The New Zealand Opera Training School Trust — Education Charity in Whanganui
The New Zealand Opera Training School Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Whanganui, Whanganui. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: The New Zealand Opera School was established in 1994 to deliver New Zealand’s premiere residential training course for young, aspiring New Zealand opera singers. In 1997 it was registered as a Charitable Trust. Its mission statement hasn’t changed since day one: "To provide a period of intensive vocal, language, movement and acting training with tutors of international reputation in order to give our emerging opera singers the very best tuition possible and to provide a taste of the disciplines required to succeed in the fast-growing, competitive and demanding world of opera performance."
- Registration Number
- CC26755
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-29
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Whanganui, Whanganui
- vontrott@xtra.co.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.5M 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 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.5M |
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.5M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.5M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.5M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.4M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.4M |
| 2019 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Bourke | Trustee | 2021-05-06 |
Former Officers (9)
- Fergus Reid — Trustee
- John Bourke — Trustee
- David Cairncross — Trustee
- Carmel Walsh — Trustee (departed 2022-11-14)
- Rodney Macann — Trustee (departed 2017-05-31)
- Witi Ihimarera — Trustee (departed 2017-04-03)
- Bryan Wyness — Trustee/chairman (departed 2012-07-20)
- Donald Trott — Trustee
- Robin Congreve — Trustee (departed 2017-04-03)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $6,000
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The New Zealand Opera Training School 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 New Zealand Opera School was established in 1994 to deliver New Zealand’s premiere residential training course for young, aspiring New Zealand opera singers. In 1997 it was registered as a Charitable Trust. Its mission statement hasn’t changed since day one: "To provide a period of intensive vocal, language, movement and acting training with tutors of international reputation in order to give our emerging opera singers the very best tuition possible and to provide a taste of the disciplines required to succeed in the fast-growing, competitive and demanding world of opera performance."
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