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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

The Arabic School of New Zealand

Registration number:

CC58688

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

5/02/2021

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

Flat 1

77 Kemp Street

Kilbirnie

Wellington

6022

Charity's other details

Website:

https://www.arabicschool.org.nz/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/TheArabicSchoolOfNZ/

Areas of Operation:

Wellington - Wairarapa

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC58688

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To enable Arabic students to: -Learn their heritage-language. -Become acquainted with the Arabic culture and folklore. -Acquire bilingual communication abilities. -Maintain communication and affinity within the nuclear family and Arabic community. -Learn common human values within the Middle-eastern & Kiwi culture. -Develop tolerance and cross-cultural competency. -Integrate effectively within the wider Kiwi society. -Strengthen academic performance

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

Migrants / refugees

General public

Entity Structure

We have three schools in Wellington city, Johnsonville and Lower Hutt. Our trust deed states that we must have between five and seven Trustees. We currently have five Trustees that constitute our governance board, including two executive positions: principal and chairperson of the board of trustees.

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	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	11/11/2024	$26,482	$27,365	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	11/10/2023	$19,630	$28,788	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	7/11/2022	$22,035	$9,501	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	-	-	-	-	Exempt

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Mohammed Dagamseh	Treasurer	1/01/2022
Zaid Al-Dabbagh	Trustee	12/09/2019
Mohammad Hilal	President	4/09/2019

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Ayman Tawalbeh	Trustee	1/04/2024
Rana Daoud	Trustee	1/04/2024
Abdullah Alhaidari	Vice president	1/01/2022

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
22/08/2022	NOC001

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