# Skills Active Te Mahi Ako Limited

**Charities Register number:** CC60241
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2022-05-05
**Sector:** Education
**ICNPO group:** Education and Research
**Region:** Wellington
**NZBN:** 9429050033898
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

Skills Active Te Mahi Ako exists to provide work-based learning to grow confident, capable, connected people and organisations across our sectors. SATMA delivers vocational education that upholds the mana of te Tiriti o Waitangi, fuels a passion for lifelong learning, and supports ākonga and workforce success through flexible and tailored provision - where, when and how they need it. Skills Active Te Mahi Ako is a tertiary education organisation for the purpose of the Education and Training Act

## CharityData rating

- **Grade:** D (46.0 / 100)
- **Financial health:** 52.2/100
- **Governance:** 65/100
- **Transparency:** 85/100
- **Computed:** 2026-09-26 (methodology 3.11)
- **Flags raised by the methodology:** 1
  - trustees holding many concurrent board roles

Ratings are an analytical view computed from this charity's own filings to the Charities Register, using a published methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology. They are not advice and not a statement about any individual.

## Latest annual return (year ended 2025-12-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$7.37M
- **Total expenses:** NZ$6.63M
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$742k
- **Total assets:** NZ$3.66M
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$787k
- **Net assets:** NZ$2.87M
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$721k
- **Government grants:** NZ$6.83M (92.7% of revenue)
- **Donations:** NZ$0
- **Staff costs:** NZ$4.61M
- **Paid staff:** 47
- **Reporting tier:** Tier2
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=79400872-d8e6-f011-bb4e-000d3acc4199&isPublic=true

All figures are as filed by the charity with Charities Services, in New Zealand dollars.

## Filing history

| Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Surplus/deficit | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | NZ$7.37M | NZ$6.63M | NZ$742k | NZ$2.87M |
| 2024-12-31 | NZ$6.85M | NZ$7.40M | NZ$-546k | NZ$2.13M |
| 2023-12-31 | NZ$600k | NZ$461k | not disclosed | NZ$744k |
| 2022-12-31 | NZ$157 | NZ$87k | not disclosed | NZ$160k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 9 current (17 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** no
- **Paid executives disclosed:** 8
- **Executive remuneration bands:** under NZ$100k
- **Auditor:** BDO
- **Most recent audit opinion:** unqualified

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC60241) and on the charity's profile page.

## Service providers

- BDO — auditor

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-25
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-13
- Rating: computed 2026-09-26
- This document generated: 2026-10-01

Figures are as filed. A charity that has filed since the dates above may have newer numbers on the Charities Register.

## More data

- Charity profile: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/skills-active-te-mahi-ako-limited
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/skills-active-te-mahi-ako-limited/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/skills-active-te-mahi-ako-limited/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC60241

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/skills-active-te-mahi-ako-limited. Primary source: Charities Services (Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai), Department of Internal Affairs. Analytical scores are CharityData's own, computed under a published methodology, and are not advice. Generated 2026-10-01T02:42:33.216Z.