Dunedin Midwinter Celebrations — Education Charity in Dunedin

Dunedin Midwinter Celebrations is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at September 2025.

Mission: To organise and educate about seasonal celebrations that reflect New Zealand's unique culture and environment.

Registration Number
CC40025
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Dunedin, Dunedin
Website
http://www.midwintercarnival.co.nz
Email
info@midwintercarnival.co.nz
Data as at
September 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.2M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.2M NZD
Total Assets
$0.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
8
Financial Year End
2025-09-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.2M$0.2M$0.0M
2024$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2023$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2022$0.2M$0.2M$0.0M
2021$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2020$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2018$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2017$0.1M$0.1M$0.1M
2016$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (1)

NameRoleAppointed
Adrienne BuckinghamTrustee2026-06-08

Former Officers (24)

  • Best Uthakhamkong — Trustee
  • Sarah Ellis — Trustee
  • Dauda Abdulsalam — Treasurer
  • Richard Knights — Trustee
  • Jett Groshinski — Trustee (departed 2026-05-04)
  • Jianhui Li — Treasurer (departed 2024-09-02)
  • Isabelle Prosser — Trustee (departed 2022-09-07)
  • Aashima Yadav — Deputy Chair (departed 2025-08-31)
  • Jaime Nee — Treasurer (departed 2022-09-07)
  • Leisa de Klerk — Secretary (departed 2025-07-31)
  • Luke Calder — Trustee (departed 2022-10-05)
  • Sophie Barker — Trustee (departed 2021-11-28)
  • Sharon O'Loughlin — Trustee (departed 2022-02-04)
  • Courtney Adams — Treasurer (departed 2019-09-30)
  • Scott Muir — Deputy Chair (departed 2024-04-08)
  • Ian Griffin — Trustee (departed 2018-02-13)
  • Rebecca Twemlow — Trustee (departed 2015-10-14)
  • Rebecca Tremlow — Trustee (departed 2015-10-13)
  • Polly Higham — Treasurer (departed 2016-09-30)
  • Alan Dove — Trustee (departed 2015-10-13)

Funding Sources

  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $15,000
  • Lion Foundation — $11,750
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $9,820
  • THE BENDIGO VALLEY SPORTS AND CHARITY FOUNDATION — $6,300
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $4,862
  • The Lion Foundation — $4,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $3,000
  • The Bendigo Valley Sports And Charity Foundation — $2,500

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Dunedin Midwinter Celebrations

CC40025Dunedin, DunedinRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials30 Sept 2025Ratingyesterday

Financial data as at September 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. 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 the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. 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 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)

How ratings work →
Revenue

$171.5K

Expenses

$204.1K

Assets

$79.2K

Staff

8

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

To organise and educate about seasonal celebrations that reflect New Zealand's unique culture and environment.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOlder peoplePeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$171.5K
Total Expenses
$204.1K
Net Assets
$37.7K
Staff
8
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
4.5mo
Could operate 4.5 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

3
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,724
High Concentration: 99% of revenue from Other
Other98.6%
Investment Income1.3%
Donations0.1%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/133
Revenue
$171K
#93/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$-33K
#118/133
Staff Cost %
46%
#133/133

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65
Current
B-
2024
Score: 72.5
Financial: 100 | Governance: 75 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Registration

Registration NumberCC40025
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated8 May 2003
Registered office
8 Kilgour Street, RD 1, Waikouaiti
Differs from Charities Register address (Unit 7, 7 Watts Road, North East Valley, Dunedin, 9010, Dunedin, Dunedin). May be stale on either register — verify with the charity if material.

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 27 September 2026.