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Charity Details

Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Nelson City
CC42975
9429042737957
Registered

Registration details

30/06/2008
March 31
The Baha'i Community of New Zealand

Name change history

Name Effective Date
Local Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Nelson Charitable Trust Board 30/06/2008
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Nelson City 30/06/2017

Address for service

C/- PO Box 99373
Newmarket
Auckland
1149
C/- 31 Kingdon Street
Newmarket 1149
Auckland
1149

Charity's other details

0800 224247
nationaloffice@bahai.org.nz
http://www.bahai.org.nz


Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC42975

Group Members

Below are all the members of The Baha'i Community of New Zealand. Click into the individual members below to view their charity summary.

Member Charities
Local Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Porirua
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Zealand
Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Auckland City
Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Christchurch City
SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF DUNEDIN CITY
SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF FAR NORTH DISTRICT
Spiritual Assembly Of The Baha'is Of Gisborne District
SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF HAMILTON CITY
SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF HASTINGS DISTRICT
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Hutt City

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Establishing, upholding and promoting spiritual, educational and humanitarian teachings and activities. Administering the ever-increasing diversity and volume of affairs and properties of the Baha’is of Nelson City.

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

Provides religious services / activities

Acts as an umbrella / resource body, Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Religious activities

Education / training / research, Health, Environment / conservation, Community development, Arts / culture / heritage, International activities, Promotion of volunteering

Religious groups

Children / young people, Older people, Family / whanau, Migrants / refugees

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.

Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing a notice of change form with their amended rules on 15 May 2024 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005.

For Year Ended Due Date Date Submitted Total Income Total Expenditure Financial Statements Annual Return Summary
31/03/2026 30/09/2026 - - - To be filed To be filed
31/03/2025 30/09/2025 9/09/2025 $11,351 $10,844 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2024 30/09/2024 3/09/2024 $11,319 $11,169 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2023 30/09/2023 11/09/2023 $8,923 $9,162 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022 30/09/2022 29/08/2022 $10,253 $9,581 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2021 30/09/2021 6/09/2021 $7,899 $7,733 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020 30/11/2020 21/10/2020 $6,483 $6,554 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019 30/09/2019 31/10/2019 $7,312 $6,440 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2018 30/09/2018 11/03/2019 $6,174 $5,442 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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20/03/2017 30/09/2017 30/11/2018 $5,564 $6,163 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name Position Effective Date
Jyotika Carter Member 15/06/2025
Baghaollah Bakhshi Chairperson 30/09/2024
Carol Rankin Member 20/04/2024
Helen Purcell Member 21/04/2023
Ruth Halsey Vice-chairperson 22/06/2020
Ellen Ramer Member 20/04/2018
Sheldon Ramer Member 20/04/2018
Dayanira Bakhshi Secretary 21/04/2007
Pamela Joy Thomas Treasurer 21/04/2007

Past Officers

Officer Name Position Past Since
Huriyyih Bakhshi Rodriguez Member 30/05/2025
Mojan Mohajerin Member 12/11/2024
Bagha'u'llah Bakhshi Chairperson 30/09/2024
Robert Mackay Member 30/01/2024
Marie Merrilees Member 21/04/2023
Jyotika Carter Member 21/04/2022
Valerie Harrington Member 6/01/2022
Donald Miller Member 20/04/2021
Parth Verma Member 7/06/2020
Althea Miller Member 21/04/2019

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)
7/10/2025 NOC031
19/12/2024 NOC029
30/09/2024 NOC028
23/07/2024 NOC026
8/08/2023 NOC024
28/07/2023 NOC023
25/07/2023 NOC022
17/06/2022 NOC019
23/09/2019 NOC015
19/06/2019 NOC014

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