Whoa Performing Arts Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
Whoa Performing Arts Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: To foster interest in theatre to promote growth and growth of performing arts. To encourage and promote all activities relating to theatre To produces plays and other theatrical works for the members of the public, video and television. To acquire land for further such objects to provide theatres and rehearsal rooms for such endeavours To hire personnel and performers to advance the theatrical cause To purchase or commission writing of theatre works
- Registration Number
- CC55742
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2018-09-27
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- whoa@whoastudios.co.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $-0.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.9M | $-0.6M |
| 2024 | $0.8M | $1.0M | $-0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $1.0M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.9M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| 2021 | $0.8M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.6M | $-0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | - | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Marcia Borchert | Trustee | 2024-11-18 |
| Perpetual Trust Limited | Trustee | 2021-10-05 |
| Daemin Blanshard | Trustee | 2019-11-08 |
Former Officers (2)
- The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Ltd — Custodian Trustee (departed 2019-10-08)
- David Sutherland — Trustee (departed 2024-11-18)
Funding Sources
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $30,000
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Whoa Performing Arts Trust
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This charity has reported liabilities exceeding assets for two or more consecutive years. That pattern is common and structural for retirement villages (occupation-right-agreement bonds recorded as liabilities), iwi treaty-settlement vehicles (future-obligation accruals), and infrastructure trusts with Crown loan principal — it does not indicate financial distress, but our standard reserve-months scoring template does not apply. The charity's figures are shown above.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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To foster interest in theatre to promote growth and growth of performing arts. To encourage and promote all activities relating to theatre To produces plays and other theatrical works for the members of the public, video and television. To acquire land for further such objects to provide theatres and rehearsal rooms for such endeavours To hire personnel and performers to advance the theatrical cause To purchase or commission writing of theatre works
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Ranked against 117 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M
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