Newtown Festival Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington
Newtown Festival Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The charitable purposes of Newtown Festival Trust centre on education, challenging, encouraging, motivating, promoting, facilitating and supporting artistic endeavours; the creative use of public space; a community performance arts-based festival in Newtown and other similar events; public arts, cultural and arts education events across the country; the production of artworks; and community enhancement. These charitable purposes are set out in clause 4 of the Trust Deed (i.e rules attached)
- Registration Number
- CC54715
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2017-07-10
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- newtownfestival@gmail.com
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: General public, Other charities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 10
- Volunteers
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.0M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Hanley | Trustee | 2022-10-20 |
| Noel Woods | Trustee | 2022-10-20 |
| Andrew Nicholls | Chair | 2017-11-27 |
| Deirdre Tarrant | Trustee | 2017-11-27 |
| Anna Kemble Welch | Trustee | 2017-07-01 |
| James Coyle | Trustee | 2017-07-01 |
Former Officers (2)
- Karen Fifield — Trustee (departed 2020-03-08)
- Ian Mckinnon — Trustee (departed 2021-03-08)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $40,000
- The Lion Foundation — $20,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $10,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $10,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $5,600
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $5,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $4,750
- New Zealand Community Trust — $4,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $4,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $3,000
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Newtown Festival Trust
Financial data as at June 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 charitable purposes of Newtown Festival Trust centre on education, challenging, encouraging, motivating, promoting, facilitating and supporting artistic endeavours; the creative use of public space; a community performance arts-based festival in Newtown and other similar events; public arts, cultural and arts education events across the country; the production of artworks; and community enhancement. These charitable purposes are set out in clause 4 of the Trust Deed (i.e rules attached)
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