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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Whitford Playcentre.

Charity Details

Deregistration details

Legal name of the Charity:

Whitford Playcentre

Registration number:

CC57133

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Deregistered

Deregistration Date Requested:

03/05/2025

Deregistration Reason:

The charity is consolidating and deregistering the local branches or similar entities. The national or parent body will continue to be a registered charity

Financial information at the time of Deregistration:

Accumulated Assets and Income:

Liabilities:

Below are details of Whitford Playcentre at the date of deregistration:

Legal name of the Charity:

Whitford Playcentre

Registration number:

CC57133

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Deregistered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

29/10/2019

Balance Date:

August 31

Registration history

Registration Action	Date effective	Reason
De-registered	3/05/2025	The charity is consolidating and deregistering the local branches or similar entities. The national or parent body will continue to be a registered charity
Registered	29/10/2019

This charity is a member of the group called:

Playcentre Aotearoa

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

35 Pine Harbour Parade

Beachlands

Auckland

2018

Charity's Street Address:

53 Whitford-Maraetai Road

Whitford 2571

Whitford

2571

Charity's other details

Phone:

09 530 8895

Email:

whitford@playcentre.org.nz

Facebook:

whitfordplaycentrenz

Areas of Operation:

Auckland

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC57133

Group Members

Below are all the members of Playcentre Aotearoa. Click into the individual members below to view their charity summary.

Member Charities
Awanui Playcentre
Beachhaven Playcentre Incorporated
Coromandel Playcentre Incorporated
Leamington Playcentre
Mairangi Bay Play Centre
Matamata Playcentre
Mayfield Playcentre
Mornington Playcentre
Opoho Playcentre
Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi o Aotearoa - Playcentre Aotearoa
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Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Playcentre philosophy and practice are based on "Whanau Tupu Ngatahi - Families Growing Together". Playcentre recognises parents as the first and most important educators of their children and supports them to educate their children. Playcentre provides quality early childhood educational sessions for young children (birth to school age) through quality play experiences supported by a high child to adult ratio. Adults participate in the Playcentre Education Programme

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Provides advice / information / advocacy, Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

Children / young people

Family / whanau

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.

Please note: This charity is a member of a Group which submits Consolidated Annual Returns. To view these Annual Returns on the Group Summary click here. Any Annual Returns listed below were submitted when this charity was a single entity.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements
31/08/2025	28/02/2026	Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2024	28/02/2025	Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2023	29/02/2024	Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2022	28/02/2023	Member of '' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2021	28/02/2022	11/03/2022	$52,761	$44,162	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2020	28/02/2021	8/03/2022	$35,057	$37,269	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Brenda Richards	Secretary	1/11/2022
Miriam Clark	Treasurer	10/06/2022
Kirsty Gray	President	28/10/2021

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Jessica Kotushevska	Secretary	29/10/2022
Anita Vaseegaran	Treasurer	9/06/2022
Larce Kippen	Secretary	28/10/2021
Pennie O'Connor	President	28/10/2021
Chris Hadley	Treasurer	15/10/2020

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)
17/07/2024	NOC007
11/06/2022	NOC005
9/06/2022	NOC004
11/11/2019	NOC001

Charity Documents

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