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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Baskets of Blessing

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Baskets of Blessing Charitable Trust

Registration number:

CC57810

NZBN number:

9429047296848

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

2/03/2020

Balance Date:

June 30

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 75

Arrowtown

9351

Charity's Street Address:

12 Essex Avenue

Arrowtown 9302

Arrowtown

9302

Charity's other details

Phone:

021 957 203

Email:

info@basketsofblessing.co.nz

Website:

https://www.basketsofblessing.co.nz

Facebook:

Basketsofblessing

Areas of Operation:

Otago

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC57810

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Queenstown’s Baskets of Blessing Charitable Trust and volunteer organisation provides a platform coordinating generous donations of products, time and money to deliver unexpected gift baskets and frozen meal/food packs to locals struggling from unexpected life predicaments. Increasingly, local individuals and families are facing incredible challenges, typically without family or support networks. Those impacted range across all ages, socioeconomic groups and cultures. Severe illness or injury, financial or mental distress, separations and solo parenting all take their toll. Baskets of Blessing create customised gift baskets to reinforce people do care and to offer positive uplifting moments. Baskets of Blessing Meals receive surplus food from supermarkets that previously would have been discarded. Volunteer teams regularly meet to collate, cook and distribute frozen meal packs. All recipients are nominated anonymously via our website (see above) and actioned without judgement.

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Social services

Health

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	Annual Return Summary
30/06/2026	31/12/2026	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
30/06/2025	31/12/2025	31/12/2025	$231,031	$236,804	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2024	31/12/2024	30/12/2024	$217,839	$220,204	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023	31/12/2023	21/12/2023	$171,214	$198,563	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2022	31/12/2022	28/12/2022	$118,659	$117,089	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2021	31/12/2021	1/01/2022	$189,442	$107,176	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020	31/12/2020	23/12/2020	$165,312	$72,314	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Alison Mary Mitchell	Trustee	18/06/2024
Angela Elizabeth Gibson	Trustee, Treasurer and Secretary	30/07/2020
Maurice John Prendergast	Trustee	30/07/2020
Lee Nicole Nicolson	Trustee and Operations Manager	2/03/2020

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Carlton Graeme Johnstone	Trustee and Chairman	8/08/2024
Clare Louise Irons	Trustee	11/01/2024
Joanne Sally Robb	Trustee and Treasurer	20/04/2022
David John McNeill	Treasurer and Trustee	22/07/2020
Alana Julia Carey-Smith	Trustee	11/07/2020
Jane Scott Harvey Paterson	Secretary to the Board or Trustees and Trustee	11/07/2020

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)
13/04/2024	NOC013
13/04/2024	NOC012
30/04/2022	NOC007
18/09/2020	NOC004
4/08/2020	NOC003
4/08/2020	NOC002
3/08/2020	NOC001

Charity Documents

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