Lakes District Museum Incorporated — Education Charity in Arrowtown
Lakes District Museum Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Arrowtown, Arrowtown. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B (76.8/100). Annual revenue: $2.1M NZD. Financial data as at July 2025.
Mission: To provide a professionally run history museum for the benefit of the residents of and the visitors to the Queenstown Lakes District. The museum will, to the highest level possible; curate, educate and inform.
- Registration Number
- CC22757
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-09
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (76.8/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Arrowtown, Arrowtown
- director@museumqueenstown.com
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (society)
- Data as at
- July 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $7.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $7.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 45.8 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-07-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $7.0M |
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $6.7M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.2M | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $0.5M | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $2.0M | $0.6M | $4.2M |
| 2020 | $1.0M | $0.8M | $2.7M |
| 2019 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $2.6M |
| 2018 | $1.5M | $0.6M | $2.5M |
| 2017 | $0.8M | $0.6M | $1.7M |
| 2016 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $1.4M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 76.8/100
- Financial Score
- 77.5
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (31)
- Russell Hall — Committee Member
- Mick Pannett — Committee Member
- Alastair Holland — Committee Member
- Bronwyn Anderson — Secretary
- Owen Wood — Committee Member
- Pauline Lawrence — Committee Member
- Terri- Lee MCGregor — Committee Member
- Matt Watts — Deputy Chair
- Ashley Adams — Committee Member (departed 2022-10-27)
- Tracey MacLaren — Committee Member
- Jeff Smith — Treasurer
- Simon Stamers-Smith — Committee Member (departed 2023-10-26)
- David Wethey — Chair
- Oweena Frew — Committee Member (departed 2020-10-14)
- Keith Milne — Committee Member (departed 2025-10-30)
- Russell Heckler — President (departed 2025-10-30)
- Robert Farrell — Immediate Past President (departed 2022-10-27)
- Phillip Blakely — Secretary (departed 2025-10-30)
- George Ellingham — Committee Member (departed 2015-09-24)
- Barbara Hamilton — Committee Member (departed 2014-05-26)
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Lakes District Museum Incorporated
Financial data as at July 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$2.1M
$1.8M
$7.1M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To provide a professionally run history museum for the benefit of the residents of and the visitors to the Queenstown Lakes District. The museum will, to the highest level possible; curate, educate and inform.
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Ranked against 37 peers · Education · $1M – $10M
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