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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Legal Research Foundation Incorporated

Registration number:

CC30053

NZBN number:

9429042654896

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

30/06/2008

Balance Date:

December 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 741

Shortland Street

Auckland

1140

Charity's Street Address:

9 Eden Crescent

Shortland Street

Auckland Central

Auckland

1010

Charity's other details

Phone:

021 966 679

Email:

info@legalresearch.org.nz

Website:

http://www.legalresearch.org.nz

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC30053

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The Legal Research Foundation is an independent, non-profit organisation associated with the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland. The LRF publishes the New Zealand Law Review. In addition, the foundation organises conferences on topical issues for the legal community and invests in a visiting scholar programme in association with the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, and sponsors the LRF Annual Legal Writing Awards.

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

Activities:

Sponsors / undertakes research

Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

General public

Legal Structure

Charitable Trusts incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act

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.

For Year Ended

Due Date

Date Submitted

Total Income

Total Expenditure

Financial Statements

Annual Return Summary

31/12/2025

30/06/2026

19/06/2026

$113,379

$140,855

31/12/2024

30/07/2025

3/07/2025

$345,655

$243,770

31/12/2023

30/06/2024

26/06/2024

$106,662

$146,846

31/12/2022

14/07/2023

4/07/2023

$126,599

$145,837

31/12/2021

30/06/2022

21/06/2022

$105,707

$124,309

31/12/2020

30/06/2021

28/06/2021

$112,864

$103,586

31/12/2019

30/06/2020

12/06/2020

$493,874

$430,318

31/12/2018

30/06/2019

11/06/2019

$135,084

$133,121

31/12/2017

30/06/2018

15/05/2018

$91,828

$107,376

31/12/2016

30/06/2017

19/06/2017

$142,780

$155,518

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Rebecca Anne Edwards	President	1/11/2023
Julia Catherine Clancy	Executive Secretary	6/08/2020
Simon John Peter Ladd	Director of Research	3/02/2020
Simon Mount	Committee Member	1/01/2002

Past Officers

Officer Name

Position

Past Since

Simon John Eisdell Moore

Current President

1/11/2023

John Hannan

Trustee

31/12/2022

Andrew Brown

Committee Member

19/07/2021

Sian Lee Abel

Executive Secretary

6/08/2020

Jennifer Sarah Cooper

Council member

6/08/2019

Andrew Stockley

Dean of Law School

1/01/2019

Kate Davenport

Co-opted Member

1/08/2018

Nevin Dawson

District Court Representative

1/08/2018

Michael Jonathan Gedye

Council member

31/05/2018

John Chung Ip

Council Member

31/07/2017

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)
13/03/2026	NOC018
15/05/2013	AR006
15/05/2012	AR005
16/05/2011	NOC002
30/05/2010	AR003
1/10/2009	AR002

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name