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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Whanake House Charitable Trust

Registration number:

CC58929

NZBN number:

9429048992855

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

8/05/2021

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

544A Mossburn Lumsden Highway

RD 2

Castlerock

Lumsden

9792

Charity's Street Address:

494 Dee Street

Gladstone

Invercargill

9810

Charity's other details

Areas of Operation:

Southland

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Ethnic Communities

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC58929

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The purpose of Whanake House and our Vision is to utilise a holistic approach to provide a centralised collection of services targeting all aspects of wellbeing. The group will be targeted towards young people with high functioning disabilities transition from High School into the Community and the Workforce. These young people are typically not captured by other services and have the tendency to fall through the gaps following High School, due to a lack of support & their level of functioning.

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Sectors:

People with disabilities

Beneficiaries:

Children / young people

Entity Structure

We have a Large House at 494 Dee street, Invercargill. We have four Trustees , 3 taking positions as Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. We are not affiliated with any national body .

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	11/07/2025	$143,741	$119,991	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	22/08/2024	$98,237	$109,714	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	3/10/2023	$258,690	$67,314	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	8/09/2022	$37,086	$25,394	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Michelle Dawson	Trustee	2/10/2025
Kirsty Joan Bullmore	Trustee	29/08/2024
Celia Andrea Tawhai Day	Treasurer	20/06/2024
Lynda Gladys Gilkison	Chairman	8/04/2021

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Katrina Diedre Ferns	Treasurer	31/01/2025
Daniel Patrick Fisher	Trustee	1/04/2023
June Denise Sanderson	Secretary	1/04/2023

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
12/10/2025	NOC006
9/10/2025	NOC005

Charity Documents

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