Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Wanaka
Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wanaka, Wanaka. Annual revenue: $1.1M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust delivers diverse and captivating top-quality arts and ideas events that entertain, challenge, and celebrate our people, place and culture, fostering a deep sense of engagement and appreciation among our audiences.
- Registration Number
- CC27353
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Wanaka, Wanaka
- info@festivalofcolour.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 4
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $0.5M | $0.3M | $0.4M |
| 2023 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $0.4M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2017 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $0.3M |
| 2016 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (12)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Sheryl Alty | Trustee | 2026-07-07 |
| Louise Gallagher | Trustee | 2026-07-07 |
| Russell Weaver | Trustee | 2026-07-07 |
| Christine Leighton | Trustee | 2026-07-07 |
| Janice Hughes | Trustee | 2024-04-30 |
| Hannah Acland | Trustee | 2024-04-30 |
| Kirsty Hazledine | Trustee | 2024-04-30 |
| Nicola King | Trustee | 2020-12-14 |
| Penelope Deans | Trustee | 2019-02-21 |
| Trevor Crawford | Trustee | 2018-11-13 |
| Annis Sommerville | Trustee | 2018-02-13 |
| Alistair King | Trustee | 2016-05-17 |
Former Officers (23)
- Joanna McGregor — Trustee (departed 2026-06-01)
- Tania Brett — Trustee (departed 2017-10-13)
- Eion Edgar — Trustee (departed 2018-05-30)
- Annabel Wilson — Trustee (departed 2026-06-01)
- Fiona Mcphee — Trustee (departed 2026-06-01)
- Mark John Verbiest — Trustee (departed 2026-06-01)
- Lucy Kirke — Trustee (departed 2015-07-01)
- Miranda Spary — Trustee (departed 2014-12-09)
- Hetty Van Hale — Trustee (departed 2020-03-31)
- Caroline Van Asch — Trustee (departed 2016-09-01)
- Mike Toepfer — Trustee (departed 2024-04-30)
- William Brown — Trustee (departed 2012-09-01)
- Janice Johnston — Trustee (departed 2010-04-26)
- Gayle Pettit — Trustee (departed 2010-02-01)
- David Cassells — Trustee (departed 2010-06-01)
- Suzanne Ellison — Trustee (departed 2014-06-24)
- Lloyd Davis — Trustee (departed 2017-01-11)
- Prudence Wallis — Deputy Chair (departed 2013-07-01)
- John Beattie — Chair (departed 2015-04-01)
- John Alldred — Trustee (departed 2008-04-08)
Funding Sources
- The Lion Foundation — $18,000
- Lion Foundation — $13,839
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Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust
Financial data as at June 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.)
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 12. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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The Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust delivers diverse and captivating top-quality arts and ideas events that entertain, challenge, and celebrate our people, place and culture, fostering a deep sense of engagement and appreciation among our audiences.
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