Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board — Health Charity in Wellington
Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board is a Statutory Organisation charity in the Health sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $1.3M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: To protect the health and safety of members of the public through an effective framework of regulation that ensures Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians are competent and fit to practise their professions.
- Registration Number
- CC35871
- Charity Type
- Statutory Organisation
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- registrar@odob.health.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 6
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.3M | $1.0M | $0.7M |
| 2025 | $1.3M | $1.0M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.4M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.9M | $1.1M | $0.4M |
| 2022 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.6M |
| 2021 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.6M |
| 2020 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.5M |
| 2019 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.5M |
| 2018 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.5M |
| 2017 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.5M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Anthonysamy | Trustee | 2026-08-13 |
| Adele Jefferies | Trustee | 2025-09-29 |
| Angela Mitchell | Board Member Appointed By the Health Minister | 2025-01-20 |
| Richard Newson | Board Member Appointed By Health Minister | 2025-01-20 |
| Melinda Calderwood | Board Member Appointed By Health Minister | 2023-08-14 |
| Farib Sos | Board Member Appointed By the Health Minister | 2022-08-17 |
| Sophie Woodburn | Board Member Appointed By the Health Minister | 2022-08-17 |
| Julia Hunter | Board Member Appointed By Health Minister | 2022-08-17 |
Former Officers (28)
- Kirsty Pienaar — Board Member Appointed By Health Minister (departed 2026-08-13)
- Zoe Ross — Board Member Appointed By the Health Minister (departed 2023-08-14)
- Ravi Dass — Board Member Appointed By the Health Minister (departed 2023-06-01)
- Sean McKinley — Trustee (departed 2022-08-17)
- Annette Morgan — Board Member Appointed By the Health Minister (departed 2025-09-29)
- Joanne Talbot — Trustee (departed 2017-09-01)
- Kristine Hammond — Board Member Appointed By the Health Minister (departed 2025-01-20)
- Jayesh Chouhan — Board Member Appointed By the Health Minister (departed 2023-08-14)
- Ross Tayler — Trustee (departed 2022-08-17)
- Irene Durham — Trustee (departed 2022-08-17)
- Jennifer Craig — Trustee (departed 2019-11-30)
- Damian Koppens — Trustee (departed 2016-11-30)
- Lorraine Helson — Trustee (departed 2020-06-01)
- Kiri Rikihana — Trustee (departed 2015-12-17)
- Kylie Dreaver — Trustee (departed 2012-11-08)
- Andrew Black — Member of Board (departed 2015-09-17)
- Caryl Blomkvist — Trustee (departed 2011-08-27)
- Ruth Spelman — Board Member/trustee (departed 2014-03-06)
- John Billings — Board Member/trustee (departed 2015-09-17)
- Richard Lobb — Trustee (departed 2013-10-18)
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Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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To protect the health and safety of members of the public through an effective framework of regulation that ensures Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians are competent and fit to practise their professions.
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