Skills Active Te Mahi Ako Limited — Education Charity in Wellington
Skills Active Te Mahi Ako Limited is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity D (46/100). Annual revenue: $7.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Skills Active Te Mahi Ako exists to provide work-based learning to grow confident, capable, connected people and organisations across our sectors. SATMA delivers vocational education that upholds the mana of te Tiriti o Waitangi, fuels a passion for lifelong learning, and supports ākonga and workforce success through flexible and tailored provision - where, when and how they need it. Skills Active Te Mahi Ako is a tertiary education organisation for the purpose of the Education and Training Act
- Registration Number
- CC60241
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2022-05-05
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D (46/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- info@temahiako.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $7.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $6.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $3.7M NZD
- Net Assets
- $2.9M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 47
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.4M | $6.6M | $2.9M |
| 2024 | $6.8M | $7.4M | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.7M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D
- Overall Score
- 46/100
- Financial Score
- 52.2
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Gunn | Director | 2026-03-11 |
| Jordan Pomana | Director | 2026-03-11 |
| Samuel Napia | Director | 2026-03-11 |
| Craig Little | Head of Finance, Operations and Performance | 2025-11-03 |
| Todd Maddock | Chief Operating Officer | 2025-11-01 |
| Hinemaua Rikirangi | Director | 2025-01-24 |
| Kirsty Knowles | Director | 2025-01-24 |
| Stephen Gacsal | Director | 2024-12-12 |
| Morris Bradley | Director | 2024-12-12 |
Former Officers (7)
- Maren Frerichs — CEO (departed 2025-12-31)
- Brandi Hudson — Director (departed 2025-01-13)
- Stephanie Hadley — Director (departed 2025-01-13)
- Anthony Cox — Chief Financial Officer (departed 2024-12-31)
- Robyn Cockburn — Director (departed 2025-01-14)
- Sam Napia — Director (departed 2022-09-28)
- Steve Ruru — Director (departed 2024-12-31)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ruru | Board Chair | $30,000 | 2024 |
| Steve Ruru | Board Chair | $30,000 | - |
| Stephanie Hadley | Trustee/Board Member | $15,000 | - |
| Brandi Hudson | Trustee/Board Member | $15,000 | - |
| Stephanie Hadley | Trustee/Board Member | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Robyn Cockburn | Trustee/Board Member | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Robyn Cockburn | Trustee/Board Member | $15,000 | - |
| Brandi Hudson | Trustee/Board Member | $15,000 | 2024 |
Service Providers
- BDO
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Skills Active Te Mahi Ako Limited
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 9. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
- Government-funding concentration93% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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$6.6M
$3.7M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
About
Skills Active Te Mahi Ako exists to provide work-based learning to grow confident, capable, connected people and organisations across our sectors. SATMA delivers vocational education that upholds the mana of te Tiriti o Waitangi, fuels a passion for lifelong learning, and supports ākonga and workforce success through flexible and tailored provision - where, when and how they need it. Skills Active Te Mahi Ako is a tertiary education organisation for the purpose of the Education and Training Act
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 37 peers · Education · $1M – $10M
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