The Christchurch Jazz Foundation Trust — Education Charity in Christchurch

The Christchurch Jazz Foundation Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: The purposes of the Trust are to: • Create public awareness, promote appreciation and knowledge of music with opportunities for the public of all ages to experience local performances. • To promote and support music performances. • Provide opportunity for local, national and international musicians to get together, play together and to learn from each other. • To initiate and facilitate tuition and professional development such as workshops and other educational events. • Enable performances in Christchurch from performers with International standing for the benefit and growth of our local audiences and musicians. While the focus of the Trust is primarily on jazz music, the purposes are deliberately broad to support a variety of genres of music to encourage musicians on numerous paths they may take.

Registration Number
CC51822
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2015-04-07
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Christchurch, Christchurch
Email
bell.judith@gmail.com
Data as at
December 2025

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

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.1M$0.1M-
2024$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2024$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2023$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2022$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2021$0.1M$0.1M-
2020$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2018$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2017$0.1M$0.0M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (4)

NameRoleAppointed
Peter MooreTrustee2022-12-16
Gavin ShepherdTreasurer2020-08-19
Judith BellChair2015-03-12
Celia StewartSecretary2015-03-12

Former Officers (4)

  • Glenda Burt — Treasurer (departed 2021-04-01)
  • Tom Rainey — Trustee (departed 2022-12-16)
  • Timothy Trollope — Trustee (departed 2019-08-07)
  • Christina Love — Treasurer (departed 2019-08-07)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $8,000
  • Youthtown Incorporated — $6,188
  • Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $6,000
  • Mainland Foundation Limited — $6,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $6,000
  • Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $5,000
  • Air Rescue Services Limited — $5,000
  • Trillian Trust — $4,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $4,000
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $4,000
  • Mainland Foundation Limited — $1,150

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The Christchurch Jazz Foundation Trust

CC51822Christchurch, ChristchurchRegistered 7 Apr 2015
Data updated: 5 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating2d ago

Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

Small volunteer-led organisations are not letter-graded: the standard financial template does not fit entities without paid staff, large revenue, or significant government funding. The charity's filed figures are shown above.

How ratings work →
Revenue

$79.0K

Expenses

$67.0K

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

1 red flag identified- Review the Rating tab for details

About

Mission

The purposes of the Trust are to: • Create public awareness, promote appreciation and knowledge of music with opportunities for the public of all ages to experience local performances. • To promote and support music performances. • Provide opportunity for local, national and international musicians to get together, play together and to learn from each other. • To initiate and facilitate tuition and professional development such as workshops and other educational events. • Enable performances in Christchurch from performers with International standing for the benefit and growth of our local audiences and musicians. While the focus of the Trust is primarily on jazz music, the purposes are deliberately broad to support a variety of genres of music to encourage musicians on numerous paths they may take.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOlder peoplePeople with disabilitiesReligious groupsVoluntary bodies other than charitiesOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$79.0K
Total Expenses
$67.0K
Net Assets
-

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (11 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
9mo
Could operate 9 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

40
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 6,040
Donations72.8%
Other27.2%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 329 peers · Education · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#60/330
Revenue
$79K
#25/330
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/330
Surplus
$12K
#45/330
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/330

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
B-
2024
Score: 72.5
Financial: 100 | Governance: 75 | Transparency: 65

Rating

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

Address
Christchurch, Christchurch

Registration

Registration NumberCC51822
Entity TypeTrust
Registered7 Apr 2015
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated24 Mar 2015
Registered office
86 Halberg Street, Dallington, Christchurch

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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