Nelson Festivals Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Nelson
Nelson Festivals Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Nelson, Nelson. Annual revenue: $1.1M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Kia tū he hui ahurei e haumako ai ngā tāngata huri i te motu. A festival of unmissable arts that enriches the people of our region.
- Registration Number
- CC56710
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2019-02-14
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Nelson, Nelson
- info@nelsonartsfestival.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 9
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $0.4M |
| 2021 | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.4M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Parker | Trustee | 2025-08-19 |
| Jonathon O Donnell | Trustee | 2023-02-16 |
| Luke Acland | Trustee | 2023-02-16 |
| Alison Boswijk | Trust Chair | 2018-10-10 |
Former Officers (10)
- Johannah Burge — Trustee (departed 2023-08-04)
- Cynthia Greep — Trustee (departed 2025-02-18)
- Gemma Laing — Trustee (departed 2023-10-13)
- Zoe Palmer — Trustee (departed 2023-02-16)
- Deborah Hannan — Trustee (departed 2020-10-30)
- Sarah Sharp — Trustee (departed 2020-10-30)
- Bruce Picot — Trustee (departed 2021-05-30)
- Sarah Yarrow — Trustee (departed 2025-12-16)
- Caroline Marshall — Trustee (departed 2020-10-30)
- Brent Thawley — Trust Chair (departed 2023-02-16)
Funding Sources
- New Zealand Community Trust — $38,871.22
- Lion Foundation — $20,535
- Pub Charity Limited — $20,000
- The Lion Foundation — $20,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $10,802
- Trillian Trust — $2,845
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Nelson Festivals Trust
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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.)
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Kia tū he hui ahurei e haumako ai ngā tāngata huri i te motu. A festival of unmissable arts that enriches the people of our region.
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