# The Audio Foundation

**Charities Register number:** CC20147
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2007-11-29
**Sector:** Health
**ICNPO group:** Health
**Region:** Auckland
**NZBN:** 9429043111336
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

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.

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — Reports under the Tier 3/4 regime with limited disclosure and no detected red flags.
- **Status code:** `limited_disclosure`
- **Flags raised by the methodology:** none

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$317k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$302k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$16k
- **Total assets:** NZ$76k
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$16k
- **Net assets:** NZ$61k
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$66k
- **Government grants:** NZ$249k (78.4% of revenue)
- **Donations:** NZ$866
- **Staff costs:** NZ$144k
- **Paid staff:** 2
- **Reporting tier:** Tier3
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=ebdd3930-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$317k | NZ$302k | NZ$16k | NZ$61k |
| 2024-12-31 | NZ$382k | NZ$355k | NZ$28k | NZ$44k |
| 2023-12-31 | NZ$321k | NZ$334k | NZ$-12k | NZ$17k |
| 2022-12-31 | NZ$312k | NZ$312k | not disclosed | NZ$25k |
| 2021-12-31 | NZ$256k | NZ$249k | not disclosed | NZ$25k |
| 2020-12-31 | NZ$234k | NZ$268k | not disclosed | NZ$18k |
| 2019-12-31 | NZ$233k | NZ$249k | not disclosed | NZ$52k |
| 2018-12-31 | NZ$242k | NZ$230k | not disclosed | NZ$68k |
| 2017-12-31 | NZ$261k | NZ$257k | not disclosed | NZ$56k |
| 2016-12-31 | NZ$204k | NZ$207k | not disclosed | NZ$52k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 7 current (26 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** yes
- **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=CC20147) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$38k, year ended 2020-03-31
- **Foundation North** (foundation) — NZ$15k, year ended 2024-03-31
- **Pub Charity Limited** (foundation) — NZ$10k, year ended 2021-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-25
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-25
- Rating: computed 2026-09-26
- This document generated: 2026-09-30

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/the-audio-foundation
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-audio-foundation/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-audio-foundation/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC20147

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/the-audio-foundation. 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 2026-09-30T13:09:29.876Z.