New Zealand Speech Board — Health Charity in Wellington
New Zealand Speech Board is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $0.8M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Our Vision An Aotearoa New Zealand where everyone has access to oral communication training Our Mission We are building a nation of confident communicators through excellent, equitable and empowering oral communication training Strategic Goals 1. Improve the accessibility and impact of our training 2. Grow our profile, reach and engagement 3. Strengthen our organisational capacity and sustainability
- Registration Number
- CC10771
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-08-05
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- http://www.speechnz.co.nz
- info@speechnz.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Migrants / refugees, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| 2021 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.4M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jesse Matheson | Seconded Trustee | 2026-05-08 |
| Jiang (Jessie) Wu | Seconded Trustee | 2026-05-08 |
| Andi Susanto Adhimulyono | Seconded Trustee | 2025-09-19 |
| Kristy Portas | Trustee | 2025-09-03 |
| Josephine Carpenter | Deputy Chair | 2025-01-25 |
| Gijsberdina Bevers | Deputy Chair | 2024-02-04 |
| Lynda Scott | Trustee | 2022-04-02 |
| Sandra Bartlam | Trustee | 2022-04-02 |
| Karen Austin | Trustee | 2015-02-28 |
Former Officers (30)
- Harriet Willis — Trustee (departed 2026-05-08)
- Ravina Patel — Trustee (departed 2025-09-08)
- Liam Davies — Trustee (departed 2026-05-08)
- Elizabeth Drayton — Trustee (departed 2024-04-28)
- Janine Burchett — Trustee (departed 2024-10-30)
- Lucie Durkin — Trustee (departed 2023-01-22)
- Sarah Entwistle — Trustee (departed 2023-11-19)
- Delena Costello — Trustee (departed 2024-01-09)
- Lucinda Wightman — Trustee (departed 2023-11-27)
- Jessica Rees — Trustee (departed 2020-04-27)
- Mikaila Hutchison — Trustee (departed 2020-04-27)
- Ashleigh Gulliver — Trustee (departed 2020-10-06)
- Helen Balch — Trustee (departed 2022-07-30)
- Kathryn MacIver — Trustee (departed 2016-03-30)
- Rebecca McMenamin — Trustee (departed 2019-03-16)
- Pauline Prendergast — Chair (departed 2026-06-02)
- Karen Fisher — Trustee (departed 2012-11-24)
- Ashleigh Van Den Akker — Trustee (departed 2013-11-23)
- Barbara Laurenson — Trustee (departed 2012-06-16)
- Melda Townsley — Trustee and Manager, Marketing (departed 2007-07-13)
Funding Sources
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $13,465
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $3,000
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $2,000
- One Foundation — $1,887
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $1,000
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New Zealand Speech Board
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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Our Vision An Aotearoa New Zealand where everyone has access to oral communication training Our Mission We are building a nation of confident communicators through excellent, equitable and empowering oral communication training Strategic Goals 1. Improve the accessibility and impact of our training 2. Grow our profile, reach and engagement 3. Strengthen our organisational capacity and sustainability
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