Canterbury Direct Investments Limited — Arts & Culture Charity in Christchurch
Canterbury Direct Investments Limited is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $21.2M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: The company is engaged in the business of the management and investment of funds in accordance with shareholder policies for charitable purposes, particularly direct holdings in private equity and social infrastructure funds.
- Registration Number
- CC49771
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2013-09-18
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- Website
- https://www.ratafoundation.org.nz
- compliance@ratafoundation.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $21.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $14.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $261.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $61.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $21.2M | $14.8M | $61.5M |
| 2025 | $18.4M | $12.2M | - |
| 2024 | $19.7M | $12.8M | - |
| 2023 | $15.2M | $9.8M | - |
| 2022 | $17.1M | $4.7M | - |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $1.7M | - |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $0.8M | - |
| 2019 | $4.8M | $0.9M | - |
| 2018 | $2.1M | $0.6M | - |
| 2017 | $2.1M | $0.9M | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Weir | Director | 2026-01-30 |
| Katie Foote | Director | 2026-01-30 |
| Alexander Margaritis | Director | 2026-01-30 |
| Dean Percy | Director | 2025-09-08 |
| David Jessep | Director | 2020-10-21 |
| Glenn Livingstone | Director | 2020-10-21 |
| John Murphy | Director | 2019-06-01 |
| Josiah Tualamali'i | Director | 2019-06-01 |
Former Officers (29)
- Judene Edgar — Director (departed 2026-08-31)
- David Ivory — Director (departed 2026-08-31)
- Anne-Marie Kite — Director (departed 2026-01-30)
- Howard Timms — Director (departed 2026-01-30)
- Christopher Ford — Director (departed 2026-01-30)
- Sharon Gemmell — Director (departed 2026-08-31)
- Michael Bendall — Director (departed 2025-01-19)
- Philippa Burns — Director (departed 2026-08-31)
- Katherine Sherriff — Director (departed 2019-12-01)
- Mike Rutledge — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Robyn Wallace — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Elizabeth Lovell — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Sam MacDonald — Director (departed 2018-06-30)
- Antonina Grant — Director (departed 2022-10-31)
- Anthony de Reeper — Director (departed 2019-05-31)
- Sarah-Jane Weir — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Paulasi Fakahu — Trustee (departed 2016-08-27)
- Gillian Spooner — Director (departed 2015-02-09)
- Christine Korako — Director (departed 2020-09-09)
- Rosemary Wells — Director (departed 2020-09-09)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sommerville | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Kevin Doherty | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Margaret Coates | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Peter Guthrie | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| David Moffett | Chair | - | 2021 |
| Michael Deane | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Ngaire Button | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Raewyn Pou | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| David Tritt | Chair | - | 2022 |
| Nicola Scott | Trustee | - | 2022 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in Canterbury Direct Investments Limited's annual report.
- Fund managers (10 investment managers) — $2,040,000 — Investment management and advisory services
Service Providers
- KPMG
- KPMG
- Mercer
- Rhodes & Co
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Canterbury Direct Investments Limited
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Our scorecard uses a different template for different kinds of charity — an operating charity is measured differently from an endowment or a grant-making trust. This charity's type has not yet been classified, so a letter grade is withheld rather than assigned using a template chosen by default. That says nothing about the charity itself. Its filed figures are shown above, and it will be graded once its type is classified.
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
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$21.2M
$14.8M
$261.5M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The company is engaged in the business of the management and investment of funds in accordance with shareholder policies for charitable purposes, particularly direct holdings in private equity and social infrastructure funds.
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Ranked against 7 peers · Arts & Culture · $10M – $50M
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