Waitakere City Stadium Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland

Waitakere City Stadium Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity A- (89.5/100). Annual revenue: $6.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: The principal objective of the Sports complex is to serve the wider Waitakere community as a key multi-purpose venue for the local community to host sporting, leisure, trade and cultural activities and events.

Registration Number
CC41250
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
A- (89.5/100)
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Email
marcus.reynolds@thetrustsarena.co.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$6.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$6.9M NZD
Total Assets
$27.3M NZD
Net Assets
$26.3M NZD
Reserve Months
0.7 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
40
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$6.3M$6.9M$26.3M
2024$5.4M$6.7M$27.0M
2023$5.5M$6.4M$27.8M
2022$3.0M$4.1M$28.2M
2021$3.7M$4.5M$28.6M
2020$5.8M$4.9M$27.8M
2019$5.4M$5.7M$27.0M
2018$5.2M$5.8M$27.3M
2017$4.3M$4.9M$27.7M
2016$5.1M$6.0M$28.3M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
A-
Overall Score
89.5/100
Financial Score
100
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
85

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (7)

NameRoleAppointed
Julie PatersonTrustee2025-10-01
Marcus ReynoldsCEO2025-07-07
Ming Ren TanTrustee2025-02-03
Craig MayoTrustee2024-01-30
Kenneth AiolupoteaTrustee2024-01-23
Katie BhreatnachTrustee2021-12-02
Anne WalshTrustee2016-08-04

Former Officers (15)

  • Philippa Grey — Trustee (departed 2026-08-19)
  • Jillian Steffert — Trustee (departed 2025-07-09)
  • Michael Frawley — Trustee (departed 2025-02-27)
  • Wayne Caskie — Trustee (departed 2025-02-27)
  • Setareh Steinstra — Chair (departed 2024-05-10)
  • Beatrice Faumuina — Trustee (departed 2024-06-11)
  • James Bundy — Trustee (departed 2025-04-09)
  • Setareh Masoud-Ansari — Trustee (departed 2023-05-17)
  • Harry O'Rourke — Trustee (departed 2016-03-21)
  • Jeff Douglas — Trustee (departed 2021-12-31)
  • Paul Thomson — Trustee (departed 2020-02-04)
  • Rex Davy — Trustee (departed 2024-08-20)
  • Timothy Livingstone — Trustee (departed 2023-05-01)
  • Graham Wakefield — Trustee (departed 2014-12-04)
  • Ross Dallow — Trustee (departed 2017-09-07)

Executive Compensation

NameRoleCompensationYear
Key Management Personnel (aggregate)Board of Trustees and Senior Management Staff$908,222-
Key Management Personnel (aggregate)Board of Trustees and Senior Management Staff$908,2222025

Funding Sources

  • Foundation North — $350,000
  • The Trusts Community Foundation — $160,000
  • The Trusts Community Foundation — $110,000
  • The Trusts Community Foundation Limited — $100,000
  • The Trusts Community Foundation — $65,000
  • Grassroots Trust Limited — $60,000
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $49,907.83
  • Foundation North — $26,710
  • Tab New Zealand — $25,000
  • TAB New Zealand — $20,000
  • Trillian Trust — $15,890
  • Blue Sky Community Trust — $15,760
  • TAB New Zealand — $15,000
  • The North and South Trust Limited — $14,550
  • Foundation North — $3,630

Service Providers

  • William Buck

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Waitakere City Stadium Trust

CC41250Auckland, AucklandRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

A-
90/100
Financial
100
Governance
65
Transparency
85

Reasons to look carefully (2)

These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.

  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 7. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
  • Same audit firm for many years
    Same audit firm (William Buck) for 8 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight

Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.

Revenue

$6.3M

Expenses

$6.9M

Assets

$27.3M

Staff

40

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

The principal objective of the Sports complex is to serve the wider Waitakere community as a key multi-purpose venue for the local community to host sporting, leisure, trade and cultural activities and events.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicPeople of a certain ethnic / racial originPeople with disabilitiesVoluntary bodies other than charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$6.3M
Total Expenses
$6.9M
Net Assets
$26.3M
Staff
40
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
0.7mo
Could operate 0.7 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

36
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 6,368
Other76.2%
Government Grants23.7%
Investment Income0.1%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 22 peers · Arts & Culture · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
90
#3/23
Revenue
$6.3M
#2/23
Reserve Months
0.7
#1/23
Surplus
$-636K
#22/23
Staff Cost %
30%
#23/23

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

A-
Score: 89.5/100
Financial
100
Governance
65
Transparency
85
Why this grade: Financial 100 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 79 → A-.
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Contact Details

Address
Auckland, Auckland

Registration

Registration NumberCC41250
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated12 Nov 1991
Registered office
65-67 Central Park Drive, Henderson, Auckland

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 28 September 2026.