Wellington Tramway Museum Incorporated — Health Charity in Paekakariki
Wellington Tramway Museum Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Paekakariki, Paekakariki. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Our Vision is to present our operating tramway (known as the "Kapiti Coast Electric Tramway") as a prominent and highly regarded regional heritage attraction which, in a manner embracing education and recreation, tells the story of the electric street tramway and its major role in the development of our capital city, Wellington. Our Strategic Objectives include the following; 1) To preserve the trams and tramway artefacts so that their history is never forgotten; 2) To provide a public attraction and amenity that evokes interest in the trams; and 3) To establish the organisation's financial and organisational stability to ensure its long term future.
- Registration Number
- CC38985
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Paekakariki, Paekakariki
- info@wellingtontrams.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.8M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.8M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.8M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.8M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.7M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.7M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.7M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.7M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.7M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.7M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.7M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (25)
- Henry Brittain — Trustee
- Terry Knight — Secretary
- Grant Johnson — Trustee
- Aaron Jonassen — Trustee
- Kevin Wright — Vice President (departed 2025-05-03)
- Trevor Weaver — Trustee
- Michael Flinn — Trustee
- Grahame Kitchen — Trustee (departed 2018-11-17)
- Matthew Emery — Trustee (departed 2016-11-05)
- Marlene Wilson — Trustee (departed 2017-11-04)
- Steven Porter — President
- Trevor Burling — Trustee (departed 2020-01-24)
- Russell Jenkins — Vice President (departed 2022-11-26)
- Colin Dash — Trustee (departed 2025-11-22)
- Robert Hatten — Trustee (departed 2014-11-08)
- Neil Mcdonald — Trustee (departed 2011-11-05)
- Robert Stott — Trustee (departed 2015-11-07)
- Andrew Surgenor — Trustee (departed 2011-11-05)
- Denys Peck — Vice President (departed 2012-11-10)
- Graeme Moffatt — Secretary (departed 2009-11-21)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $20,000
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Wellington Tramway Museum Incorporated
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Small volunteer-led organisations are not letter-graded: the standard financial template does not fit entities without paid staff, large revenue, or significant government funding. The charity's filed figures are shown above.
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- No chair designatedBoard of 12 with no chair designated on the register
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~97 months of expenses on $121K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
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About
Our Vision is to present our operating tramway (known as the "Kapiti Coast Electric Tramway") as a prominent and highly regarded regional heritage attraction which, in a manner embracing education and recreation, tells the story of the electric street tramway and its major role in the development of our capital city, Wellington. Our Strategic Objectives include the following; 1) To preserve the trams and tramway artefacts so that their history is never forgotten; 2) To provide a public attraction and amenity that evokes interest in the trams; and 3) To establish the organisation's financial and organisational stability to ensure its long term future.
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