The Southern Hearing Charitable Trust

CC27582 · NZBN 9429043013456 · Marae on reservation land · Christchurch
Registered 15 Jul 2008 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 2

Key facts: The Southern Hearing Charitable Trust is a registered New Zealand charity (CC27582), operating in the marae on reservation land sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$9.9M and total expenditure of NZ$10.3M for the year ended 2025.

To obtain funding for the delivery of Southern Cochlear Implant Programme, advocacy on behalf of those with a hearing disability, particularly those who would benefit from a Cochlear Implant.

Register-noted indicators

Negative equity
Factual fields from the Charities Register — not findings of wrongdoing.
NZ$9.9M
Gross income
NZ$10.3M
Expenditure
NZ$16.1M
Total assets
NZ$-224K
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$5.9M
NZ$7.0M
2019
NZ$5.2M
NZ$5.5M
2020
NZ$6.1M
NZ$6.8M
2021
NZ$6.8M
NZ$7.1M
2022
NZ$9.8M
NZ$8.9M
2023
NZ$9.0M
NZ$9.8M
2024
NZ$9.8M
NZ$9.4M
2025
NZ$9.9M
NZ$10.3M

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$321K
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~0 months.
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