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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Wavewise Trust

Registration number:

CC57209

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

15/08/2019

Balance Date:

June 30

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 388

Westport

7866

Charity's Street Address:

69 Russell Street

Westport 7825

Westport

7825

Charity's other details

Phone:

0279301434

Email:

surf@wavewise.co.nz

Website:

https://www.wavewise.co.nz

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/wavewisesurf/

Other Social Network:

https://www.instagram.com/wavewisesurf/

Areas of Operation:

West Coast

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC57209

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

- To promote mental and physical wellbeing of young people by introducing to surfing as experiential mental wellbeing tool. - To actively engage in programmes which teaches them how to overcome personal and interpersonal challenges. - To promote and encourage a healthy lifestyle as alternative to at-risk behavior. - To build relationships to create a sense of belonging for a young person and their environment. - To facilitate adult programmes for the purposes of Wavewise to generate the income.

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

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

Sectors:

Health

Education / training / research, Social services, Sport / recreation

Beneficiaries:

Children / young people

Legal Structure

Unincorporated 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
30/06/2025	31/12/2025	12/12/2025	$15,195	$23,834	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2024	31/12/2024	29/12/2024	$23,539	$17,823	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023	31/12/2023	30/12/2023	$28,093	$25,702	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2022	31/01/2023	31/01/2023	$29,998	$26,414	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2021	31/12/2021	31/12/2021	$21,593	$19,128	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020	31/12/2020	10/12/2020	$13,404	$8,457	Included in Annual Return

= Balance Date Change
-	This Annual Return will cover 11 months from 15 August 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Bryan William Forsyth	Trustee	12/12/2024
Lorraine Susan Scanlon	Chairperson	8/08/2019
Maegan Moata Bird	Secretary/Treasurer	8/08/2019
Panagiota Leontiadu	Trustee	8/08/2019

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)
12/12/2025	NOC011
27/10/2025	NOC009
24/10/2025	NOC008
2/10/2020	NOC002
4/08/2020	NOC001

Charity Documents

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