Wellington Opera Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington
Wellington Opera Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $0.8M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: The Wellington Opera Trust will foster and promote the development and performance of opera, for the benefit of audiences and artists connected to the greater Wellington region. The Trust will: provide opportunities for singers, directors, composers, theatre technicians, conductors; support viable career pathways; and develop audiences though diverse and relevant repertoire. Wellington Opera will lead the sector and the world by operating as a carbon-neutral arts organisation from inception.
- Registration Number
- CC57034
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2019-09-26
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- opera@wellingtonopera.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.0M |
| 2024 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.8M | $-0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $-0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.0M | - | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Wilton | Trustee | 2026-07-13 |
| Matthew McNeil | Trustee | 2025-11-01 |
| Elizabeth Aitken | Chair | 2024-02-09 |
| Jennifer Little | Trustee | 2021-03-03 |
| Jan Dunne | Trustee | 2020-12-21 |
| John Boshier | Treasurer | 2019-09-26 |
Former Officers (6)
- John Hunn — Trustee (departed 2025-08-24)
- Tony Crutchley — Trustee (departed 2024-12-16)
- Kerry Prendergast — Chair (departed 2026-09-18)
- Richard Greager — Secretary (departed 2020-04-05)
- Matthew Ross — Trustee (departed 2026-03-21)
- Sally Abernethy — Trustee (departed 2026-10-22)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $20,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $20,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $20,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $20,000
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
- One Foundation — $10,000
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
- Pelorus Trust — $4,200
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $2,500
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Wellington Opera Trust
Financial data as at December 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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The Wellington Opera Trust will foster and promote the development and performance of opera, for the benefit of audiences and artists connected to the greater Wellington region. The Trust will: provide opportunities for singers, directors, composers, theatre technicians, conductors; support viable career pathways; and develop audiences though diverse and relevant repertoire. Wellington Opera will lead the sector and the world by operating as a carbon-neutral arts organisation from inception.
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