Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute — Arts & Culture Charity in Dunedin
Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute is a Other charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: The primary purpose of the institute is to provide a lending and reference library to the people of Dunedin through a subscription service.
- Registration Number
- CC40293
- Charity Type
- Other
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Dunedin, Dunedin
- Website
- https://www.dunedinathenaeum.org.nz/
- librarian@dunedinathenaeum.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Older people, Other charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.9M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $1.0M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.0M |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $1.0M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $1.1M |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $1.1M |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $1.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (20)
- Bridget Schaumann — Committee Member
- Candler Rogers — Treasurer
- Alexandra Bligh — Committee Member
- Nicola Cummins — Committee Member
- Elaine Webster — Committee Member (departed 2020-09-17)
- Fiona Farrell — Secretary
- Douglas Hood — Trustee (departed 2020-02-27)
- Phillippa Duffy — Treasurer (departed 2024-08-22)
- Anthony Eyre — Chair
- Beth Sizemore — Committee Member (departed 2016-09-29)
- Marion Ellis — Committee Member (departed 2023-01-31)
- Peter Chin — Committe (departed 2016-02-25)
- Ivan Roxburgh — Treasurer (departed 2015-02-26)
- Deborah Wolken — Committee Member (departed 2016-02-25)
- Graham Baird — Committee Member (departed 2010-12-22)
- Alison Hynes — Committee Member (departed 2010-12-22)
- Peter Alloo — Committee Member (departed 2012-12-17)
- Annie Villiers — Committee Member (departed 2025-03-20)
- Dean Tobin — Committee Member (departed 2023-05-29)
- Katrina Bowden — Committee Member (departed 2016-02-25)
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Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute
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.)
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~112 months of expenses on $119K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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The primary purpose of the institute is to provide a lending and reference library to the people of Dunedin through a subscription service.
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Ranked against 109 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M
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