Wellington Film Society Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington
Wellington Film Society Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity F (15/100). Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2024.
Mission: We are a non-profit incorporated society, affiliated to the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, which has been screening films in Wellington for over 75 years. We seek to encourage and engage members to connect with local and international cinema. We provide an outlet for cinema to be seen as intended, on a cinema screen.
- Registration Number
- CC41407
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- F (15/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- filmsociety@gmail.com
- Data as at
- December 2024
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2024-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2015 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- F
- Overall Score
- 15/100
- Financial Score
- 5
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (14)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Russ Kale | Vice President | 2025-03-31 |
| Sarah Leslie | Vice President and Secretary | 2024-03-25 |
| John Crawford | Vice President | 2019-03-11 |
| Michael Donn | Committee Member | 2019-03-11 |
| Harry Evans | President | 2018-03-05 |
| Harriet Wild | Committee Member | 2016-03-07 |
| David Summerfield | Committee Member | 2015-03-09 |
| Hubertus Mick | Committee Member | 2012-03-12 |
| David Jenkinson | Vice-President/co-Secretary | 2008-06-30 |
| Alan Collins | Treasurer | 2008-06-30 |
| David Lindsay | Committee Member | 2008-06-30 |
| Miles Buckingham | Committee Member | 2008-06-30 |
| Elizabeth Ridder | Membership Secretary | 2008-06-30 |
| Susan Freeman | Committee Member | 2008-06-30 |
Former Officers (44)
- Rachel Lynch — Committee Member (departed 2021-03-22)
- Samuel Rayner — Committee Member (departed 2020-03-09)
- Tama-te-ra Calman — Committee Member (departed 2022-06-27)
- Veronica Hodgkinson — Committee Member (departed 2021-03-22)
- Gregor Cameron — Committee Member (departed 2021-03-22)
- William Beale — Committee Member (departed 2019-03-11)
- Brian O'Brien — Committee Member (departed 2024-03-25)
- Bronwyn Bannister — Co-Secretary (departed 2020-03-09)
- Yen Comer-Hudson — Committee Member (departed 2019-03-11)
- Jonquil Brooks — Committee Member (departed 2019-03-11)
- Pia Titus — Committee Member (departed 2016-06-30)
- Stephen Parkes — Committee Member (departed 2020-03-09)
- Hannah Carter — Committee (departed 2015-03-09)
- Helen Deeble — Committee (departed 2016-03-07)
- Nic Gorman — Committee Member (departed 2018-03-05)
- Deepa-Rose Sealy — Committee Member (departed 2013-04-30)
- Simon Bunckenburg — Committee Member (departed 2016-06-30)
- Rosemary Miller — Vice-President/editor (departed 2020-03-09)
- Beverley Hope — Committee Member (departed 2013-03-11)
- Eva Woodbury — Committee Member (departed 2014-03-10)
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Wellington Film Society Incorporated
Financial data as at December 2024. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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 designatedBoard of 28 with no chair designated on the register
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of F is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
About
We are a non-profit incorporated society, affiliated to the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, which has been screening films in Wellington for over 75 years. We seek to encourage and engage members to connect with local and international cinema. We provide an outlet for cinema to be seen as intended, on a cinema screen.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 123 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M
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