Nelson Music Festival Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Nelson
Nelson Music Festival Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Nelson, Nelson. Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: The principal purpose of the Nelson Music Festival Trust is to produce the biennial Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson.
- Registration Number
- CC37864
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2009-02-18
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Nelson, Nelson
- manager@music.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Taylor | Trustee | 2026-05-11 |
| Glenn Ching | Trustee | 2024-11-04 |
| Sian Holden | Trustee | 2024-11-04 |
| Doris Henry | Trustee | 2021-11-15 |
| Adrian Secker | Trustee | 2019-12-19 |
| Alastair Kerr | Chair | 2019-03-21 |
| Lissa Cowie | Trustee | 2016-09-15 |
Former Officers (15)
- Patricia Black — Trustee (departed 2016-06-23)
- Sophie Kelly — Trustee (departed 2019-06-06)
- Richard Griffin — Trustee (departed 2018-08-29)
- Glenda Lorimer — Trustee (departed 2014-01-23)
- John Bullock — Trustee (departed 2012-06-21)
- David Knight — Trustee (departed 2026-03-09)
- Kevin Ramsbottom-isherwood — Trustee (departed 2014-01-23)
- Roger Taylor — Trustee (departed 2026-03-09)
- Janet Smith — Trustee (departed 2019-12-19)
- Hugo Judd — Trustee (departed 2015-05-17)
- Colleen Marshall — Chairperson of Trustees (departed 2024-01-08)
- Linley Taylor — Trustee (departed 2010-06-17)
- Anthony Stallard — Trustee (departed 2014-01-23)
- Esmé Palliser — Trustee (departed 2010-06-17)
- Diana Marsh — Trustee (departed 2009-12-04)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $8,000
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Nelson Music Festival Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. 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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The principal purpose of the Nelson Music Festival Trust is to produce the biennial Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson.
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