The Media Access Charitable Trust — Health Charity in Auckland
The Media Access Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity D+ (51.5/100). Annual revenue: $5.7M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The nature of the Media Access Charitable Trust (trading as Able) is to work towards an Aotearoa New Zealand where everyone has equal access to audiovisual media. Our core purpose is to serve the 880,000+ members of the Deaf or hard of hearing community; the 180,000+ people who are blind or have low vision, and those who rely on captions to help improve literacy or navigate English as a second language. Our mission is how we’re achieving our vision; through our work as Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading provider of captions, subtitles and audio description. Able provides these services for free-to-air television (TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, TVNZ Duke, Three, Sky Open), digital platforms such as TVNZ+, ThreeNow, and RNZ, as well as for film, film festivals, government and television commercials.
- Registration Number
- CC49311
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2013-06-10
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (51.5/100)
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- hello@able.co.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $5.7M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $5.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.1 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 41
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.7M | $5.7M | $0.0M |
| 2024 | $5.6M | $5.6M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $5.7M | $5.7M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $4.9M | $0.0M |
| 2021 | $4.0M | $4.0M | $0.0M |
| 2020 | $3.0M | $3.0M | $0.0M |
| 2019 | $3.0M | $3.0M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $3.0M | $3.0M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $0.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 51.5/100
- Financial Score
- 55.7
- Governance Score
- 75
- 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 (11)
- Irene Gardiner — Trustee
- Sacha McNeil — Trustee (departed 2022-08-16)
- Daniel Buckingham — Chief Executive
- Thomas Bryan — Trustee
- Karen Thompson — Trustee
- David Kent — Trustee
- Lachlan Keating — Trustee (departed 2016-08-29)
- Anthony Godfrey — Trustee (departed 2020-02-20)
- Mattie Wall — Trustee (departed 2019-02-20)
- Lewis Grant — Chair
- Arthur France — Trustee (departed 2020-12-21)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | CEO and Senior Staff (6 FTE) | $663,705 | 2024 |
| Lewis Grant | Chair | $0 | 2024 |
Service Providers
- RSM
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The Media Access Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$5.7M
$5.7M
$1.1M
41
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.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The nature of the Media Access Charitable Trust (trading as Able) is to work towards an Aotearoa New Zealand where everyone has equal access to audiovisual media. Our core purpose is to serve the 880,000+ members of the Deaf or hard of hearing community; the 180,000+ people who are blind or have low vision, and those who rely on captions to help improve literacy or navigate English as a second language. Our mission is how we’re achieving our vision; through our work as Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading provider of captions, subtitles and audio description. Able provides these services for free-to-air television (TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, TVNZ Duke, Three, Sky Open), digital platforms such as TVNZ+, ThreeNow, and RNZ, as well as for film, film festivals, government and television commercials.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 67 peers · Health · $1M – $10M
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