The Donald Beasley Institute Incorporated — Education Charity in Dunedin
The Donald Beasley Institute Incorporated is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Dunedin, Dunedin. Annual revenue: $1.0M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Established in Ōtepoti Dunedin in 1984, the DBI is recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in the field of disability research, with particular expertise in learning (intellectual) disability. We are committed to ethical, inclusive and transformative research and projects that promote the rights of disabled people.
- Registration Number
- CC21570
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-04
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Dunedin, Dunedin
- admin@donaldbeasley.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $3.7M NZD
- Net Assets
- $3.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 11
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.0M | $1.1M | $3.5M |
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $1.0M | $0.9M | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $0.5M | $0.9M | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $0.8M | $0.6M | $3.3M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $3.2M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $3.2M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.5M | $3.2M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $3.3M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Joy Lanini | Trustee | 2016-12-01 |
| Spencer Beasley | Trustee | 2015-11-02 |
| Mark Henaghan | Trustee | 2008-12-09 |
Former Officers (13)
- Joy Gunn — Trustee (departed 2023-02-01)
- Jan Dowland — Trustee (departed 2019-11-19)
- Nicola Kerruish — Trustee (departed 2014-12-31)
- Donna-rose Mckay — Trustee (departed 2013-12-01)
- Hine Forsyth — Trustee (departed 2013-12-01)
- Ralph Jones — Trustee (departed 2016-07-26)
- John Clarkson — Trustee (departed 2011-10-04)
- Jacqueline Sanders — Trustee (departed 2022-11-29)
- John Forman — Trustee (departed 2010-09-28)
- John Bell — Trustee (departed 2014-11-11)
- Anthony Shaw — Trustee (departed 2008-10-10)
- Suzanne Win — Trustee (departed 2020-11-26)
- Donald Thompson — Trustee (departed 2016-12-13)
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The Donald Beasley Institute Incorporated
Financial data as at June 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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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 3. 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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Established in Ōtepoti Dunedin in 1984, the DBI is recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in the field of disability research, with particular expertise in learning (intellectual) disability. We are committed to ethical, inclusive and transformative research and projects that promote the rights of disabled people.
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