The Audio Foundation — Health Charity in Auckland
The Audio Foundation is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: We believe in independent and adventurous visions, creative engagement and critical enquiry in sound, music and related practices. The Audio Foundation is a dedicated and professional organisation to support, promote and preserve these practices in Aotearoa/NZ. AUDIO FOUNDATION CORE AIMS: • To support and promote the creation, production, and dissemination of New Zealand sound, music and related projects • To foster and preserve an identity and history for NZ sound, music and related practices, and to promote this to the wider public • To enable research, development and cultivation of creative artistic potential primarily concerned with sound and music • To facilitate access, engagement and connection between the sound community and the wider community • To maintain and provide a professional integrity through sustained communication, delivery of programs, facilitation and successful initiatives.
- Registration Number
- CC20147
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-11-29
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- admin@audiofoundation.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Smith | Trustee | 2025-10-02 |
| Lucy Beeler | Trustee | 2025-10-02 |
| Sophie Burbery | Trustee | 2025-10-02 |
| Scott Wilson | Trustee | 2025-10-02 |
| Melissa Laing | Treasurer | 2024-03-11 |
| Thomas Shoebridge | Deputy Chair / Secretary | 2023-12-04 |
| Jeff Henderson | Director | 2013-01-01 |
Former Officers (19)
- Richard Francis — Co-Chair (departed 2025-05-29)
- Riki Gooch — Trustee (departed 2025-05-29)
- Clinton Watkins — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
- Cushla Donaldson — Trustee (departed 2024-03-11)
- Annie Bradley — Co-Chairperson/trustee (departed 2025-03-23)
- Rachel Shearer — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
- Joseph Nunweek — Trustee (departed 2015-03-15)
- Sean Kerr — Trustee (departed 2015-03-15)
- Alastair Pettitt — Trustee (departed 2025-03-23)
- Elizabeth Dawson — Board Trust Member (departed 2012-08-01)
- Andrew McMillan — Co-Chairperson/trustee (departed 2026-07-19)
- Zita Joyce — Trustee (departed 2012-01-01)
- Andrew Clifford — Trustee (departed 2018-12-01)
- Lara Bowen — Treasurer/trustee (departed 2009-12-30)
- Glenda Keam — Secretary/trustee (departed 2009-12-30)
- Paul Douglas — Trustee (departed 2009-12-30)
- Zoe Drayton — Accounts Manager (departed 2014-03-01)
- Jon Bywater — Trustee (departed 2011-05-01)
- Philip Dadson — Trustee (departed 2017-07-16)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $37,500
- Foundation North — $15,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $9,714.08
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The Audio Foundation
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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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About
We believe in independent and adventurous visions, creative engagement and critical enquiry in sound, music and related practices. The Audio Foundation is a dedicated and professional organisation to support, promote and preserve these practices in Aotearoa/NZ. AUDIO FOUNDATION CORE AIMS: • To support and promote the creation, production, and dissemination of New Zealand sound, music and related projects • To foster and preserve an identity and history for NZ sound, music and related practices, and to promote this to the wider public • To enable research, development and cultivation of creative artistic potential primarily concerned with sound and music • To facilitate access, engagement and connection between the sound community and the wider community • To maintain and provide a professional integrity through sustained communication, delivery of programs, facilitation and successful initiatives.
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