Otautahi Community Housing Trust

CC53251 · NZBN 9429043294817 · Accommodation / housing · Christchurch
Registered 9 Mar 2016 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 2

Key facts: Otautahi Community Housing Trust is a registered New Zealand charity (CC53251), operating in the accommodation / housing sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$38.4M and total expenditure of NZ$32.6M for the year ended 2025.

Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) is a registered community housing provider and charitable trust offering affordable homes and building sustainable communities in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. Our purpose is to house people on low incomes who need support with affordable housing. We’re tenant-centric and work to create tenant opportunities and to foster sustainable tenancies. In responding to the housing crisis, we build homes and upgrade existing homes so they are warm and dry.
NZ$38.4M
Gross income
NZ$32.6M
Expenditure
NZ$200.8M
Total assets
NZ$132.0M
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$19.3M
NZ$18.7M
2019
NZ$38.8M
NZ$20.7M
2020
NZ$37.9M
NZ$23.2M
2021
NZ$25.9M
NZ$24.3M
2022
NZ$31.7M
NZ$28.1M
2023
NZ$31.9M
NZ$30.9M
2024
NZ$38.1M
NZ$30.9M
2025
NZ$38.4M
NZ$32.6M
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