Waikato Society Of Arts Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Hamilton

Waikato Society Of Arts Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at August 2025.

Mission: WSA works to enrich the community by supporting growth and development of the visual arts through classes, art awards, exhibitions, forums and fellowship. WSA is a not for profit organisation dedicated to serving the art needs of the visual artist and art lovers at every stage of their development.

Registration Number
CC24351
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-05-13
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Hamilton, Hamilton
Email
wsa@wsa.org.nz
Data as at
August 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.4M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.4M NZD
Total Assets
$0.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
20
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-08-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2024$0.3M$0.4M$0.1M
2023$0.3M$0.4M$0.2M
2022$0.4M$0.3M$0.3M
2021$0.3M$0.3M$0.2M
2020$0.2M$0.1M$0.2M
2019$0.2M$0.3M$0.2M
2018$0.2M$0.2M$0.2M
2017$0.2M$0.2M$0.2M
2016$0.2M$0.2M$0.2M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (1)

NameRoleAppointed
Nicolas WellsExecutive Committee Member2026-08-17

Former Officers (54)

  • Christine Melchior — Executive Committee (departed 2026-08-10)
  • Bronwyn McRostie — Treasurer (departed 2025-10-15)
  • Craig Stephen — Executive Committee Member
  • Esther Price — Executive Committee Member
  • Hollie Tawhiao — Executive Committee Member (departed 2024-07-19)
  • Gaye Jurisich — Executive Committee (departed 2022-07-31)
  • Mark Dyer — Executive Officer (departed 2020-10-06)
  • Gemma Reid — Executive Officer (departed 2024-02-19)
  • Rachael Hayton — Chair
  • Melany Sutherland — Past President
  • Kate Symmans — Executive Officer (departed 2020-02-21)
  • Laree Payne — Vice President (departed 2019-03-20)
  • Michelle O'Brien — Executive Officer (departed 2025-11-30)
  • Lee Samuel — Vice President (departed 2018-10-31)
  • Carole Shepheard — Past President (departed 2018-06-19)
  • Judith Love — Trustee (departed 2016-06-08)
  • Marilyn Rea-Menzies — Trustee (departed 2016-10-31)
  • Tony Young — Treasurer (departed 2017-10-31)
  • Helen Martin — Administrator (departed 2016-10-31)
  • Alyson Timmings — Secretary (departed 2017-03-15)

Funding Sources

  • Grassroots Trust Limited — $10,000
  • Blue Sky Community Trust — $7,029.33
  • Dragon Community Trust — $3,899.51
  • One Foundation — $2,102.1
  • Dragon Community Trust — $1,900
  • Trillian Trust — $1,899.5
  • Blue Sky Community Trust — $900

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Waikato Society Of Arts Incorporated

CC24351Hamilton, HamiltonRegistered 13 May 2008
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials31 Aug 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at August 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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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Revenue

$360.8K

Expenses

$390.9K

Assets

$137.6K

Staff

20

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

About

Mission

WSA works to enrich the community by supporting growth and development of the visual arts through classes, art awards, exhibitions, forums and fellowship. WSA is a not for profit organisation dedicated to serving the art needs of the visual artist and art lovers at every stage of their development.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicOlder people

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$360.8K
Total Expenses
$390.9K
Net Assets
$97.1K
Staff
20
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
2.9mo
Could operate 2.9 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

15
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,522
High Concentration: 92% of revenue from Other
Other92.0%
Donations7.6%
Investment Income0.4%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 117 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#29/118
Revenue
$361K
#37/118
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/118
Surplus
$-30K
#96/118
Staff Cost %
66%
#118/118

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
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Hamilton, Hamilton

Registration

Registration NumberCC24351
Entity TypeTrust
Registered13 May 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeIncorporated Society
Incorporated29 Oct 1934
Registered office
Level 1, 120 Victoria Street, Hamilton Central, Hamilton, 3204

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 28 September 2026.