Womad New Zealand Charitable Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in New Plymouth

Womad New Zealand Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in New Plymouth, New Plymouth. CharityData rates this charity D+ (54.5/100). Annual revenue: $4.8M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: The primary & main objective of the Trust is to develop support encourage knowledge, awareness, appreciation and understanding of music and the performing arts for the benefit of all New Zealanders. the key objective of the Trust is to establish, promote and present a music, arts and dance festival in New Zealand.

Registration Number
CC20075
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2007-11-18
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
D+ (54.5/100)
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
New Plymouth, New Plymouth
Email
tracey@taft.co.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Voluntary bodies other than charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$4.8M NZD
Total Expenses
$4.8M NZD
Total Assets
$0.5M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
1
Volunteers
11
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$4.8M$4.8M-
2024$5.2M$5.2M-
2023$5.0M$5.0M-
2022$2.0M$2.0M-
2021$0.0M$0.3M-
2020$4.9M$5.0M-
2019$4.8M$4.8M$0.1M
2018$4.4M$4.3M$0.1M
2017$4.3M$4.3M$0.0M
2016$4.1M$4.1M$0.0M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
D+
Overall Score
54.5/100
Financial Score
50
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
85

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (5)

NameRoleAppointed
Eleanor ConnoleTrustee2024-10-09
Neil HoldomTrustee2022-11-25
Glenn BrebnerTrustee2022-07-06
Chris SmithTrustee2011-04-04
Mike LargeTrustee2011-04-04

Former Officers (15)

  • Dion Tuuta — Chair (departed 2025-08-27)
  • Stacey Hitchcock — Trustee (departed 2023-10-03)
  • Emere Wano — Trustee (departed 2024-07-15)
  • Kelvin Wright — Trustee (departed 2021-06-02)
  • Hayden Wano — Trustee (departed 2021-06-02)
  • Carla van Zon — Trustee (departed 2021-05-12)
  • Katie Wolfe — Trustee (departed 2021-06-02)
  • Hemi Sundgren — Trustee (departed 2019-12-04)
  • Chris Lynch — Trustee (departed 2024-09-11)
  • Marie Pearce — Trustee (departed 2021-06-02)
  • Alison Joan Rumball — Trustee (departed 2010-10-13)
  • Elaine Gill — Chair (departed 2016-12-14)
  • Charles Beswick Wilkinson — Trustee (departed 2022-06-28)
  • Bruce Carlaw Richards — Trustee (departed 2015-06-03)
  • Lynn Ross Bublitz — Trustee (departed 2019-06-24)

Executive Compensation

NameRoleCompensationYear
Trustees (in capacity as employees for the festival)Trustee$40,0002023
Chris LynchTrustee$20,3202023

Funding Sources

  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $48,846
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $40,000
  • New Zealand Community Trust — $25,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $10,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $10,000

Service Providers

  • Baker Tilly Staples Rodway

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Womad New Zealand Charitable Trust

CC20075New Plymouth, New PlymouthRegistered 18 Nov 2007
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating2d ago

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

D+
55/100
Financial
50
Governance
65
Transparency
85

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 recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 5. 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.

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

$4.8M

Expenses

$4.8M

Assets

$504.5K

Staff

1

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

This rating may reflect incomplete data

This charity's grade of D+ 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

Mission

The primary & main objective of the Trust is to develop support encourage knowledge, awareness, appreciation and understanding of music and the performing arts for the benefit of all New Zealanders. the key objective of the Trust is to establish, promote and present a music, arts and dance festival in New Zealand.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicOlder peopleVoluntary bodies other than charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$4.8M
Total Expenses
$4.8M
Net Assets
-
Staff
1
employees
Volunteers
11

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 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
0mo
Could operate 0 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

10
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,954
High Concentration: 95% of revenue from Other
Other94.5%
Government Grants4.8%
Investment Income0.7%

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
55
#14/23
Revenue
$4.8M
#3/23
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/23
Surplus
$0
#17/23
Staff Cost %
14%
#23/23

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

Rating

D+
Score: 54.5/100
Financial
50
Governance
65
Transparency
85
Why this grade: Financial 50 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 59 → 55 after red-flag penalties → D+.
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Contact Details

Address
New Plymouth, New Plymouth

Registration

Registration NumberCC20075
Entity TypeTrust
Registered18 Nov 2007
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated17 Aug 2006
Registered office
Cnr Brougham Streets & Powderham Streets New Plymouth, New Plymouth

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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