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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Wellington Trade Aid Trust.

Charity Details

Deregistration details

Legal name of the Charity:

Wellington Trade Aid Trust

Registration number:

CC20532

NZBN number:

9429042972884

Current Status:

Deregistered

Deregistration Date Requested:

31/12/2025

Deregistration Reason:

The charity is closing down permanently or has closed down (winding up)

Financial information at the time of Deregistration:

Accumulated Assets and Income:

Liabilities:

Below are details of Wellington Trade Aid Trust at the date of deregistration:

Legal name of the Charity:

Wellington Trade Aid Trust

Registration number:

CC20532

NZBN number:

9429042972884

Current Status:

Deregistered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

16/01/2008

Balance Date:

June 30

Registration history

Registration Action	Date effective	Reason
De-registered	31/12/2025	The charity is closing down permanently or has closed down (winding up)
Registered	16/01/2008

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

82B Victoria Street

Wellington

6011

Charity's other details

Phone:

(03)3853535

Email:

accounts@tradeaid.org.nz

Website:

http://www.tradeaid.org.nz

Areas of Operation:

Wellington - Wairarapa

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC20532

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The Wellington Trade Aid Trust exists to educate the local community about the nature of poverty and the need for fair trading conditions. It will achieve this through the work of its retail shop and by involvement in public events and meetings that promote the Trade Aid Charter's Principles

Note: The main sectors, activities and beneficiaries are bolded.

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities), Retails crafts & commodities from disadvantaged third world producers

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Promotion of volunteering, Education of New Zealanders on poverty

Beneficiaries:

General public

Legal Structure

Charitable Trusts incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act

Controlled by:

Trade Aid New Zealand Incorporated

Annual Returns

Annual Returns are due within 6 months of a charity’s balance date (financial year-end), or a longer period if an extension has been granted.

Note: Charities that use the Tier 4 Combined Form to file their annual returns do not need to file their financial statements separately. The financial statements are included in their annual return summary.

Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing an annual return by 31 December 2008 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 31 December 2009.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements
30/06/2025	31/12/2025	18/02/2026	$199,267	$287,238	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2024	31/12/2024	17/02/2026	$592,813	$636,281	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023	31/12/2023	15/02/2024	$503,359	$532,034	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2022	31/12/2022	2/02/2023	$530,965	$524,041	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2021	31/12/2021	19/01/2022	$537,722	$540,559	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020	31/12/2020	8/10/2021	$505,191	$497,662	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2019	31/12/2019	18/09/2020	$549,102	$561,031	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2018	31/12/2018	28/12/2018	$650,279	$650,279	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2017	31/12/2017	15/12/2017	$681,336	$722,041	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2016	31/12/2016	30/12/2016	$754,507	$743,808	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Georgia Collins	Education	21/11/2022
Arpita Das	Trustee	6/12/2021
Susie Harcourt	Secretary	6/12/2021
Alan Collins	Treasurer	17/01/2008

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Helena Page	Trustee	17/12/2023
Danielle Ta Heke Lucas	Secretary	12/12/2022
Roger John Tweedy	Trustee	12/12/2022
Rohini Singh	Trustee	7/12/2020
Grace Lee Collett	Trustee	14/11/2019
Maj-Britt Engelhardt	Chair	14/11/2019
Nicole Anne Scully	Trustee	14/11/2019
Stephen Blumenfeld	Trustee	14/11/2019
Olivia Eleanor Benton-Guy	Secretary	2/07/2019
Jack Wood	Trustee	29/04/2019
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Charity Updates

Here is a list of all the details changed by the charity, for example adding or removing officers, amending rules, changing balance dates or updating address details.

Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
3/04/2024	NOC036
11/03/2024	NOC035
15/12/2019	NOC028
1/07/2019	NOC027
30/04/2019	NOC026
25/01/2019	NOC025
6/11/2018	NOC023
1/10/2017	NOC021
13/09/2017	NOC020
12/06/2017	NOC019
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Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name