Sistema Aotearoa Trust — Education Charity in Auckland

Sistema Aotearoa Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: Provides music teaching to young children

Registration Number
CC52946
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2015-12-04
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Website
https://www.sistemaaotearoa.org.nz
Email
info@sistemaaotearoa.org.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Other charities, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.6M NZD
Total Assets
$0.2M NZD
Net Assets
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
19
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.3M$0.6M$0.1M
2024$0.6M$0.6M$0.4M
2023$0.6M$0.6M$0.5M
2022$0.7M$0.6M$0.5M
2021$0.6M$0.5M$0.4M
2020$0.5M$0.5M$0.3M
2019$0.6M$0.5M$0.3M
2018$0.5M$0.5M$0.2M
2017$0.7M$0.6M$0.2M
2016$0.5M$0.4M$0.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
Essendon TUITUPOUTrustee2025-02-18
Carly TawhiaoTrustee2025-02-18
Mark BennettTrustee2024-12-10
Banapa AvateaTrustee2024-02-01
Kim-Sara HohaiaTrustee2023-01-16
Ruth Sio-LokamTrustee2021-08-01
Bernardine VesterTrustee2019-06-18

Former Officers (13)

  • Adeleina Loto Meleisea — Trustee (departed 2026-02-01)
  • Senelinah Talamaivao — Trustee (departed 2024-12-10)
  • Te Oti Rakena — Trustee (departed 2024-12-10)
  • Raewyn Stone — Trustee (departed 2021-05-11)
  • Walter Fraser — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
  • John Shearer — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
  • Cambell Calder — Trustee (departed 2019-06-18)
  • Wayne Wiperi — Trustee (departed 2020-12-15)
  • Alan Lyth — Trustee (departed 2024-12-10)
  • Diane Maloney — Trustee (departed 2019-12-20)
  • Euan Murdoch — Trustee (departed 2016-08-08)
  • Leigh Auton — Trustee (departed 2019-02-19)
  • William Takerei — Trustee (departed 2017-06-07)

Funding Sources

  • Foundation North — $420,000
  • Four Winds Foundation Limited — $244,457
  • Foundation North — $140,000
  • Foundation North — $80,000
  • Foundation North — $70,000
  • Foundation North — $60,000
  • Foundation North — $60,000
  • Foundation North — $60,000
  • Pub Charity Limited — $11,644.77
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000

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Sistema Aotearoa Trust

CC52946Auckland, AucklandRegistered 4 Dec 2015
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating2d ago

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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Reasons to look carefully (1)

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 register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 7. 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.

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.

Revenue

$305.5K

Expenses

$590.0K

Assets

$225.8K

Staff

19

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

About

Mission

Provides music teaching to young children

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauOther charitiesPeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$305.5K
Total Expenses
$590.0K
Net Assets
$122.3K
Staff
19
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (11 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
3.3mo
Could operate 3.3 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

65
Score /100
Moderate
HHI: 3,503
Government Grants41.6%
Other38.2%
Donations17.5%
Investment Income2.7%

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
$306K
#62/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$-284K
#131/133
Staff Cost %
85%
#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: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
D-
2024
Score: 44.1
Financial: 64 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Registration

Registration NumberCC52946
Entity TypeTrust
Registered4 Dec 2015
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated13 Jan 2016

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyMakes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)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: 28 September 2026.