Southland Community Broadcasters Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Invercargill

Southland Community Broadcasters Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Invercargill, Invercargill. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: Establishing and promoting educational and community broadcasting stations providing community, educational and access programmes. Providing access to broadcasting facilities for community groups, organisations, and agencies. Providing an outlet for alternative programmes of a nature not normally available from commercial broadcasting. Encouraging and giving priority to women's, children's, ethnic, minority, and disabled community groups to obtain access to broadcasting facilities to communicate their views and interests more effectively to the community at large and to their own interest groups. Providing training in the use broadcasting facilities.

Registration Number
CC35885
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Invercargill, Invercargill
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.4M NZD
Total Assets
$0.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
4
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.3M$0.4M$0.1M
2024$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2023$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2022$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2021$0.3M$0.2M$0.1M
2020$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2019$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2018$0.2M$0.2M$0.1M
2017$0.2M$0.2M$0.0M
2016$0.2M$0.2M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
Southern Institute of TechnologyTrustee2005-04-01
Southland Community Broadcaster Society IncTrustee2005-04-01
Southland Chamber of CommerceTrustee2005-04-01
Southland District CouncilTrustee2005-04-01
Southland Regional CouncilTrustee2005-04-01
Anne McCrackenTrustee2005-04-01
Invercargill City CouncilTrustee2005-04-01

Former Officers (2)

  • Kate Wilkinson — Trustee (departed 2022-07-29)
  • Council of Churches — Trustee (departed 2008-07-22)

Funding Sources

  • ILT Foundation — $5,000

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Southland Community Broadcasters Charitable Trust

CC35885Invercargill, InvercargillRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Ratingyesterday

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

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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

$345.4K

Expenses

$363.4K

Assets

$100.8K

Staff

4

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

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
EducationEnvironmentCommunity Development
Beneficiaries
ChildrenPeople with DisabilitiesWomenGeneral Public
Geographic Focus
Southland

About

Mission

Establishing and promoting educational and community broadcasting stations providing community, educational and access programmes. Providing access to broadcasting facilities for community groups, organisations, and agencies. Providing an outlet for alternative programmes of a nature not normally available from commercial broadcasting. Encouraging and giving priority to women's, children's, ethnic, minority, and disabled community groups to obtain access to broadcasting facilities to communicate their views and interests more effectively to the community at large and to their own interest groups. Providing training in the use broadcasting facilities.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peoplePeople of a certain ethnic / racial originPeople with disabilitiesReligious groupsVoluntary bodies other than charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$345.4K
Total Expenses
$363.4K
Net Assets
$61.6K
Staff
4
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 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
2.5mo
Could operate 2.5 months with zero revenue
Critical
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

1
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,940
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other99.7%
Investment Income0.3%

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
$345K
#53/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$-18K
#111/133
Staff Cost %
66%
#133/133

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

Rating

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

Address
Invercargill, Invercargill

Registration

Registration NumberCC35885
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated24 Mar 2000
Registered office
WHK SOUTH 173 Spey South Invercargill 9810, Invercargill

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Provides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

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