UMA Broadcasting Ltd — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
UMA Broadcasting Ltd is a Company charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity F (23.4/100). Annual revenue: $2.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The retention, enhancement and revitalisation of Maori language and culture through broadcasting.
- Registration Number
- CC30883
- Charity Type
- Company
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- F (23.4/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- info@muma.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: General public, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.5 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 17
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.1M | $2.7M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $0.8M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $0.7M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $2.0M | $2.0M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $0.4M |
| 2017 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $0.3M |
| 2016 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $0.3M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- F
- Overall Score
- 23.4/100
- Financial Score
- 24.1
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 3 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 (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Cooper | Director | 2025-03-25 |
| Tania Rangiheuea | Director | 2022-02-14 |
| Raymond Hall | Director | 2013-10-02 |
| John Tamihere | Director | 2008-06-30 |
Former Officers (7)
- Bernie O’Donnell — Director (departed 2024-06-01)
- Wyn Osborne — Director (departed 2022-02-11)
- Rangi McLean — Director (departed 2020-07-31)
- William Jackson — Director (departed 2017-10-25)
- Evelyn Taumaunu — Director (departed 2013-10-02)
- Lavinia Maria Nathan — Director (departed 2014-12-01)
- June Jackson — Director (departed 2009-04-02)
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UMA Broadcasting Ltd
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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 4. 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.
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.
$2.1M
$2.7M
$1.5M
17
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 F 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
The retention, enhancement and revitalisation of Maori language and culture through broadcasting.
Who We Serve
Key Statistics
Financial Trends
Financial Trends (17 Years)
Revenue Breakdown
Expense Breakdown
API DataBased on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.
Financial Health Dashboard
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Revenue Diversification
HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.
Peer Comparison
Ranked against 39 peers · Arts & Culture · $1M – $10M
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