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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunedin Catholic Social Services

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Catholic Social Services Dunedin

Registration number:

CC41712

NZBN number:

9429050792467

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

11/08/2009

Balance Date:

December 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

42 Macandrew Road

South Dunedin

Dunedin

9012

Charity's other details

Phone:

03 455 3838

Email:

melanie.mcnatty@cathsocialservices.org.nz

Website:

http://www.cathsocialservices.org.nz

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/CatholicSocialServicesOtago

Areas of Operation:

Otago

Southland

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC41712

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Catholic Social Services will respond to families and those affected by income poverty and exclusion to provide services that support empowering and healing change, through the love of Christ. This is summarised as, "Working together to effect change and live life well".

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Provides advice / information / advocacy, Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers), Services provision

Sectors:

Social services

Accommodation / housing, Education / training / research, Health, Community development, Religious activities, Fund-raising, Promotion of volunteering, Counselling

Beneficiaries:

Family / whanau

Children / young people, Voluntary bodies other than charities, Older people, General public

Legal Structure

Controlled by:

Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunedin Ecclesiastical Goods Trust

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
31/12/2024	30/06/2025	12/06/2025	$1,828,437	$1,673,040	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2023	30/06/2024	21/06/2024	$1,483,399	$1,337,537	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2022	30/06/2023	3/07/2023	$1,611,517	$1,130,497	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2021	30/06/2022	30/06/2022	$954,174	$887,163	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2020	30/06/2021	31/05/2021	$802,332	$734,533	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2019	31/07/2020	3/09/2020	$620,027	$626,787	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2018	30/06/2019	23/05/2019	$1,118,900	$562,792	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2017	30/06/2018	23/05/2019	$482,985	$508,346	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Anthony Peter Van der Lem	Board Member	4/06/2026
Ngatamaine Mareko-Johnson	Board Member	4/06/2026
Danielle Sara Laban	Board Member	9/03/2025
Leona Garchow	Board Member	21/06/2023
Adele Cheri Muirhead-Smith	Chairperson	9/06/2022
Lisa Jane Oseki	Board Member	28/07/2020
Michael Joseph Dooley	Bishop	22/02/2018

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Michael John Curran	Board Member	17/12/2025
Finau Taungapeau	Board Member	24/07/2025
Craig Radford Frances Radford	Board Member	21/05/2025
Melanie Susanne McNatty	Secretary	1/03/2025
Mike Tonks	Secretary	19/01/2024
Colin David Campbell	President	21/02/2018

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)
4/06/2026	NOC016
27/05/2025	NOC014
9/03/2025	NOC013
3/02/2025	NOC012
18/06/2024	NOC010
21/10/2022	NOC008
26/08/2019	NOC004
21/12/2016	NOC001

Charity Documents

Notices

This entity was removed from a single entity group (CC31794) on 15 June 2017.

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name