# Newtown Festival Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC54715
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2017-07-10
**Sector:** Education
**ICNPO group:** Education and Research
**Region:** Wellington
**NZBN:** 9429046250445
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

The charitable purposes of Newtown Festival Trust centre on education, challenging, encouraging, motivating, promoting, facilitating and supporting artistic endeavours; the creative use of public space; a community performance arts-based festival in Newtown and other similar events; public arts, cultural and arts education events across the country; the production of artworks; and community enhancement. These charitable purposes are set out in clause 4 of the Trust Deed (i.e rules attached)

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — Reports under the Tier 3/4 regime with limited disclosure and no detected red flags.
- **Status code:** `limited_disclosure`
- **Flags raised by the methodology:** none

Ratings are an analytical view computed from this charity's own filings to the Charities Register, using a published methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology. They are not advice and not a statement about any individual.

## Latest annual return (year ended 2025-06-30)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$565k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$527k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$39k
- **Total assets:** NZ$57k
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$2k
- **Net assets:** NZ$55k
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$7k
- **Donations:** NZ$54k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$221k
- **Paid staff:** 10
- **Volunteers:** 3
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=be28ded5-4956-f011-bb44-0022480ffcd1&isPublic=true

All figures are as filed by the charity with Charities Services, in New Zealand dollars.

## Filing history

| Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Surplus/deficit | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | NZ$565k | NZ$527k | NZ$39k | NZ$55k |
| 2024-06-30 | NZ$522k | NZ$522k | NZ$-298 | NZ$17k |
| 2023-06-30 | NZ$463k | NZ$478k | not disclosed | NZ$17k |
| 2022-06-30 | NZ$378k | NZ$412k | not disclosed | NZ$32k |
| 2021-06-30 | NZ$434k | NZ$425k | not disclosed | NZ$67k |
| 2020-06-30 | NZ$402k | NZ$382k | not disclosed | NZ$57k |
| 2019-06-30 | NZ$360k | NZ$369k | not disclosed | NZ$37k |
| 2018-06-30 | NZ$297k | NZ$251k | not disclosed | NZ$46k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 6 current (8 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** yes
- **Most recent audit opinion:** unqualified

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC54715) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **One Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$45k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$40k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Grassroots Trust Central Limited** (foundation) — NZ$29k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **The Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$20k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Four Winds Foundation Limited** (foundation) — NZ$16k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **New Zealand Community Trust** (foundation) — NZ$14k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Pub Charity Limited** (foundation) — NZ$10k, year ended 2021-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-26
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-25
- Rating: computed 2026-09-26
- This document generated: 2026-09-29

Figures are as filed. A charity that has filed since the dates above may have newer numbers on the Charities Register.

## More data

- Charity profile: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/newtown-festival-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/newtown-festival-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/newtown-festival-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC54715

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/newtown-festival-trust. Primary source: Charities Services (Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai), Department of Internal Affairs. Analytical scores are CharityData's own, computed under a published methodology, and are not advice. Generated 2026-09-29T00:48:37.530Z.