Metonymic Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Port Chalmers

Metonymic Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Port Chalmers, Port Chalmers. Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.

Mission: The purpose of the Trust is to produce and distribute recordings by New Zealand experimental musicians and sound artists and to organise projects and festivals which present this music to a wider community. The Trust aims to provide education and traning by organising workshops and lectures on the history, theory and practice of experimental music and its application to the modern environment. The Trust wants to work co-operatively with other community arts organisations to increase public awareness of non-mainstream music. The trust aims to provide employment opportunities for local experimental musicians, visual artists, and filmmakers. The trust will always be charitable in nature, returning all profits from activity to future projects in accordance with these goals.

Registration Number
CC36611
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Port Chalmers, Port Chalmers
Email
alice_and_peter@yahoo.co.nz
Data as at
March 2026

Beneficiaries: General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Financial Year End
2026-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2026$0.0M$0.0M-
2025-$0.0M-
2024$0.0M$0.0M-
2023-$0.0M-
2022-$0.0M-
2021-$0.0M-
2020$0.0M$0.0M-
2019$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2018$0.0M$0.0M-
2017$0.0M$0.0M-

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (5)

  • Jonathan Chapman — Trustee
  • Alice Bartlett — Trustee
  • Peter Porteous — Trustee
  • Peter Stapleton — Trustee (departed 2020-03-22)
  • Nathan Thompson — Trustee (departed 2023-04-27)

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Metonymic Trust

CC36611Port Chalmers, Port ChalmersRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 1 Nov 2026
Financials7mo agoRating1mo ago

Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

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Revenue

$22.9K

Expenses

$23.1K

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

The purpose of the Trust is to produce and distribute recordings by New Zealand experimental musicians and sound artists and to organise projects and festivals which present this music to a wider community. The Trust aims to provide education and traning by organising workshops and lectures on the history, theory and practice of experimental music and its application to the modern environment. The Trust wants to work co-operatively with other community arts organisations to increase public awareness of non-mainstream music. The trust aims to provide employment opportunities for local experimental musicians, visual artists, and filmmakers. The trust will always be charitable in nature, returning all profits from activity to future projects in accordance with these goals.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$22.9K
Total Expenses
$23.1K
Net Assets
-

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 Years)

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
0.4mo
Could operate 0.4 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

0
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 10,000
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other100.0%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 361 peers · Arts & Culture · Under $100K

Rating Score
0
#51/362
Revenue
$23K
#177/362
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/362
Surplus
$-176
#202/362
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/362

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
10
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Port Chalmers, Port Chalmers

Registration

Registration NumberCC36611
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated5 May 2003
Registered office
63 Purkanui Road, RD 1, Dunedin
Differs from Charities Register address (1A Fox Street, Port Chalmers, 9023, Port Chalmers, Port Chalmers). May be stale on either register — verify with the charity if material.

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Other - Acts an Umbrella body

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