The Lodge of the Liberal Arts Charitable Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
The Lodge of the Liberal Arts Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity D+ (53.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at February 2026.
Mission: To assist in the development of musicians, artists, writers, lecturers, painters, sculptors and others concerned with the arts.
- Registration Number
- CC39290
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2009-04-16
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (53.8/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- paul.sargison@gmail.com
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- February 2026
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2026-02-28
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2025 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2024 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 53.8/100
- Financial Score
- 77.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
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 (7)
- Mark Hall — Trustee
- David Millard — Trustee (departed 2022-05-23)
- Donald Trott — Trustee
- Paul Sargison — Trustee
- James Morton — Trustee
- Wilfred Ingram — Trustee
- Ralph Rutherford — Trustee (departed 2011-05-21)
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The Lodge of the Liberal Arts Charitable Trust
Financial data as at February 2026. 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 designatedBoard of 5 with no chair designated on the register
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$16.1K
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). 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.
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.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To assist in the development of musicians, artists, writers, lecturers, painters, sculptors and others concerned with the arts.
Key Statistics
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Financial Trends (17 Years)
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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 348 peers · Arts & Culture · Under $100K
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