Luma Light Festival Trust

CC53200 · NZBN 9429043294824 · Education / training / research · Cromwell
Registered 21 Mar 2016 · Status: Registered (no return filed since 2023 — likely inactive) · Latest return year: 2023 · Tier 3

Key facts: Luma Light Festival Trust is a registered New Zealand charity (CC53200), operating in the education / training / research sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$888K and total expenditure of NZ$935K for the year ended 2023.

TO ESTABLISH A FULLY SUSTAINBLE, FULLY ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC ART EVENT WITH THE THEME OF LIGHT CONNECTING ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND DESIGN. & THAT THIS EVENT WILL INSPIRE THE INTERACTION, EDUCATION, AND PARTICIPATION OF THE QUEENSTOWN LAKES AND CENTRAL OTAGO COMMUNITIES

Register-noted indicators

No annual return since 2023
Factual fields from the Charities Register — not findings of wrongdoing.
NZ$888K
Gross income
NZ$935K
Expenditure
NZ$288K
Total assets
NZ$278K
Total equity

Income vs expenditure

Each year from the charity's annual returns. The top bar is money coming in, the bar below is money spent.

Income  Expenditure
2016
NZ$500
NZ$0
2017
NZ$195K
NZ$149K
2018
NZ$319K
NZ$266K
2019
NZ$331K
NZ$387K
2020
NZ$265K
NZ$126K
2021
NZ$791K
NZ$614K
2022
NZ$223K
NZ$267K
2023
NZ$888K
NZ$935K

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$184K
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~4 months.
All data sourced verbatim from the Charities Register (Charities Services). CharitiesWatch NZ does not assert wrongdoing. © 2026 CharitiesWatch NZ.