Play It Strange Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.7M NZD. Financial data as at December 2024.
Mission: The Play It Strange Trust was founded in 2003 and has been running programmes to encourage and develop interest, activity and skills in songwriting, recording and musical performance by creating an experiential environment for every New Zealand secondary school-aged student.
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2015 | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Cowley | Trustee | 2026-01-01 |
| Nicholas Roberts | Trustee | 2023-11-14 |
| Abul Bashir | Treasurer | 2022-12-14 |
| Sarah Caughey | Trustee | 2019-10-10 |
| Fred Soar | Chair | 2019-06-20 |
| Hilary Poole | Trustee | 2019-06-05 |
| Andrew Ferrier | Trustee | 2007-11-21 |
Financial data as at December 2024. 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
The Play It Strange Trust was founded in 2003 and has been running programmes to encourage and develop interest, activity and skills in songwriting, recording and musical performance by creating an experiential environment for every New Zealand secondary school-aged student.
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Ranked against 130 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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