# The Freemasons' Museum and Heritage Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC43519
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2008-06-30
**Sector:** Arts & Culture
**ICNPO group:** Culture and Recreation
**Region:** Wellington
**NZBN:** 9429043167913
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

The Freemasons Museum and Heritage Trust was established to maintain, develop and operate public museums in New Zealand ; to acquire, preserve, research and exhibit objects and matters relating to Freemasonry; to acquire, maintain, preserve, alter and improve buildings in New Zealand of masonic significance for public display

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — The filed financial data is incomplete or internally inconsistent, so a score would not be meaningful.
- **Status code:** `insufficient_data`
- **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$1k
- **Total expenses:** not disclosed
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$1k
- **Total assets:** not disclosed
- **Total liabilities:** not disclosed
- **Net assets:** not disclosed
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$42k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$0
- **Volunteers:** 0
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=5a632233-4b56-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$1k | not disclosed | NZ$1k | not disclosed |
| 2024-06-30 | NZ$206 | NZ$333 | NZ$-127 | not disclosed |
| 2023-06-30 | NZ$205 | NZ$8k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2022-06-30 | NZ$52 | NZ$6k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2021-06-30 | NZ$60 | NZ$67 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2020-06-30 | NZ$413 | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2019-06-30 | NZ$50k | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2018-06-30 | NZ$61 | NZ$911 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2017-06-30 | NZ$86 | NZ$3k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2016-06-30 | NZ$11k | NZ$7k | not disclosed | not disclosed |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 8 current (28 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** no
- **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=CC43519) and on the charity's profile page.

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-10-01
- Financials: last updated 2026-05-29
- Rating: computed 2026-10-01
- This document generated: 2026-10-04

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/the-freemasons-museum-and-heritage-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-freemasons-museum-and-heritage-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-freemasons-museum-and-heritage-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC43519

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/the-freemasons-museum-and-heritage-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 2026-10-04T22:31:35.023Z.