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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Waikato Welfare Guardianship Trust

Registration number:

CC56880

NZBN number:

9429047178229

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

15/04/2019

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

23A Thames Street

Claudelands

Hamilton

3214

Charity's other details

Phone:

0220331161

Email:

wgtwaikato@gmail.com

Website:

https://welfareguardians.nz/waikato

Areas of Operation:

Waikato

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC56880

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To educate and promote understanding about the roles and purposes of welfare guardians who assist when people have lost the mental capacity to manage themselves. To educate, train, mentor and provide educational resources to volunteers to be appointed as welfare guardians for persons in need. To assist families or community members with the role of welfare guradians and the appointment process.

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

Activities:

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

Sectors:

People with disabilities

Education / training / research, Promotion of volunteering

Beneficiaries:

People with disabilities

General public

Entity Structure

The office for the Trust is situated in Hamilton. The Trust Board shall consist of not less than three and no more than nine trustees. Persons appointed to the Board should embrace the charitable purposes of the Trust. The Chairperson should also be a trustee but the positions of Secretary and Treasurer can be held by non-trustees. The trust board can also appoint a sub-committee to carry out the charitable purposes of the Trust.

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	30/09/2025	13/09/2025	$1,200	$1,051	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	22/02/2025	$2,894	$798	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	3/09/2023	$1,200	$623	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	12/10/2022	$1,200	$806	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	9/10/2021	$1,260	$478	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	24/02/2025	$1,400	$0	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Emalene Pearson	Administrator	3/09/2023
Mathew Stephen Barnett	Trustee	26/05/2021
Janet Laverne Ball	Trustee and Coordinator	1/04/2021
Jane Isabel Walker	Trustee	25/04/2019
Catherine Anderson	Trustee and Chairperson	3/12/2018

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Jennifer Hawker	Trustee	28/10/2023
Anne Lillian Clarke	Administrator	1/11/2022
Richard Jerram	Trustee	24/02/2022
Ruth Elizabeth Mazengarb	Secretary	7/08/2019

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
8/12/2023	NOC005

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