Centre for New Zealand Music Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington

Centre for New Zealand Music Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.7M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: To champion and promote the sounds and music of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Registration Number
CC22488
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-04-02
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Email
info@sounz.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (trust)
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.7M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.7M NZD
Total Assets
$0.4M NZD
Net Assets
$0.3M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
6
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.7M$0.7M$0.3M
2024$1.4M$1.4M$0.3M
2023$1.3M$1.2M$0.2M
2022$0.9M$0.9M$0.1M
2021$1.0M$1.0M$0.1M
2020$0.6M$0.7M$0.2M
2019$0.7M$0.7M$0.2M
2018$0.6M$0.6M$0.2M
2017$0.7M$0.6M$0.3M
2016$0.6M$0.6M$0.2M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (6)

NameRoleAppointed
Robert WiremuCo-Chair2022-10-14
Dana YoungmanCo-Chair2022-09-14
Michael NorrisTrustee2021-03-29
Brendan SmythTrustee2016-06-29
Eve De Castro-RobinsonTrustee2015-12-09
Anthony HealeyTrustee2008-04-03

Former Officers (12)

  • Ngatapa Black — Trustee (departed 2024-12-11)
  • Noma Sio — Co-Chair (departed 2024-09-30)
  • Peter Walls — Trustee and Chair (departed 2021-04-25)
  • Tama Waipara — Co-Chair (departed 2022-11-30)
  • Elizabeth Kerr — Chair (departed 2019-12-11)
  • Clare Somerville — Trustee (departed 2020-04-01)
  • Gillian Whitehead — Trustee (departed 2015-09-16)
  • David Hutton — Trustee (departed 2020-11-30)
  • Vicki Allpress — Trustee (departed 2020-06-24)
  • Charles Royal — Deputy Chair (departed 2011-10-06)
  • Lloyd Williams — Chair (departed 2009-12-02)
  • Catherine Mead — Trustee (departed 2016-03-23)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $9,338.89
  • Lion Foundation — $8,000

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Centre for New Zealand Music Trust

CC22488Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 2 Apr 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating2d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. 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 the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. 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 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)

How ratings work →
Revenue

$676.0K

Expenses

$666.2K

Assets

$375.5K

Staff

6

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

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Arts & Culture
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Nationwide

About

Mission

To champion and promote the sounds and music of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicOlder peopleOther charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$676.0K
Total Expenses
$666.2K
Net Assets
$263.0K
Staff
6
employees

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
5.2mo
Could operate 5.2 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
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

9
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,078
High Concentration: 95% of revenue from Donations
Donations95.2%
Other3.6%
Investment Income1.3%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 117 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#29/118
Revenue
$676K
#11/118
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/118
Surplus
$10K
#62/118
Staff Cost %
47%
#118/118

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Wellington, Wellington

Registration

Registration NumberCC22488
Entity TypeTrust
Registered2 Apr 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated4 Jul 1997
Registered office
Level 3, 15 Brandon Street Wellington, Wellington

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyProvides advice / information / advocacy

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 28 September 2026.