The Physics Room Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Christchurch
The Physics Room Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: The Physics Room is a contemporary art space dedicated to developing and promoting contemporary art and critical discourse in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Registration Number
- CC27696
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- physicsroom@physicsroom.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Other charities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Perkins | General Trustee | 2025-10-20 |
| Kirsty Cooper | Treasurer | 2025-08-18 |
| Charlotte Huddleston | General Trustee | 2025-02-17 |
| Conor Clarke | General Trustee | 2022-12-20 |
| Luke Shaw | Chair | 2022-04-19 |
| Andre Hopping | Secretary | 2021-11-17 |
| Dr. Barbara Garrie | Deputy Chair | 2019-10-15 |
| James Dann | General Trustee | 2014-01-01 |
Former Officers (22)
- Kirsty Dunn — General Trustee (departed 2026-03-03)
- Nicola Hulley — Treasurer (departed 2025-05-05)
- Kahurangi Carter — Trustee (departed 2024-05-09)
- Margot van de Water — Treasurer/board Member (departed 2023-04-18)
- Katie Coleman — Treasurer (departed 2019-12-31)
- Steve Carr — Trustee (departed 2019-01-31)
- Chloe Cull — Chair (departed 2025-02-17)
- ELLA GABRIEL MAXWELL MILROY-SUTHERLAND — Trustee (departed 2022-10-25)
- Ella Sutherland — Trustee (departed 2018-07-31)
- Gary Franklin — Trustee (departed 2017-07-03)
- Stephanie Oberg — Trustee (departed 2022-08-23)
- Zoe Roland — Trustee (departed 2014-06-10)
- Kiran Dass — Trustee (departed 2013-12-31)
- Morgan Thomas — Trustee (departed 2010-12-14)
- Nathan Pohio — Chair (departed 2022-01-28)
- Aaron Beehre — Trustee (departed 2015-09-07)
- Susan Ballard — Deputy Chairperson (departed 2012-07-01)
- Paul Sutherland — Chair (departed 2018-11-12)
- Danae Mossman — Director (departed 2007-08-20)
- Gavin Shepherd — Treasurer (departed 2017-06-14)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $1,329
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The Physics Room Trust
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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The Physics Room is a contemporary art space dedicated to developing and promoting contemporary art and critical discourse in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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