Disabled Persons' Centre — Social Services Charity in Christchurch
Disabled Persons' Centre is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $1.0M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Aspire Canterbury (Aspire) is a not-for-profit trust established in 1981 to provide services to disabled people in Canterbury. Aspire Canterbury is a valued part of the Christchurch disability and elderly community. We enhance the lives of disabled people, and people with impairments by enabling community participation and maximum independence. We do this by connecting people to the right resources and reducing everyday barriers, by being a trusted source of information, providing mobility products and associated services, and enabling people with impairments to achieve their best life. Aspire Canterbury is committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a founding document of New Zealand.
- Registration Number
- CC23024
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-15
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- Website
- http://aspirecanterbury.org.nz
- manager@aspirecanterbury.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (other)
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $3.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $2.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 7
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $2.7M |
| 2024 | $1.0M | $0.8M | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $0.5M | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $1.6M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.6M | $1.6M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $1.9M |
| 2017 | $1.2M | $0.4M | $1.9M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $1.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (31)
- Craig Hickford — Trustee
- Robyn Cody — Trustee
- Diane Brown — Trustee (departed 2024-07-04)
- Hamish Taylor — Trustee
- Thomas Callanan — Treasurer (departed 2021-11-25)
- David Meates — Trustee
- Stephanie Emery — Officer (departed 2023-05-25)
- Catherine Grace — Trustee (departed 2020-05-28)
- Clay Baker — Trustee (departed 2021-06-28)
- Simon WIng — Chair Person
- Teresa Hoult — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
- Cate Grace — Trustee (departed 2018-08-24)
- Rebecca Hopkins — Chair (departed 2021-06-28)
- Sam Davis — Trustee (departed 2020-06-29)
- Wendy Davie — Trustee (departed 2016-03-28)
- Michael Ensor — Trustee (departed 2017-04-24)
- Reon Edwards — Trustee (departed 2013-01-28)
- Martin Zelas — Vice Chair
- Tim Trewinnard — Trustee (departed 2020-06-29)
- Mark Sherry — Trustee (departed 2016-03-28)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $17,585
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $15,680
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $13,700
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $9,670
- New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000
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Disabled Persons' Centre
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
Aspire Canterbury (Aspire) is a not-for-profit trust established in 1981 to provide services to disabled people in Canterbury. Aspire Canterbury is a valued part of the Christchurch disability and elderly community. We enhance the lives of disabled people, and people with impairments by enabling community participation and maximum independence. We do this by connecting people to the right resources and reducing everyday barriers, by being a trusted source of information, providing mobility products and associated services, and enabling people with impairments to achieve their best life. Aspire Canterbury is committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a founding document of New Zealand.
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