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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

African Reorientation Network

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

ARN

Registration number:

CC60277

NZBN number:

9429050678228

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

7/04/2022

Balance Date:

December 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

5 Pataka Way

Mount Roskill

Auckland

1041

Charity's other details

Website:

http://www.arnstars.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086191494373

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/StarsArn

Other Social Network:

https://www.instagram.com/arn.stars/

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Overseas

Africa

Nigeria

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC60277

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The Trust is established and maintained exclusively for charitable purposes (including any purposes ancillary to those charitable purposes), namely • advance education - by organizing debate clubs in schools around African metropolises - by arranging debating competitions among schools in African towns - by coordinating open mic poetry competitions in African cities - by providing scholarships, bursaries, and awards to outstanding students in these competitions, etc.

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Makes grants / loans to individuals, Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Arts / culture / heritage

Beneficiaries:

Children / young people

General public

Entity Structure

The organization would start with two founding 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
31/12/2024	30/06/2025	9/08/2025	$0	$0	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2023	30/06/2024	26/05/2024	$0	$0	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2022	30/06/2023	12/02/2023	$0	$0	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Jayalathge Thumira Sampath Gunasena	Treasurer	11/12/2022
Wisdom Oghosa Iyekekpolo	Chair	30/03/2022

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Abieyuwa Joy Okhuahesogie	Trustee	19/12/2022

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)
23/12/2022	NOC005
22/12/2022	NOC004
11/12/2022	NOC003
11/12/2022	NOC002
1/10/2022	NOC001

Charity Documents

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