Michael King Writers' Studio Trust — Social Services Charity in Auckland
Michael King Writers' Studio Trust is a Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: The Trust's mission is to support New Zealand's writers and to promote all aspects of NZ literature, including fiction and non-fiction. The trust offers a programme of supported residencies for NZ writers and low cost accommodation for visiting writers who need a quiet space to work. The centre also organises workshops, literary events and has a collection of resources for writers. .
- Registration Number
- CC25972
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-16
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.writerscentre.org.nz
- administrator@writerscentre.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Sherryl Arneil | Trustee | 2025-11-05 |
Former Officers (36)
- Jacqueline McRae — Trustee
- Gina Cole — Trustee
- Melanee Winders — Chair
- Eleanor Congreve — Trustee
- Madeleine Chapman — Trustee
- David Taylor — Trustee (departed 2024-08-28)
- Victor Roger — Trustee (departed 2023-08-04)
- Whiti Hereaka — Trustee (departed 2024-06-19)
- Anthony Byrt — Trustee (departed 2023-06-21)
- Charlotte Gibbs — Trustee (departed 2023-06-21)
- Caroline Barron — Trustee (departed 2021-05-05)
- Nicola Fraser — Treasurer & Deputy Chair
- Paula Morris — Trustee (departed 2018-08-29)
- Melanie Laville-Moore — Chair (departed 2024-06-19)
- Murray Brewer — Treasurer (departed 2016-12-16)
- Catriona Ferguson — Chair (departed 2019-06-26)
- Rosalind Ali — Trustee (departed 2021-06-11)
- Rose Evans — Officer (departed 2014-05-02)
- Iain Sharp — Officer (departed 2015-07-30)
- Liz Allen — Officer (departed 2017-04-01)
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Michael King Writers' Studio Trust
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. 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 the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. 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 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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The Trust's mission is to support New Zealand's writers and to promote all aspects of NZ literature, including fiction and non-fiction. The trust offers a programme of supported residencies for NZ writers and low cost accommodation for visiting writers who need a quiet space to work. The centre also organises workshops, literary events and has a collection of resources for writers. .
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