Capital Blues Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington

Capital Blues Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: "(a) To provide a focus and centre for blues/roots music in the Wellington region, by forming a public profile, as well as a database on blues/roots music. (b) To disseminate this information relevant to playing, performing, listening to and collecting blues/roots music, by means of meetings, newsletters and live performances to the wider Wellington community (c)To promote blues/roots music in the Wellington region by providing platforms/venues, (d) To be affiliated with the national organization New Zealand Blues Society (NZBS) in order to liaise with the wider musical blues community (e) To network with other organizations in the Wellington region that have similar goals to ours, (f) To liaise with schools and students of musical courses, (g) To create an archive of blues/roots music in the Wellington region, which is to be available to all members of the wider Wellington community, by supporting and promoting recordings, as well as other forms of historical record."

Registration Number
CC20697
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-01-27
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Email
karl@jla.co.nz
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.1M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.1M NZD
Total Assets
$0.0M NZD
Net Assets
$-0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
5
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.1M$0.1M$-0.0M
2024$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2023$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2022$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2021$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2020$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2019$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2018$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2017$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M
2016$0.1M$0.1M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (4)

NameRoleAppointed
Andrew HaddletonPresident2025-09-06
Skye AndersonSecretary2024-09-30
Damian ForlongPresident2018-09-17
Julie LambTreasurer2012-01-17

Former Officers (9)

  • Deryck Hope — Vice President (departed 2020-03-15)
  • Michelle McRae — Vice President (departed 2019-09-05)
  • Robert Hole — Vice President (departed 2025-09-06)
  • Carol Bean — Publicity (departed 2016-09-08)
  • Jo Meylan — Treasurer-Co-Joint (departed 2012-01-17)
  • Carol Lough — Treasurer-Co-Joint (departed 2012-01-17)
  • Cheryl O'Connor — Treasurer (departed 2009-04-05)
  • Sarah Duckworth — Treasurer (departed 2008-05-31)
  • Dougal Speir — President (departed 2012-01-17)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $5,450

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Capital Blues Incorporated

CC20697Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 27 Jan 2008
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating2d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

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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Revenue

$93.0K

Expenses

$96.1K

Assets

$8.9K

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

About

Mission

"(a) To provide a focus and centre for blues/roots music in the Wellington region, by forming a public profile, as well as a database on blues/roots music. (b) To disseminate this information relevant to playing, performing, listening to and collecting blues/roots music, by means of meetings, newsletters and live performances to the wider Wellington community (c)To promote blues/roots music in the Wellington region by providing platforms/venues, (d) To be affiliated with the national organization New Zealand Blues Society (NZBS) in order to liaise with the wider musical blues community (e) To network with other organizations in the Wellington region that have similar goals to ours, (f) To liaise with schools and students of musical courses, (g) To create an archive of blues/roots music in the Wellington region, which is to be available to all members of the wider Wellington community, by supporting and promoting recordings, as well as other forms of historical record."

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$93.0K
Total Expenses
$96.1K
Net Assets
-$274
Volunteers
5

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 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
0.6mo
Could operate 0.6 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

7
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,322
High Concentration: 97% of revenue from Other
Other96.5%
Trading / Services3.1%
Investment Income0.3%
Donations0.1%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 360 peers · Arts & Culture · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#57/361
Revenue
$93K
#11/361
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/361
Surplus
$-3K
#270/361
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/361

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

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Wellington, Wellington

Registration

Registration NumberCC20697
Entity TypeTrust
Registered27 Jan 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Incorporated19 Aug 1996
Registered office
Level 5, Ranchhod House, 39 Webb Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6012

Sector & Activities

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

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