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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Indian Origin Pride New Zealand

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

IOPNZ

Registration number:

CC59842

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

22/01/2022

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

18 Melrose Road East

Hillsborough

Auckland

1042

Charity's other details

Website:

http://iopnz.org.nz

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Ethnic Communities

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC59842

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The purpose of creating IOPNZ is to create an environment where rainbow Indians can celebrate the intersection of their culture, sexuality, gender, and sex. By being visible at rainbow community events, IOPNZ will lead the way for LGBTQI+ Indians so they can be proud of their identity. Social events will bring together New Zealand’s Indian rainbow community and their supporters. IOPNZ advocates for community-wide acceptance of LGBTQ people by being proud and visible and story telling.

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

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Social services

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

People of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Family / whanau, LGBQTI+

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.

Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing an annual return for the year ending 31 March 2022 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005.

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	11/10/2025	$1,401	$18,972	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	23/08/2025	$11,972	$37,400	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	30/09/2023	$102,137	$19,774	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	-	-	-	-	Exempt

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Sripriya Somasekhar	Trustee	9/03/2024
Suraj Malege	Trustee	22/09/2022
Moushumi Das	Trustee	21/04/2022
Arrun Prakash Soma	Secretary	7/08/2021
Sailesh Shekar Singh	Chair	7/08/2021

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Ajay Chhibber	Trustee	18/04/2024
Michelle Pillay	Treasurer	15/06/2022
Sunita Naline Torrance	Trustee	15/06/2022
Vinod Balbir Bal	Trustee	21/04/2022

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)
20/05/2024	NOC007
19/05/2024	NOC006
19/05/2024	NOC005
20/09/2023	NOC003
12/09/2022	NOC002
27/04/2022	NOC001

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name