The Royal New Zealand Ballet — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington
The Royal New Zealand Ballet is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity D+ (53.9/100). Annual revenue: $16.5M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Enrich lives everywhere by expressing NZ’s creative spirit through classical ballet
- Registration Number
- CC25091
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-05-31
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (53.9/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- http://rnzb.org.nz/
- jandunne@rnzb.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $16.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $16.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $8.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $6.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.6 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 73
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16.5M | $16.8M | $6.8M |
| 2024 | $16.0M | $14.8M | $7.1M |
| 2023 | $18.3M | $14.5M | $6.0M |
| 2022 | $12.9M | $12.6M | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $13.5M | $13.0M | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $11.2M | $10.7M | $1.3M |
| 2019 | $12.0M | $12.4M | $0.9M |
| 2018 | $12.7M | $12.4M | $1.3M |
| 2017 | $11.8M | $12.3M | $1.0M |
| 2016 | $13.1M | $12.1M | $1.5M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 53.9/100
- Financial Score
- 59.2
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Binns | Trustee | 2026-01-01 |
| David McAllister | Trustee | 2026-01-01 |
| Geordan Wilcox | Trustee | 2025-01-01 |
| Joanna Blair | Trustee | 2024-01-01 |
| Nicola Ngawati | Trustee | 2024-01-01 |
| David Wright | Trustee | 2024-01-01 |
| Louise Marsden | Trustee | 2021-01-01 |
| Kerry Prendergast | Board Chair | 2020-01-01 |
Former Officers (32)
- Jane Katharine Meares — Trustee
- Nuwanthie Samarakone — Trustee (departed 2025-12-03)
- Dorian Kevin Thomas Devers — Trustee (departed 2025-12-03)
- Katrina Todd — Trustee
- Mary Slater — Trustee
- John Avery — Trustee
- Tobias Behan — Trustee (departed 2025-12-03)
- Lilias Bell — Trustee
- Lisa Bates — Trustee
- Patricia Oakley — Trustee
- John Ryan — Trustee
- Patricia Oakley — Trustee (departed 2022-06-30)
- Isaac Hikaka — Trustee
- Steven Fyfe — Chair for the Rnzb Board
- Rosalind Burdon — Trustee
- Ros Burdon — Trustee (departed 2018-12-31)
- Candis Craven — Trustee
- Gabrielle Rush — Trustee
- Alastair Carruthers — Trustee
- John Meehan — Trustee
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Executive Director, Artistic Director and Senior Leadership Team | $1,038,000 | 2024 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Executive Director, Artistic Director and Senior Leadership Team | $1,038,000 | - |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Board of Trustees | $0 | - |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Board of Trustees | $0 | 2024 |
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $1,475,000
- Foundation North — $240,000
- Foundation North — $215,000
- Foundation North — $150,000
- The Lion Foundation — $100,000
- Foundation North — $90,000
- Foundation North — $90,000
- Foundation North — $80,000
- Foundation North — $80,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $59,499
- New Zealand Community Trust — $50,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $10,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $8,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $2,000
Service Providers
- BDO
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The Royal New Zealand Ballet
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$16.5M
$16.8M
$8.3M
73
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D+ is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
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Enrich lives everywhere by expressing NZ’s creative spirit through classical ballet
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