Canterbury Museum Trust Board

CC28768 · NZBN 9429048092654 · Education / training / research · Christchurch
Registered 30 Jun 2008 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 2

Key facts: Canterbury Museum Trust Board is a registered New Zealand charity (CC28768), operating in the education / training / research sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$55.0M and total expenditure of NZ$13.6M for the year ended 2025.

The objectives of the Museum shall be— (a) To collect, preserve, act as a regional repository for, research, display and otherwise make available to the people of the present and the future, material and information relating to the natural and cultural heritage of New Zealanders: (b) To promote interest and education in the natural and cultural heritage of New Zealanders: (c) To place particular emphasis on those activities as they relate to the greater Canterbury region, the Antarctic and Subantarctic, and, where appropriate, their relationships in a wider global context.

Register-noted indicators

Modified audit opinion
Factual fields from the Charities Register — not findings of wrongdoing.
NZ$55.0M
Gross income
NZ$13.6M
Expenditure
NZ$215.0M
Total assets
NZ$208.7M
Total equity

Income vs expenditure

Each year from the charity's annual returns. The top bar is money coming in, the bar below is money spent.

Income  Expenditure
2018
NZ$28.0M
NZ$10.3M
2019
NZ$14.6M
NZ$10.5M
2020
NZ$15.3M
NZ$10.5M
2021
NZ$13.7M
NZ$10.8M
2022
NZ$31.8M
NZ$11.0M
2023
NZ$15.6M
NZ$17.9M
2024
NZ$42.7M
NZ$17.9M
2025
NZ$55.0M
NZ$13.6M

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$126K
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~184 months.
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