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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Karma Cola Foundation

Registration number:

CC54062

NZBN number:

9429043309184

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

22/11/2016

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

24A Williamson Avenue

Grey Lynn

Auckland

1021

Charity's other details

Phone:

0274809968

Email:

matt@karmadrinks.co.nz

Website:

http://www.karmadrinks.co.nz

Areas of Operation:

Overseas

Africa

Sierra Leone

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC54062

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

•To support the communities who grow ingredients for products made by Karma Drinks and other entities within the Karma Drinks group of companies so they can trade their way out of poverty towards economic independence. • To empower producer communities to determine how the Trust’s funding is applied. • To be fair and act in a way that is consistent with the principles of “Fair Trade” offering a fair price for goods, fair working conditions, environmental and economic sustainability. • To respect culture through recognising, promoting and protecting the cultural identity of producer communities. • To support women’s economic empowerment in developing countries with a focus on education and gender equality. • To respect all environmental and human resources. • To advocate on behalf of pubic good issues including international development, third-world producers, producer empowerment, organic and fair trade issues; and • To support such other charitable causes sharing similar objectives.

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

Activities:

Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)

Makes grants / loans to individuals

Sectors:

Community development

Education / training / research, Environment / conservation, Fund-raising

Beneficiaries:

Other (please state)

(Impoverished producer communities in third world countries)

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
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/03/2025	19/12/2025	10/12/2025	$201,010	$172,787	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	23/09/2024	$252,712	$172,897	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	26/09/2023	$68,897	$158,983	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	30/09/2022	$203,703	$135,812	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	30/09/2021	$25,574	$40,356	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	30/09/2020	$116,307	$113,837	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	27/09/2019	$84,182	$97,504	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2018	30/09/2018	11/07/2018	$97,489	$35,124	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2017	30/09/2017	27/09/2017	$48,921	$28,806	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Christopher John Morrison	Trustee	1/04/2022
Matthew John Morrison	Administrative position, NZ based officer. Collaborates with both the Trustees and Overseas admin	22/11/2016
Prince Albert Tucker	Trustee	26/11/2015

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Simon Cosmo Coley	Trustee	31/03/2022

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
21/07/2022	NOC007

Charity Documents

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