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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

New Zealand Tamil Church Trust

Registration number:

CC57896

NZBN number:

9429048004398

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

8/04/2020

Balance Date:

March 31

Name change history

Name	Effective Date
New Zealand Tamil Church Incorporated	8/04/2020
NEW ZEALAND TAMIL CHURCH TRUST	21/08/2025
New Zealand Tamil Church Trust	28/09/2025

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

33 Nottingham Drive

Hamilton East

Hamilton

3216

Charity's other details

Phone:

+64 20 4093 9892

Email:

nztamilchurch@gmail.com

Website:

https://www.nztamilchurch.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Hamiltontamilchristianfellowship/

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Ethnic Communities

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC57896

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

This Trust is established for, and the Trust Fund both capital and income from time to time in the Trustee’s absolute discretion shall be used for the following charitable purposes: • To exist and continue to grow as a Tamil Church in New Zealand that encourages the use of the gifts of the Holy Spirit to impact people's lives while giving importance to Christian values. • To hold weekly fellowship (Tamil and Multicultural) and worship meetings • To promote home cell groups & Bible study • To promote prayer groups and meetings • To encourage and promote members participation in outreach programs and missionary work. • To provide opportunities for evangelistic meetings • To establish decentralized local churches, as the opportunity affords • To encourage members to be effective witnesses through participation in the Church and ministries • To organize camps and retreats for members, and youths to participate in worship, bond together in the Name of Christ and establish

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

Activities:

Provides religious services / activities

Sectors:

Religious activities

Beneficiaries:

General public

Legal Structure

Incorporated Society

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	29/09/2025	$30,845	$30,163	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	29/09/2024	$21,049	$25,953	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	29/09/2023	$20,834	$22,885	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	16/09/2022	$16,765	$12,603	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	31/08/2021	$8,772	$8,279	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Lokiah Gurram Ravaniah	Treasurer	1/04/2022
WILLIAM CHARLES REES	Secretary	10/01/2021
Abraham Perianayagam	President	1/03/2020
Paul Sundaresan	Vice President	1/03/2020

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Candida Maria Haydn Gerard Romeo	Treasurer	31/03/2022
Dr. Samuel Jebaraj Benjamin	Secretary	1/01/2021

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)
21/08/2025	NOC010
29/08/2022	NOC005
12/08/2022	NOC004
12/06/2022	NOC003
13/09/2020	NOC001

Charity Documents

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