Orchestras Central Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Hamilton
Orchestras Central Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Orchestras Central's purpose is to provide orchestral experiences for the community.To respond to the call and enthusiasm for activity, create programmes that are relevant and compelling, provide opportunities for our community to experience the arts, and build a sustainable funding environment. Player participation > Player development > Community and audience engagement > Resilient ecosystem
- Registration Number
- CC53039
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2016-02-01
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- ceo@orchestras.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M 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
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.6M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $-0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Bramley | Trustee | 2026-06-26 |
| Hyunjin (known as Jean) Kim | Trustee | 2025-09-08 |
| Kathryn Lauder | Trustee | 2024-05-27 |
| Heather Connolly | Trustee | 2023-04-27 |
| Julie Hardaker | Chair | 2022-04-22 |
| Catherine Gibson | Chief Executive | 2021-04-06 |
| Theresa Le Bas | Trustee | 2020-10-30 |
Former Officers (19)
- David Waine — Trustee (departed 2024-08-19)
- Mary Christall — Trustee (departed 2024-02-12)
- Elena Morgan — Trustee (departed 2023-04-27)
- Kim Budd — Trustee (departed 2026-02-28)
- Liam Wooding — Trustee (departed 2022-11-08)
- Tracey Lowndes — Trustee (departed 2023-11-14)
- Samantha Walker — Trustee (departed 2023-07-03)
- Claire van der Most — Trustee (departed 2021-02-26)
- Tracey Wood — Trustee (departed 2019-05-26)
- Sean McCormack — Trustee (departed 2023-04-27)
- Robert Johnson — Trustee (departed 2020-10-23)
- Kathryn Mayes — Chair (departed 2022-04-22)
- Rosemary MacFarlane — Trustee (departed 2019-06-28)
- Nicholas Wells — Trustee (departed 2018-09-05)
- Jeremy Bell — Trustee (departed 2022-04-22)
- Robert Simcock — Chair (departed 2019-10-25)
- Tim Macindoe — Trustee (departed 2020-10-23)
- Grant Taylor — Trustee (departed 2017-06-19)
- Daphne Bell — Trustee (departed 2018-08-31)
Funding Sources
- The Lion Foundation — $13,000
- One Foundation — $3,100
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Orchestras Central 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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Orchestras Central's purpose is to provide orchestral experiences for the community.To respond to the call and enthusiasm for activity, create programmes that are relevant and compelling, provide opportunities for our community to experience the arts, and build a sustainable funding environment. Player participation > Player development > Community and audience engagement > Resilient ecosystem
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