Able Charitable Trust — Social Services Charity in Dunedin
Able Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. CharityData rates this charity C+ (67.7/100). Annual revenue: $2.6M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Supporting people with mental illness or addiction and their families, in all matters concerning their well-being. We build resilience by providing tools, tactics and strategies needed for a better life experience at home, at work and in the community. We do this by maintaining best practice to provide quality services throughout our divisions.
- Registration Number
- CC52530
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2015-08-10
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (67.7/100)
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Dunedin, Dunedin
- Website
- www.able.org.nz
- admin@able.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $2.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 31
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.6M | $2.3M | $2.2M |
| 2024 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $2.0M | $1.6M | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.0M |
| 2019 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $0.9M |
| 2018 | $1.3M | $1.5M | $0.7M |
| 2017 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $0.9M |
| 2016 | $0.7M | $0.9M | $1.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 67.7/100
- Financial Score
- 64.5
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Vanderpyl | Business Administrator | 2024-03-20 |
| Margot Hishon | Trustee | 2023-11-02 |
| Brett Hudson | Trustee | 2021-07-29 |
| Rachel Bird | Chair | 2021-07-29 |
| Rachel Harbrow | Operations Manager | 2021-04-26 |
| Rachel Adams | Trustee | 2018-09-22 |
| Roger Leslie | Trustee | 2016-10-10 |
| Michael Harte | Trustee | 2015-05-07 |
Former Officers (12)
- Sarah Dowie — Chief Executive (departed 2026-07-31)
- Mark Wilesmith — Trustee (departed 2021-09-13)
- Helen Jansen — Trustee (departed 2021-12-06)
- Simon Eddy — Trustee (departed 2022-10-27)
- Stephanie Pettigrew — Trustee (departed 2017-10-07)
- William Jennings — Trustee (departed 2015-11-02)
- Fiona Hewitt — Trustee (departed 2017-01-25)
- Ruth Jenkins — Trustee (departed 2020-10-31)
- James Macpherson — Trustee (departed 2015-11-30)
- Brendon Murray — Trustee (departed 2018-10-05)
- Felicia Wade — Trustee (departed 2016-04-21)
- Karen Goffe — Trustee (departed 2016-05-13)
Funding Sources
- ILT Foundation — $25,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $15,160
- Lion Foundation — $5,000
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Able Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- Government-funding concentration85% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (BDO Invercargill) for 5 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Supporting people with mental illness or addiction and their families, in all matters concerning their well-being. We build resilience by providing tools, tactics and strategies needed for a better life experience at home, at work and in the community. We do this by maintaining best practice to provide quality services throughout our divisions.
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Ranked against 48 peers · Social Services · $1M – $10M
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