Nightsong — Education Charity in Auckland
Nightsong is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: To: • promote and deliver innovatively strong theatre with high production values • present original NZ works with universally relevant stories • develop works in collaboration with other artforms • present works that move our audiences emotionally • engage strongly with New Zealand and international audiences • inject fresh ideas and innovation into the NZ theatre landscape • provide challenging and rewarding professional development and employment opportunities for artists, designers and arts administrators • offer training and mentoring within the wider industry and with emerging practitioners
- Registration Number
- CC53179
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2016-03-04
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- ben@nightsong.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Migrants / refugees, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 7
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.8M | $1.0M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $-0.0M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Downes | Trustee | 2026-01-20 |
| Marcia Marshall | Trustee | 2026-01-20 |
| Helen Atkins | Trustee | 2022-06-28 |
| Rachel Antony | Trustee | 2019-04-24 |
| Greg Fahey | Chair | 2018-05-10 |
| Carl Bland | Trustee | 2017-04-20 |
| Benjamin Crowder | Trustee | 2003-04-02 |
Former Officers (8)
- Janet Clarke — Trustee (departed 2026-03-07)
- Mile Fane — Trustee (departed 2023-09-21)
- Frances Turner — Trustee (departed 2019-11-22)
- Louise Gallagher — Trustee (departed 2021-03-23)
- Hilary Lewis — Trustee (departed 2026-01-30)
- Melanie Esplin — Trustee (departed 2016-08-01)
- Heather Lee — Trustee (departed 2018-05-10)
- Michelle Lafferty — Trustee (departed 2017-04-20)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $75,000
- Foundation North — $68,000
- Foundation North — $60,000
- Foundation North — $39,500
- Foundation North — $34,000
- Foundation North — $32,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $30,650
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $18,533
- First Light Community Foundation Limited — $11,550
- Lion Foundation — $11,000
- Pelorus Trust — $5,060
- New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000
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Nightsong
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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To: • promote and deliver innovatively strong theatre with high production values • present original NZ works with universally relevant stories • develop works in collaboration with other artforms • present works that move our audiences emotionally • engage strongly with New Zealand and international audiences • inject fresh ideas and innovation into the NZ theatre landscape • provide challenging and rewarding professional development and employment opportunities for artists, designers and arts administrators • offer training and mentoring within the wider industry and with emerging practitioners
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