Auckland Symphony Orchestra Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
Auckland Symphony Orchestra Incorporated is a Incorporated Society charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: As New Zealand’s largest community orchestra our purpose is to provide high quality, accessible performances of orchestral music for the people of Auckland and surrounding regions.
- Registration Number
- CC42384
- Charity Type
- Incorporated Society
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.aucklandsymphony.co.nz
- treasurer@aucklandsymphony.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Swanson | Artistic Director | 2025-03-24 |
| Melissa Choo | Secretary | 2025-03-24 |
| Sandra Pipes | Treasurer | 2020-04-27 |
| Nicola Couch | Chair | 2020-04-27 |
| Stephen Pipes | General Manager | 1992-11-01 |
Former Officers (12)
- Ella Tunnicliffe-Glass — Secretary (departed 2025-03-24)
- Mary O'Brien — Secretary (departed 2022-12-31)
- Bridget Strand — Secretary (departed 2021-05-01)
- Olwyn Green — Librarian (departed 2025-03-24)
- Lynley Bilby — Concertmaster (departed 2025-03-24)
- Peter Thomas — Music Director (departed 2021-08-26)
- Beverley Brockelbank — Secretary (departed 2018-03-19)
- Rebecca Holbrook — Committee Member (departed 2010-03-15)
- Philip Hickman — President (departed 2020-04-27)
- Alice Philipsen — Treasurer (departed 2020-04-27)
- Peter Mumby — Committee Member (departed 2012-03-19)
- Gary Daverne — Musical Director (departed 2010-12-31)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $8,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $6,520
- Pub Charity Limited — $6,350
- New Zealand Community Trust — $4,430
- Lion Foundation — $3,600
- Air Rescue Services Limited — $1,173.9
- The North and South Trust Limited — $626
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Auckland Symphony Orchestra Incorporated
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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As New Zealand’s largest community orchestra our purpose is to provide high quality, accessible performances of orchestral music for the people of Auckland and surrounding regions.
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