Talk Link Trust — Social Services Charity in Auckland
Talk Link Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity D+ (52.3/100). Annual revenue: $5.7M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: To enable all people with communication impairments to interact and participate to their full potential. This is achieved through the provision of communication assistive technology tools and strategies
- Registration Number
- CC23025
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-15
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (52.3/100)
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.talklink.org.nz
- talklink@talklink.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Older people, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $5.7M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $5.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.9 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 59
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.7M | $5.7M | $1.3M |
| 2024 | $5.4M | $5.4M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $5.0M | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $4.7M | $4.3M | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $4.2M | $0.9M |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $3.7M | $0.9M |
| 2019 | $3.4M | $3.5M | $0.7M |
| 2018 | $3.4M | $3.5M | $0.7M |
| 2017 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $0.8M |
| 2016 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $0.9M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 52.3/100
- Financial Score
- 61.1
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- 3 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 (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (20)
- Alice O'Connor — Trustee
- Maqymseahe Ninces — Trustee
- Cathy Comber — Trustee (departed 2024-03-31)
- Denise Cosgrove — Trustee
- James Jordan — Trustee
- Jonathan Wilkinson — Trustee
- John Green — Trustee
- Tuini Hakaraia-Tino — Trustee
- Mark Gosche — Trustee (departed 2016-11-24)
- Margaret Ellett — Trustee (departed 2022-12-01)
- Christine Fenby — Trustee (departed 2015-12-02)
- Gilbert Simpson — Trustee (departed 2016-11-24)
- Shelley Hanifan — Trustee (departed 2008-08-05)
- Victoria Terrell — Trustee (departed 2018-04-18)
- Roland Fairhall — Trustee (departed 2017-12-04)
- Carol Corlett — Trustee (departed 2009-12-02)
- Colin Dale — Trustee (departed 2014-06-25)
- James Higgins — Trustee (departed 2021-12-09)
- Miriama Scott — Trustee (departed 2015-04-15)
- Russell Vickery — Trustee (departed 2015-07-08)
Disclosed Pay and Fees
| Name | Role | Role type | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Chief Executive and Operations Managers | Group total | $435,256 | 2025 |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Board of Trustees | Board or trustee role | $0 | 2025 |
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $60,000
- Foundation North — $60,000
- Foundation North — $50,000
- Foundation North — $50,000
- Foundation North — $50,000
- Foundation North — $40,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $21,695.65
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $20,000
- Lion Foundation — $18,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $15,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $15,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $10,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $10,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $10,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $6,102
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $5,302
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $5,000
- Lion Foundation — $5,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $4,794
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Talk Link Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 registerNo 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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D+ 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.
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About
To enable all people with communication impairments to interact and participate to their full potential. This is achieved through the provision of communication assistive technology tools and strategies
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Revenue Diversification
HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.
Peer Comparison
Ranked against 48 peers · Social Services · $1M – $10M
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