Museum Of Transport And Technology — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
Museum Of Transport And Technology is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity F (38.5/100). Annual revenue: $24.4M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at June 2024.
Mission: MOTAT’s Vision is to use past, present and future technology and ingenuity of Aotearoa to educate and inspire the innovators of tomorrow. It will do this by creating multi-dimensional experiences aligned with its Vision and its collection with a view to expanding the Museum’s audience and reach.
- Registration Number
- CC30945
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- F (38.5/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.motat.org.nz
- enquiries@motat.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2024
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $24.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $24.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $75.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $65.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 129
- Volunteers
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2024-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24.4M | $24.6M | $65.2M |
| 2023 | $24.3M | $23.0M | $64.5M |
| 2022 | $21.7M | $20.0M | $62.5M |
| 2021 | $18.3M | $19.4M | $60.8M |
| 2020 | $19.9M | $18.1M | $61.9M |
| 2019 | $17.9M | $18.4M | $66.5M |
| 2018 | $18.7M | $19.0M | $60.6M |
| 2017 | $16.3M | $16.2M | $60.7M |
| 2016 | $15.3M | $13.3M | $60.2M |
| 2015 | $15.0M | $13.0M | $57.4M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- F
- Overall Score
- 38.5/100
- Financial Score
- 70
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- Annual return discloses a related-party loan totalling $285,000 on non-arm's-length terms (latest FY 2021-06-30) — may warrant trustee review.
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Gosling | Trustee | 2025-10-01 |
| Louise Harris | Trustee | 2025-10-01 |
| Thomas Irvine | Trustee | 2025-10-01 |
| Simon Neale | Trustee | 2025-10-01 |
| Alastair Carruthers | Trustee | 2024-10-01 |
| Heather Ruru | Trustee | 2024-10-01 |
| Hema Sridhar | Trustee | 2023-10-01 |
| Wayne Schache | Trustee | 2022-10-01 |
| Amit Prasad | Trustee | 2018-10-01 |
Former Officers (45)
- Gabriel Kirkwood — Trustee
- Jeremy Sole — Trustee
- Gernt Lensink — Trustee
- Mary Webster — Trustee
- Nicholas Waipara — Trustee
- Tupara Morrison — Trustee
- Brian Young — Trustee
- David Downs — Trustee
- Gavin Fernandez — Trustee
- Samantha Sharif — Trustee
- Bruce Howat — Trustee
- Bruce Hucker — Trustee
- Helen Atkins — Trustee (departed 2026-09-30)
- Sue Wood — Trustee
- Graeme Osborne — Trustee
- Phillip Heath — Trustee
- Lesley McTurk — Chair
- Judith Tizard — Trustee
- James Douglas — Trustee
- Lindsey Corban — Trustee (departed 2022-10-01)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Management Team (aggregate) | Executive Management | $950,926 | 2024 |
| Executive Management Team (aggregate) | Executive Management | $950,926 | - |
| Board Members (aggregate) | Board Member | $125,750 | - |
| Board Members (aggregate) | Board Member | $125,750 | 2024 |
| Alba Letts | General Manager Collections | - | 2021 |
| Alison Loyd | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Penny Webster | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Michael Frawley | Chief Executive/Museum Director | - | 2021 |
| Peter Shirtcliffe | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Penny Webster | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Paula Rose | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Michael Frawley | Chief Executive / Museum Director | - | 2024 |
| Sally Manuireva | Director, Museum Experience | - | 2024 |
| Dr Brian Young | Trustee / Health and Safety Committee Representative | - | 2022 |
| Dr Brian Young | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Graeme Hansen | Chief Executive Officer | - | 2020 |
| Michael Frawley | Chief Executive / Museum Director | - | 2023 |
| Sally Manuireva | General Manager-Museum Experience | - | 2023 |
| Christine Ward | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Peter Lensink | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Craig Goodall | General Manager-Business Services | - | 2023 |
| Helen Atkins | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Helen Atkins | Chair | - | 2023 |
| Sue Wood | Board Chair | - | 2021 |
| Samantha Sharif | Trustee / Audit and Risk Committee Member | - | 2022 |
| Gabriel Kirkwood | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Alba Letts | Director, Collections | - | 2024 |
| Alba Letts | General Manager-Collections | - | 2023 |
| Hema Sridhar | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Peter Lensink | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Lindsay Corban | Chair | - | 2022 |
| Dr Nicholas Waipara | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| David Downs | Development Review Group Board Representative | - | 2021 |
| David Mdonough | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Sally Manuireva | General Manager Museum Experience | - | 2021 |
| Dr Nicholas Waipara | Trustee / Development Review Group Representative | - | 2022 |
| Jeremy Sole | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Gavin Fernandez | Trustee / Strategy and Funding Committee Member | - | 2022 |
| Amit Prasad | Deputy Chair | - | 2023 |
| Lindsay Corban | Appointments Performance and Remuneration Committee Member | - | 2021 |
| Amit Prasad | Deputy Chair | - | 2024 |
| Wayne Schache | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Tupara Morrison | Trustee / Strategy and Funding Committee Member | - | 2022 |
| Dr Bruce Hucker | Trustee / Health and Safety Committee Representative | - | 2022 |
| Dr Nicholas Waipara | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Helen Atkins | Appointments Performance and Remuneration Committee Chair | - | 2021 |
| Gavin Fernandez | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Helen Atkins | Board Chair | - | 2024 |
| Sue Wood | Trustee / Chair of Appointments Performance and Remuneration Committee | - | 2022 |
| Sue Wood | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Amit Prasad | Trustee / Chair of Audit and Risk Committee | - | 2022 |
| Craig Hickman-Goodall | Chief Operating Officer | - | 2024 |
| Kevin Fahey | Chair | - | 2020 |
| Wayne Schache | Trustee | - | 2023 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2024)
As disclosed in Museum Of Transport And Technology's annual report.
- Auckland Council — $18,527,250 — Levy funding for operational costs and capital objectives
- Eke Panuku — Dockline Tram service operation in Wynyard Quarter
Service Providers
- Audit New Zealand
- Tātaki Auckland Unlimited
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Financial data as at June 2024. 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.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 10. 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.
- Current annual return overdueThe newest annual return we hold is 27 months old — a more recent return may already be on the Charities Services register
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.
$24.4M
$24.6M
$75.2M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of F is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
About
MOTAT’s Vision is to use past, present and future technology and ingenuity of Aotearoa to educate and inspire the innovators of tomorrow. It will do this by creating multi-dimensional experiences aligned with its Vision and its collection with a view to expanding the Museum’s audience and reach.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 7 peers · Arts & Culture · $10M – $50M
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