Wellington Regional Orchestra Foundation Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington
Wellington Regional Orchestra Foundation Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $1.9M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Orchestra Wellington aims to be the most accessible orchestra in the country, welcoming people from all walks of life to our performances and taking the music out of the concert hall into the community.
- Registration Number
- CC23685
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- beckie@orchestrawellington.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.9M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 7
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.9M | $2.0M | $0.6M |
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $0.7M |
| 2023 | $2.0M | $2.1M | $0.7M |
| 2022 | $2.0M | $2.0M | $0.7M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $0.7M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $0.7M |
| 2019 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $0.5M |
| 2018 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $0.5M |
| 2017 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $0.5M |
| 2016 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $0.3M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Batten | Trustee, Player Appointed | 2025-04-28 |
| Ian Pike | Chair | 2025-04-28 |
| Steven Taylor | Trustee | 2023-04-26 |
| Grant Pryde | Trustee | 2022-07-05 |
| Emma Richards | Trustee | 2022-07-05 |
| Eleanor Ward | Deputy Chair | 2021-06-01 |
| Penelope Borland | Trustee | 2018-05-31 |
Former Officers (33)
- Lola Toppin-Casserly — Trustee (departed 2022-03-08)
- Paul Altomari — Trustee (departed 2025-04-28)
- Ray Ahipene-Mercer — Chair (departed 2026-05-26)
- Peter Maunder — Trustee (departed 2023-04-26)
- Ozer Karagadekli — Trustee (departed 2018-12-01)
- Rutger Keijser — Trustee (departed 2020-12-31)
- Stephanie Rolfe — Trustee (departed 2019-05-31)
- Ian Mckinnon — Trustee (departed 2021-09-30)
- Francis Cooke — Trustee (departed 2018-05-01)
- Christopher Clark — Trustee (departed 2014-10-31)
- Murray Newman — Trustee (departed 2021-09-30)
- Grant Myhill — Trustee (departed 2013-04-22)
- Peter Snow — Trustee (departed 2012-07-11)
- Thomas Hannah — Trustee (departed 2015-02-10)
- Christopher Whelan — Deputy Chair (departed 2011-04-30)
- Caroline Heath — Trustee (departed 2016-12-01)
- Alexander Shaw — Chair (departed 2014-04-29)
- Jeremy Fitzsimons — Trustee (departed 2011-04-30)
- Yolanda Van Den Berg — Trustee (departed 2015-10-18)
- James Young — Trustee (departed 2010-04-20)
Funding Sources
- One Foundation — $41,500
- The Lion Foundation — $17,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $16,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $10,000
- Lion Foundation — $7,317
- Trust House Foundation — $3,665
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Wellington Regional Orchestra Foundation Incorporated
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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Orchestra Wellington aims to be the most accessible orchestra in the country, welcoming people from all walks of life to our performances and taking the music out of the concert hall into the community.
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