New Zealand String Quartet Trust — Education Charity in Wellington
New Zealand String Quartet Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $0.8M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: To provide transformational chamber music experiences for all New Zealanders. Our programmes reflect Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique diversity and cultural fabric to the world. Through a world-class fulltime national string quartet we: - provide dynamic and high-quality musical experiences for all New Zealanders embracing the fresh and familiar; - take a leadership and advocacy role in advancing music education; - champion NZ and Māori music and artists as cultural ambassadors at home and abroad.
- Registration Number
- CC21728
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-11
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- http://www.nzsq.co.nz
- nzsq@nzsq.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 8
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $0.8M | $1.0M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.8M | $0.9M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.4M |
| 2021 | $1.0M | $0.9M | $0.4M |
| 2020 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alastair Kerr | Trustee | 2025-03-12 |
| Peter White | Deputy Chair | 2022-03-14 |
| Victoria Wynn-Thomas | Trustee | 2021-02-16 |
| Britson Mikaere | Trustee | 2019-11-28 |
| Lynda Carroll | Chair | 2019-06-06 |
| Wing Lon Chan | Trustee | 2018-04-13 |
Former Officers (16)
- Paul McArthur — Trustee (departed 2026-04-21)
- Jeremy Johnson — Chair (departed 2024-12-18)
- James Christmas — Trustee (departed 2023-03-14)
- Katharine Hilton — Trustee (departed 2018-06-06)
- Paul Harrop — Trustee (departed 2021-12-13)
- Catherine Hartnell — Trustee (departed 2020-12-14)
- Richard Hardie — Trustee (departed 2016-06-23)
- Anna Kominik — Trustee (departed 2017-09-26)
- Gary Hawke — Chair (departed 2019-09-30)
- Carolyn van Leuven — Trustee (departed 2019-03-28)
- Simon Edwards — Trustee (departed 2012-05-22)
- Peter Walls — Trustee (departed 2011-03-31)
- Donald Best — Chair of Trustees (departed 2009-10-01)
- Peter Hubscher — Trustee (departed 2017-06-22)
- Basil Stanton — Trustee (departed 2012-12-06)
- Leslie Holborow — Trustee (departed 2011-03-31)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $37,680
- Foundation North — $7,300
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $5,619
- New Zealand Community Trust — $5,000
- Foundation North — $4,800
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $2,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $2,000
- Pelorus Trust — $840
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New Zealand String Quartet 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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To provide transformational chamber music experiences for all New Zealanders. Our programmes reflect Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique diversity and cultural fabric to the world. Through a world-class fulltime national string quartet we: - provide dynamic and high-quality musical experiences for all New Zealanders embracing the fresh and familiar; - take a leadership and advocacy role in advancing music education; - champion NZ and Māori music and artists as cultural ambassadors at home and abroad.
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