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Charity Summary


Charity Details


Featherston Booktown Trust
Featherston Booktown
CC52369
9429043269730
Registered

Registration details

26/06/2015
June 30

Address for service

106 Bucks Road
RD 3
Tauherenikau
Featherston
5773

Charity's other details

0274449966
https://www.facebook.com/featherstonbooktown/
@BooktownNZ
featherstonbooktown on Instagram


Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

Purpose & Structure


Charitable Purpose

The charitable objects and purposes of the Trust ( the Trust purposes) are as follows: (a) To promote literature and literacy through the celebration of books; (b) To work with local and national and international writers, artisans, collectors, academics and others associated with the artefact of the book in order to celebrate and promote reading and books in general; (c) To organise and host, through lectures, workshops, exhibitions and discussions, a range of artistic opportunities for writers, artists, artisans, performers and the wider community; (d) To meet the above purposes and provide an enduring cultural benefit to Featherston and the wider community by hosting an annual festival inFeatherston ("Featherston Booktown") which will bring together people working with and interested in books and reading; (e) To encourage the young people of Featherston and the wider community to identify with books and reading by way of participation in regular Featherston Booktown events.

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

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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

Arts / culture / heritage

General public

Children / young people, Older people

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
30/06/2026 31/12/2026 - - - To be filed To be filed
30/06/2025 31/12/2025 2/10/2025 $382,848 $440,787 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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30/06/2024 31/12/2024 16/08/2024 $547,693 $400,905 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023 31/12/2023 17/12/2023 $285,941 $324,132 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
30/06/2022 31/12/2022 28/12/2022 $272,646 $236,284 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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30/06/2021 31/12/2021 9/02/2022 $204,533 $185,855 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020 31/12/2020 22/11/2020 $88,227 $87,700 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
30/06/2019 31/12/2019 1/02/2020 $133,861 $112,262 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
30/06/2018 31/12/2018 17/03/2019 $92,662 $82,157 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
31/03/2017 30/09/2017 11/12/2017 $39,206 $13,912 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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= Balance Date Change
- This Annual Return will cover 15 months from 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Officer Details


Officers

Officer Name Position Effective Date
Jordan David Hamel Director 3/09/2025
Penny Vivienne Griffin Trustee 29/09/2024
Christine Lynette Ammunson Trustee. 27/08/2023
Darrin Goulding Treasurer and trustee 11/09/2022
Craig Roger Linkhorn Secretary and trustee 22/08/2021
David John Adams Trustee and bookseller representative 30/05/2021
Mary McCallum Trustee 30/08/2020
Elizabeth Mellish Trustee 18/03/2018
Mary-Elizabeth Anne Biggs Operations Manager 16/05/2015
Peter Ronald Francis Biggs Chairperson and trustee 16/05/2015

Past Officers

Officer Name Position Past Since
Julie Lewis Accounts manager 31/08/2023
Cheryl Gallaway Trustee 21/08/2023
Noelle McCarthy Trustee 21/12/2022
Lesley Jeanette Christian Treasurer 11/09/2022
Catherine Louise Mead Trustee 27/06/2021
Ross Peter Vickery Trustee 27/06/2021
Peter James Herbert Monk Trustee 30/08/2020
Paul Francis Broughton Trustee 1/07/2018
Lincoln Gould Trustee/Chair 22/08/2017

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)
17/12/2025 NOC023
29/09/2024 NOC021
24/09/2023 NOC018
10/01/2023 NOC017
5/08/2022 NOC015
29/11/2021 NOC013
27/10/2020 NOC011
27/10/2020 NOC010
8/10/2020 NOC009
20/09/2017 NOC003
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