Wellington Circus Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington

Wellington Circus Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Mission: To foster a thriving professional and recreational circus community.

Registration Number
CC36451
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Email
info@circus.org.nz
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, People with disabilities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.4M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.4M NZD
Total Assets
$0.1M NZD
Net Assets
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
20
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.4M$0.4M$0.0M
2024$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2023$0.4M$0.3M$0.0M
2022$0.3M$0.4M$0.1M
2021$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2020$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2019$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2018$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2017$0.4M$0.4M$0.0M
2016$0.4M$0.3M$0.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (3)

NameRoleAppointed
Theo GordonTrustee2024-07-01
James KillenCo-Chair2024-04-20
Angharad GeorgeCo-Chair2020-03-19

Former Officers (39)

  • Vincent Warnock — Trustee (departed 2026-03-01)
  • Nicholas Balkum — Trustee (departed 2023-10-31)
  • Angela Green — Trustee (departed 2024-02-28)
  • Michael Gray — Trustee (departed 2026-03-07)
  • Carolyn Newman — Trustee (departed 2021-11-18)
  • Grace Goris — Trustee (departed 2022-08-07)
  • Zane Jarvie — Trustee (departed 2025-10-31)
  • Nicholas Creech — Deputy Chair (departed 2023-08-10)
  • Coral Laughton — Chair (departed 2025-07-01)
  • Jason Parlour — Co-Chair (departed 2022-03-03)
  • Kate Mills — Trustee (departed 2021-02-04)
  • Samuel Rorke — Trustee (departed 2018-08-07)
  • Malia Johnston — Trustee (departed 2019-12-12)
  • Emma Beale — Trustee (departed 2019-09-16)
  • Anjali Pande — Trustee (departed 2019-06-09)
  • Nicholas Kyle — Trustee (departed 2017-10-17)
  • Tanya Drewery — Trustee (departed 2020-11-06)
  • Sean Dwen — Trustee (departed 2018-05-19)
  • Kathrine Biggs — Chair (departed 2020-01-15)
  • Jacqueline Robertson — Chair (departed 2018-01-17)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $5,000

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Wellington Circus Trust

CC36451Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating2d ago

Financial data as at December 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

$388.5K

Expenses

$420.6K

Assets

$62.0K

Staff

20

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

About

Mission

To foster a thriving professional and recreational circus community.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicPeople with disabilities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$388.5K
Total Expenses
$420.6K
Net Assets
$40.6K
Staff
20
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (18 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
1.1mo
Could operate 1.1 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

35
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 6,458
Other77.0%
Donations23.0%
Investment Income0.0%

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

Peer Comparison

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

Rating Score
0
#29/118
Revenue
$389K
#34/118
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/118
Surplus
$-32K
#97/118
Staff Cost %
65%
#118/118

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 20 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
20
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Wellington, Wellington

Registration

Registration NumberCC36451
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated19 Jan 2006
Registered office
11 Hutchison Road, Newtown, Wellington

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyProvides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

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.