# The Performance Arcade Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC51166
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2014-09-16
**Sector:** Education
**ICNPO group:** Education and Research
**Region:** Wellington
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

The Trust is established for the following purposes for the benefit of the greater Wellington community: (a) to promote, support and develop awareness of and participation in, performance art and related activities in New Zealand and in doing this, (amongst other things) to run the Performance Arcade as an annual event in Wellington City; (b) to educate the public about performance art and related activities, including the ‘live art’ style of The Playground New Zealand; (c) for any other purposes which are charitable according to the law of New Zealand.

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — Small community organisation — the scorecard is not designed for entities at this scale.
- **Status code:** `community_group`
- **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 2025-03-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$211k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$217k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$-6k
- **Total assets:** NZ$459
- **Total liabilities:** not disclosed
- **Net assets:** NZ$459
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$459
- **Donations:** NZ$211k
- **Volunteers:** 0
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=9ce5f96f-c00e-f011-bb41-0022480ffcd1&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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | NZ$211k | NZ$217k | NZ$-6k | NZ$459 |
| 2024-03-31 | NZ$269k | NZ$269k | NZ$-138 | NZ$271 |
| 2023-03-31 | NZ$244k | NZ$244k | not disclosed | NZ$409 |
| 2022-03-31 | NZ$461k | NZ$461k | not disclosed | NZ$296 |
| 2021-03-31 | NZ$428k | NZ$429k | not disclosed | NZ$434 |
| 2020-03-31 | NZ$279k | NZ$278k | not disclosed | NZ$1k |
| 2019-03-31 | NZ$236k | NZ$236k | not disclosed | NZ$519 |
| 2018-03-31 | NZ$152k | NZ$163k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2017-03-31 | NZ$114k | NZ$110k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2016-03-31 | NZ$91k | NZ$91k | not disclosed | not disclosed |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 4 current (13 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** no

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC51166) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **One Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$12k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Pub Charity Limited** (foundation) — NZ$12k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Four Winds Foundation Limited** (foundation) — NZ$10k, year ended 2023-12-31
- **Four Winds Foundation Limited** (foundation) — NZ$4k, year ended 2024-12-31
- **The Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$4k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Pelorus Trust** (foundation) — NZ$2k, year ended 2023-12-31
- **Pelorus Trust** (foundation) — NZ$2k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Grassroots Trust Central Limited** (foundation) — NZ$2k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Four Winds Foundation Limited** (foundation) — NZ$2k, year ended 2021-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-23
- Financials: last updated 2026-04-25
- Rating: computed 2026-09-26
- This document generated: 2026-09-28

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-performance-arcade-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-performance-arcade-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-performance-arcade-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC51166

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/the-performance-arcade-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 2026-09-28T22:08:14.430Z.