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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Veterinarians For Animal Welfare Aotearoa Limited

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

VAWA

Registration number:

CC60741

NZBN number:

9429050243204

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

17/11/2022

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 9046

St Clair

Saint Clair

Dunedin

9047

Charity's Street Address:

35 Dornoch Street

St Clair

Kew

Dunedin

9012

Charity's other details

Website:

https://www.vawa.co.nz

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/veterinariansawa

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Vets4AWA

Other Social Network:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/veterinarians-for-animal-welfare-aotearoa

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC60741

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

2.1 The Organisation is established and maintained exclusively for charitable purposes (including any purposes ancillary to those charitable purposes), namely: 1. to advance education through using and sharing veterinary and animal welfare science knowledge and expertise. 2. benefit the community by improving the welfare of animals, and people’s knowledge about animals and their welfare. 2.2 Any income, benefit, or advantage must be used to advance the charitable purposes of the Organisation.

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

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Sectors:

Care / protection of animals

Veterinary and Animal welfare

Beneficiaries:

Animals

Entity Structure

Charitable Limited Company

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	14/07/2025	$70,491	$70,758	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	15/07/2024	$55,586	$52,252	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	11/07/2023	$36,177	$43,724	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Oliver Felton Reeve	Committee Member	8/08/2023
Michelle Clatworthy	Secretary/Treasurer	16/12/2022
Elaine Lydia McNee	Committee member	1/08/2022
James Robert Webster	Deputy Chair	1/08/2022
Barbara Helen Beattie	Chair/MD	16/07/2022

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Katherine Elizabeth Littlewood	Committee Member	8/08/2023
Rebecca Jane Murphy	Secretary/Treasurer	16/12/2022

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
31/07/2023	NOC004
16/12/2022	NOC002
19/11/2022	NOC001

Charity Documents

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