Waikato Society Of Arts Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Hamilton
Waikato Society Of Arts Incorporated is a Incorporated Society charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at August 2025.
Mission: WSA works to enrich the community by supporting growth and development of the visual arts through classes, art awards, exhibitions, forums and fellowship. WSA is a not for profit organisation dedicated to serving the art needs of the visual artist and art lovers at every stage of their development.
- Registration Number
- CC24351
- Charity Type
- Incorporated Society
- Registration Date
- 2008-05-13
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- wsa@wsa.org.nz
- Data as at
- August 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 20
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-08-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (2)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Kate Symmans | Executive Committee Member | 2026-10-14 |
| Nicolas Wells | Executive Committee Member | 2026-08-17 |
Former Officers (53)
- Christine Melchior — Executive Committee (departed 2026-08-10)
- Bronwyn McRostie — Treasurer (departed 2025-10-15)
- Esther Price — Executive Committee Member
- Craig Stephen — Executive Committee Member
- Hollie Tawhiao — Executive Committee Member (departed 2024-07-19)
- Gaye Jurisich — Executive Committee (departed 2022-07-31)
- Mark Dyer — Executive Officer (departed 2020-10-06)
- Gemma Reid — Executive Officer (departed 2024-02-19)
- Rachael Hayton — Chair
- Melany Sutherland — Past President (departed 2026-08-11)
- Laree Payne — Vice President (departed 2019-03-20)
- Michelle O'Brien — Executive Officer (departed 2025-11-30)
- Carole Shepheard — Past President (departed 2018-06-19)
- Lee Samuel — Vice President (departed 2018-10-31)
- Judith Love — Trustee (departed 2016-06-08)
- Marilyn Rea-Menzies — Trustee (departed 2016-10-31)
- Tony Young — Treasurer (departed 2017-10-31)
- Helen Martin — Administrator (departed 2016-10-31)
- Alyson Timmings — Secretary (departed 2017-03-15)
- Dana Wong — Executive Secretary (departed 2015-06-01)
Funding Sources
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $5,000
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $5,000
- One Foundation — $1,152.1
- Trillian Trust — $999.5
- One Foundation — $950
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Waikato Society Of Arts Incorporated
Financial data as at August 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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WSA works to enrich the community by supporting growth and development of the visual arts through classes, art awards, exhibitions, forums and fellowship. WSA is a not for profit organisation dedicated to serving the art needs of the visual artist and art lovers at every stage of their development.
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