Centre for Fine Woodworking Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Nelson
Centre for Fine Woodworking Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Nelson, Nelson. Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: ENTITY’S PURPOSE & MISSION: The Centre for Fine Woodworking was founded in 2006 to facilitate the highest quality of educational opportunities for woodworkers from New Zealand as well as around the world. Our aims and objectives are:- • To offer our students a learning environment and commitment to achieving the highest standards of fine woodworking; • To establish a network of international connections to encourage interactions between woodworkers from around the world. • The vision then and now was to create a "School of Excellence" which rather than be linked to a formal qualification or education offers experiential and self-directed learning to anyone who has a passion to take their woodworking and fine furniture making skills to the highest level. • Our ten year goal is to be and be known to be the best centre in Australasia for learning fine woodworking and associated craft.
- Registration Number
- CC22410
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-01
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Nelson, Nelson
- Website
- http://www.cfw.co.nz
- info@cfw.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.0M |
| 2024 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Grant Miles | Trustee | 2025-10-17 |
| John Wild | Trustee | 2025-05-26 |
| Peter Ferguson | Trustee | 2024-12-10 |
| David Haig | Trustee | 2024-03-19 |
Former Officers (23)
- Paul Lamb — Trustee (departed 2025-09-15)
- Michelle Burke — Trustee (departed 2024-07-08)
- Robert Fryer — Trustee (departed 2024-03-19)
- Steve Barter — Trustee (departed 2025-02-23)
- Markus Matthews — Trustee (departed 2024-04-29)
- Robert Frame — Trustee (departed 2023-06-30)
- Noel Brown — Trustee (departed 2024-03-19)
- Gael Ferguson — Trustee (departed 2024-03-19)
- Jeremy Porter — Trustee (departed 2022-10-21)
- Peter Kempthorne — Trustee (departed 2025-12-18)
- Edward Shields — Trustee (departed 2022-08-22)
- Lorraine Moss-Smith — Trustee (departed 2021-04-06)
- Trish Lawther — Officer (departed 2017-05-23)
- Alison Lash — Trustee (departed 2024-03-19)
- Peter Cowper — Trustee (departed 2020-11-13)
- Geoff Korver — Trustee (departed 2018-11-12)
- Patrick Oughton — Officer (departed 2018-03-25)
- Emma Thompson — Trustee (departed 2017-05-23)
- Jan Fryer — Trustee (departed 2015-05-04)
- Christopher Feltham — Trustee (departed 2013-03-31)
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Centre for Fine Woodworking 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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About
ENTITY’S PURPOSE & MISSION: The Centre for Fine Woodworking was founded in 2006 to facilitate the highest quality of educational opportunities for woodworkers from New Zealand as well as around the world. Our aims and objectives are:- • To offer our students a learning environment and commitment to achieving the highest standards of fine woodworking; • To establish a network of international connections to encourage interactions between woodworkers from around the world. • The vision then and now was to create a "School of Excellence" which rather than be linked to a formal qualification or education offers experiential and self-directed learning to anyone who has a passion to take their woodworking and fine furniture making skills to the highest level. • Our ten year goal is to be and be known to be the best centre in Australasia for learning fine woodworking and associated craft.
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