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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Focus Bible Church

Registration number:

CC51680

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

28/04/2015

Balance Date:

March 31

Name change history

Name	Effective Date
Bay Bible Fellowship	28/04/2015
Focus Bible Church	1/05/2019

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

4 Esmeralda Street

Welcome Bay

Tauranga

3112

Charity's other details

Phone:

0272455021

Email:

info@focusbiblechurch.com

Website:

http://www.focusbiblechurch.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/focusbiblechurch/

Areas of Operation:

Bay of Plenty

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC51680

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Provides religious services / activities Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides advice / information / advocacy

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

Activities:

Provides religious services / activities

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides advice / information / advocacy

Sectors:

Religious activities

Beneficiaries:

Family / whanau

Children / young people, Older people, General public, Religious groups

Entity Structure

We have a board of Elders. The Elders are supported by the Deacons.

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
31/03/2025	30/09/2025	30/09/2025	$74,125	$73,777	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	3/09/2024	$67,305	$75,940	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	10/09/2023	$78,585	$90,335	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	9/09/2022	$70,008	$79,691	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	14/09/2021	$89,706	$85,958	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	21/08/2020	$65,386	$36,594	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	30/09/2019	$48,586	$40,858	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2018	30/09/2018	9/09/2018	$41,220	$39,347	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2017	30/09/2017	19/09/2017	$55,076	$50,785	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2016	30/09/2016	30/10/2016	$55,505	$48,026	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Stephen Witheford	Deacon	3/12/2024
Hamish Taylor	Deacon	2/08/2020
Joanna Leigh Forlong	Deacon	14/05/2013
Lincoln Forlong	Pastor/Elder/Teacher	14/04/2013
Jill Parker	Deacon	28/06/2009

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Jon Keate	Deacon	6/08/2023
Denys Clive Tomaselli	Elder	31/07/2023
Dave MacFarlane	Treasurer/Deacon	30/04/2023
Tom Griffiths	Elder/Teacher	31/12/2019
Richard Roodt	Chairperson/Elder/Teacher/Secretary	18/05/2018
Mark Stone	Deacon	21/11/2017
John Kerr	Elder/Teacher	31/07/2015
Gerald Williams Coombes	Deacon	4/05/2015

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)
20/08/2023	NOC013
20/05/2023	NOC012
28/07/2020	NOC008
4/03/2019	NOC006
7/08/2018	NOC004
2/07/2018	NOC003

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name