Brass Band Music Legacy Trust — Education Charity in Wellington
Brass Band Music Legacy Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity D+ (53.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: The purpose of the Trust is set out in the Trust Deed and is to promote and foster music education across all performance levels through brass band performance and composition and to promote the advancement and study of brass music in New Zealand.
- Registration Number
- CC60268
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2022-07-13
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (53.8/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- bbml@dollyfish.net.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 232.4 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.0M | - |
| 2024 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 53.8/100
- Financial Score
- 77.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 4 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 (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| BBML Trustee Limited | Sole Corporate Trustee | 2022-05-30 |
| Paul Williams | Director of Bbml Trustee Limited the Sole Corporate Trustee of the Trust | 2022-01-25 |
| Martyn Smith | Director of Bbml Trustee Limited, the Sole Corporate Trustee of the Trust | 2022-01-25 |
| Mark Davey | Director of Bbml Trustee Limited, the Sole Corporate Trustee of the Trust | 2022-01-25 |
| James Sutherland | Director of Bbml Trustee Limited, the Sole Corporate Trustee of the Trust | 2022-01-25 |
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Brass Band Music Legacy Trust
Financial data as at March 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 designatedBoard of 10 with no chair designated on the register
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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 D+ 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.
Grant-Making Trust
Special Entity TypeThis trust makes grants to other organizations. It does not deliver programs directly.
About
The purpose of the Trust is set out in the Trust Deed and is to promote and foster music education across all performance levels through brass band performance and composition and to promote the advancement and study of brass music in New Zealand.
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Revenue Diversification
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 107 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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