Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival Foundation — Arts & Culture Charity in Hamilton
Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival Foundation is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C (64/100). Annual revenue: $1.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: To deliver an annual arts festival that engages the community and presents a series of artistic works from the Waikato, around New Zealand and other parts of the world
- Registration Number
- CC20427
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-01-09
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (64/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- Website
- https://www.hamiltonartsfestival.co.nz
- accounts@hamiltonartsfestival.co.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.7 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 4
- Volunteers
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $-0.1M |
| 2019 | $1.0M | $1.1M | $-0.0M |
| 2018 | $1.0M | $1.1M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $1.0M | $1.1M | $0.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 64/100
- Financial Score
- 73.6
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peta Goldsworthy | Trustee | 2025-04-01 |
| Frances Oliver | Trustee | 2025-04-01 |
| Marleina Ruka | Trustee | 2023-10-10 |
| Benny Marama | Trustee | 2023-06-13 |
| Kyle Richard Chuen | Trustee | 2023-06-13 |
| Lucy Ryan | Trustee | 2021-06-16 |
| Raewyn Sporle | Trustee | 2018-07-24 |
| Christopher Williams | Chair | 2018-07-01 |
Former Officers (19)
- Graham Bethune — Trustee (departed 2024-06-11)
- Sandra Braithwaite — Trustee (departed 2024-06-11)
- Jason Dawson — Trustee (departed 2022-01-20)
- Geoffrey Turkington — Trustee (departed 2019-03-31)
- Tamsin Webb — Trustee (departed 2021-06-15)
- Janet Sceats — Trustee (departed 2023-10-10)
- Graeme Cairns — Trustee (departed 2025-02-04)
- David Macaskill — Trustee (departed 2018-07-05)
- Tracey Gunn — Trustee (departed 2018-05-23)
- Jeanette Tyrell — Trustee (departed 2016-03-31)
- Kate Williams — Certification Officer (departed 2014-03-31)
- Charlotte Issac — Trustee (departed 2013-03-31)
- Amanda Graham — Trustee (departed 2012-03-31)
- Lynette Elizabeth Foster — Trustee (departed 2013-03-31)
- Peter Scott Sergel — Trustee (departed 2016-09-01)
- Mark Heiko Oberman — Trustee (departed 2009-03-31)
- Angela Marie Sanson — Trustee (departed 2013-03-31)
- Louise Allan Bisson Dobson — Trustee (departed 2013-03-31)
- Bernadette Kirkham — Trustee (departed 2012-12-04)
Funding Sources
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $290,000
- The Lion Foundation — $52,000
- Lion Foundation — $27,000
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Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival Foundation
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$1.4M
$1.4M
$340.8K
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To deliver an annual arts festival that engages the community and presents a series of artistic works from the Waikato, around New Zealand and other parts of the world
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Ranked against 22 peers · Arts & Culture · $1M – $10M
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