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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

The Garden History Research Foundation

Registration number:

CC56207

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

27/09/2018

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

22 Beverley Crescent

Hillcrest

Hamilton

3216

Charity's other details

Email:

gardenhistoryrf@gmail.com

Website:

https://gardenhistoryresearchfoundation.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/GardenHistoryResearch

Other Social Network:

https://www.instagram.com/gardhistnz/

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC56207

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To promote charitable purposes within New Zealand for the advancement of education through promoting, carrying out and funding seminars, public lectures, workshops, exhibitions and forums in relation to the history of gardens and be beneficial to the community with emphasis on providing the community with information about the history of gardens; development of gardens in the community; research and development of specialist gardens within the Hamilton Gardens.

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

Activities:

Makes grants / loans to individuals

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Environment / conservation

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
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	5/05/2026	$2,753	$1,195	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2025	30/09/2025	18/09/2025	$635	$657	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	31/07/2024	$392	$279	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	20/06/2023	$290	$382	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	27/06/2022	$250	$85	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	16/06/2021	$982	$85	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	18/08/2020	$0	$0	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	6/11/2019	$0	$0	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Virginia Graham	Trustee	27/04/2023
Annette Giesecke	Trustee	14/02/2023
Judy Holdsworth	Trustee	14/09/2021
Annette Bainbridge	Trustee	14/04/2021
Gail Pittaway	Trustee	31/05/2019
Ian Charles Duggan	Treasurer	14/09/2018
James John Beattie	Chairperson	14/09/2018
Peter Godfrey Scott Sergel	Trustee	14/09/2018

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Janet Sceats	Trustee	24/07/2024
Marilyn Kay Yeoman	Secretary	1/09/2022
David Ian Pool	Trustee	15/01/2020
Ross Alexander Lawrenson	Trustee	31/05/2019

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)
24/08/2025	NOC013
31/07/2024	NOC012
6/06/2023	NOC009
16/06/2021	NOC007
8/06/2021	NOC005
15/01/2020	NOC003
31/10/2019	NOC001

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name