funding Sources

  • Foundation North — $3,120,000
  • Foundation North — $700,000
  • Foundation North — $94,545
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $20,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $20,000
  • Four Winds Foundation Limited — $15,000
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000
  • Simplicity Foundation — $5,000
  • Pub Charity Limited — $2,730
  • Four Winds Foundation Limited — $1,377

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Project Employ Limited

CC59759Auckland, AucklandRegistered 1 Nov 2021
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials6mo agoRating2d ago

Financial data as at March 2026. 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.)

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Reasons to look carefully (1)

These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.

  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 7. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.

Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.

Revenue

$973.4K

Expenses

$914.4K

Assets

$587.1K

Staff

18

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

Our mission is to promote and encourage the personal and professional development of marginalised people, specifically young adults with intellectual disabilities and learning differences through access to work skills training programmes, thereby assisting them to grow, develop and have the best chance of gaining meaningful, paid employment in the community. This will ensure they live with pride, dignity and respect.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peoplePeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$973.4K
Total Expenses
$914.4K
Net Assets
$548.9K
Staff
18
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (5 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
6.8mo
Could operate 6.8 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

36
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 6,429
Other77.1%
Donations22.0%
Investment Income0.9%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/133
Revenue
$973K
#1/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$59K
#47/133
Staff Cost %
63%
#133/133

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

Rating History

NR
2026
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Auckland, Auckland

Registration

Registration NumberCC59759
Entity TypeTrust
Registered1 Nov 2021
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeNZ Limited Company
Incorporated30 Sept 2021
Company #8235037
Registered office
Level 10, Bdo Tower, 19 Como Street, Takapuna, Auckland, 0622

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
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.