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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Sanctuary Community Organic Garden Mahi Whenua Incorporated

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Sanctuary Mahi Whenua

Registration number:

CC55011

NZBN number:

9429046176608

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

12/09/2017

Balance Date:

August 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

40 Monaghan Avenue

Mount Albert

Auckland

1025

Charity's other details

Phone:

027 254 5561

Email:

contact@sanctuaryunitec.garden

Website:

http://www.sanctuaryunitec.garden

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/SanctuaryCommunityOrganicGarden

Other Social Network:

https://www.instagram.com/sanctuarymahiwhenua/

Areas of Operation:

Auckland

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC55011

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Sanctuary Mahi Whenua members maintain the gardens and food forest as a community research, education and demonstration resource promoting self-sufficiency using organic horticultural techniques. They also promote to the public the heritage and biodiversity values of the site.

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

Activities:

Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides advice / information / advocacy, Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Sectors:

Arts / culture / heritage

Education / training / research, Health, Community development

Beneficiaries:

General public

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
31/08/2025	28/02/2026	16/12/2025	$8,857	$8,341	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2024	28/02/2025	6/02/2025	$12,419	$6,098	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2023	29/02/2024	8/02/2024	$10,769	$7,842	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2022	28/02/2023	28/02/2023	$9,335	$9,796	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2021	28/02/2022	24/01/2022	$29,523	$6,922	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2020	28/02/2021	15/02/2021	$11,311	$7,011	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2019	29/02/2020	29/11/2019	$10,441	$4,197	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2018	28/02/2019	12/11/2018	$6,632	$11,533	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Frederique Vanholsbeeck	Officer	10/12/2023
Jennifer Margaret Ward	President, email communications	15/07/2022
John Lindsay Stevenson	Officer	20/02/2022
Trevor Keith Crosby	Steering group coordinator (treasurer)	1/12/2014
Beverley Gay Crosby	Steering group coordinator (secretary)	1/12/2012

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Boubacar Seydou Coulibaly	Officer	16/02/2024
Carla Gilmour	Committee (website)	10/12/2023
Susan Alice McLaren	Officer	10/12/2023
Karine Myriam Gilberte David	Committee (Action group)	15/07/2022
Jennifer Margaret Ward	Committee (membership)	20/02/2022
Sarah Catherine Abbott	Steering group coordinator (chair)	20/02/2022

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)
23/07/2025	NOC013
6/02/2025	NOC011
8/02/2024	NOC009
19/07/2022	NOC007
30/05/2022	NOC006
12/12/2017	NOC001

Charity Documents

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