New Zealand Festival Trust — Registered Charity in Wellington
New Zealand Festival Trust is a Trust charity, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $7.5M NZD. Financial data as at June 2022.
Mission: The nature of the Trust is to develop, programme, produce and market the New Zealand Festival, centred and staged in Wellington for the benefit of the citizens of New Zealand. In addition to the main festival event The New Zealand Festival Trust partners with Lexus New Zealand to present the Lexus Song Quest.
- Registration Number
- CC31596
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- accounts@tawhiri.nz
- Data as at
- June 2022
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $7.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $6.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.8M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2022-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $7.5M | $6.9M | $0.6M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $0.0M |
| 2020 | $8.6M | $9.1M | $-0.2M |
| 2019 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $0.4M |
| 2018 | $10.1M | $10.7M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $2.9M | $2.3M | $0.7M |
| 2016 | $21.7M | $21.7M | $0.1M |
| 2015 | $2.6M | $2.8M | $0.1M |
| 2014 | $11.0M | $11.2M | $0.3M |
| 2013 | $2.2M | $2.0M | $0.5M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (29)
- Tawhiri Limited — Trustee
- Susan Freeman-Greene — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Matthew Bale — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Leslie Foy — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Charles Royal — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Anna Kominik — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Wayne Mulligan — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Justin Lester — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Geoffrey Dangerfield — Chair (departed 2019-07-01)
- Geoff Dangerfield — Chair (departed 2019-07-01)
- John Ryan — Trustee (departed 2018-05-31)
- Elizabeth Kerr — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Paul Ridley-Smith — Trustee (departed 2018-07-31)
- Howard Greive — Trustee (departed 2018-07-31)
- Kerry Prendergast — Chair (departed 2016-07-31)
- Mark John Verbiest — Trustee (departed 2013-11-26)
- Margie Beattie — Trustee (departed 2019-07-01)
- Celia Wade-Brown — Trustee (departed 2016-09-27)
- John Allen — Trustee (departed 2018-07-31)
- John Mckay — Trustee (departed 2014-05-31)
Funding Sources
- New Zealand Community Trust — $350,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $350,000
- The Lion Foundation — $70,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $30,000
- One Foundation — $20,000
- Trust House Foundation — $10,000
Reporting Group Members
New Zealand Festival Trust files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 2 sibling charities:
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Financial data as at June 2022. Sourced from Charities Services register.
The most recent financial filing with Charities Services is more than three years old. Until a current return is filed, a rating is not assigned.
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- Small board structure1 current officer listed on the register — best-practice boards have 5+ members with separation of duties
- Shared trustees with reporting-group siblingsOne current trustee also serves on the board of another charity in the same Charities Services reporting group (group has 3 member charities filing one consolidated annual return). Group-internal cross-trusteeship can be operationally efficient but should be visible to donors.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2022). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Reporting group parent. New Zealand Festival Trust files one consolidated annual return covering 2 members. Member-level figures are not separately reported with Charities Services.
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The nature of the Trust is to develop, programme, produce and market the New Zealand Festival, centred and staged in Wellington for the benefit of the citizens of New Zealand. In addition to the main festival event The New Zealand Festival Trust partners with Lexus New Zealand to present the Lexus Song Quest.
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