Free Theatre Incorporated — Education Charity in Christchurch

Free Theatre Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: Education/Training/Arts/Research/Culture and Heritage

Registration Number
CC37870
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Christchurch, Christchurch
Website
http://www.freetheatre.org.nz
Email
admin@freetheatre.org.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Total Assets
$0.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
2
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

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

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (10)

  • Susan Hassell — Committee Member
  • AARON HAPUKU — Committee Member
  • Reuben Derrick — Vice President
  • Greta Bond — Honorary Treasurer
  • Emma Johnston — Vice President (departed 2020-06-11)
  • Naomi Campion — Treasurer (departed 2014-04-30)
  • Marian Mccurdy — Secretary
  • Shelley. Boldt — Treasurer (departed 2012-03-07)
  • George Parker — Business Manager (departed 2018-06-27)
  • Peter Falkenberg — President

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $33,480
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $9,800
  • The Trusts Community Foundation — $9,750
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $6,860.95
  • The Trusts Community Foundation Limited — $3,121.85
  • Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $2,888.78
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $1,350

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Free Theatre Incorporated

CC37870Christchurch, ChristchurchRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials9mo agoRatingyesterday

Financial data as at December 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.)

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Revenue

$91.4K

Expenses

$88.6K

Assets

$85.0K

Staff

2

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

About

Mission

Education/Training/Arts/Research/Culture and Heritage

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$91.4K
Total Expenses
$88.6K
Net Assets
$43.9K
Staff
2
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
9.1mo
Could operate 9.1 months with zero revenue
Healthy
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

25
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 7,481
High Concentration: 85% of revenue from Donations
Donations85.3%
Other14.3%
Investment Income0.4%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 329 peers · Education · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#60/330
Revenue
$91K
#10/330
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/330
Surplus
$3K
#119/330
Staff Cost %
59%
#330/330

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
C+
2024
Score: 69.5
Financial: 100 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65

Rating

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

Address
Christchurch, Christchurch

Registration

Registration NumberCC37870
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Incorporated23 Sept 1982
Registered office
138 Panorama Road, Clifton, Christchurch, 8011

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.