The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $1.2M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa is a visionary, unique and professional organisation that grows young people between the ages of 15-24 across Auckland. Our point of difference is that through our mentoring programmes in music, production, audio engineering, event management and live sound young people get to directly engage and connect with people working in the creative industries. This enables them to learn about a wide range of industry relationships, knowledge and skills, they benefit from exposure to real-world industry experience and training, including employment opportunities. The focus is slightly different with each individual but the goal remains the same; to empower NZ youth with a strong sense of self and the courage to make positive decisions for their future pathways.
- Registration Number
- CC47891
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2012-04-05
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- info@crescendo.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.8M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 13
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.2M | $0.9M | $0.5M |
| 2024 | $0.9M | $1.0M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $1.0M | $0.9M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Coddington | Trustee | 2026-10-08 |
Former Officers (25)
- Carlos Nicholls — Trustee
- Lisa Cotter — Trustee
- Gigi Green — Trustee
- Gareth Codd — Trustee
- Joanne Luxton — General Manager Studio (departed 2026-10-06)
- Yekaterina Sukhova — Treasurer
- Nicola Shute — Trustee (departed 2024-02-19)
- Catherine Percy — CEO
- Suzanna Pomeroy — Trustee (departed 2025-12-31)
- Liz Frazer — Chair
- Mike Watkins — Trustee (departed 2022-11-08)
- James Roberts — Trustee (departed 2021-02-11)
- Wi Pere Mita — Trustee (departed 2021-02-11)
- Damian Vaughan — Trustee (departed 2024-11-11)
- Bev Adair-Beets — Trustee (departed 2020-05-01)
- Allan Smith — Trustee (departed 2019-03-21)
- Simone Moors — Trustee (departed 2021-02-11)
- Alan Clark — Strategy (departed 2017-03-13)
- Juan Powell — Treasurer (departed 2022-11-22)
- Ben Stevens — Chair (departed 2014-09-22)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $120,000
- Foundation North — $100,000
- Foundation North — $100,000
- Foundation North — $100,000
- Foundation North — $92,000
- Foundation North — $80,000
- Foundation North — $70,000
- Trillian Trust — $44,047.04
- Trillian Trust — $33,232
- We Care Community Trust — $32,307.6
- Trillian Trust — $23,555.4
- Youthtown Incorporated — $9,600
- Lion Foundation — $4,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $1,250
- Milestone Foundation — $1,242
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The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa
Financial data as at June 2025. 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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About
The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa is a visionary, unique and professional organisation that grows young people between the ages of 15-24 across Auckland. Our point of difference is that through our mentoring programmes in music, production, audio engineering, event management and live sound young people get to directly engage and connect with people working in the creative industries. This enables them to learn about a wide range of industry relationships, knowledge and skills, they benefit from exposure to real-world industry experience and training, including employment opportunities. The focus is slightly different with each individual but the goal remains the same; to empower NZ youth with a strong sense of self and the courage to make positive decisions for their future pathways.
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Ranked against 27 peers · Arts & Culture · $1M – $10M
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