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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Catholic Enquiry Centre.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Catholic Enquiry Centre

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Catholic Discovery

Registration number:

CC35895

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

30/06/2008

Balance Date:

December 31

This charity is a member of the group called:

New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference Group

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 1937

Pipitea

Wellington

6140

Charity's Street Address:

Level 5

204 Thorndon Quay

Pipitea

Wellington

6011

Charity's other details

Phone:

0800 328 437

Email:

info@catholicenquiry.nz

Website:

http://www.catholicenquiry.nz

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/catholicdiscovery.nz

Other Social Network:

https://www.instagram.com/catholicenquirynz

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC35895

Group Members

Below are all the members of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference Group. Click into the individual members below to view their charity summary.

Member Charities
Catholic Bishops Conference Holdings Ltd
Catholic Bishops Conference Securities Ltd
Catholic Enquiry Centre
Holy Cross Seminary
New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Promotion and evangelization of the Catholic faith.

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

Activities:

Provides religious services / activities

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Sectors:

Religious activities

Beneficiaries:

General public

Legal Structure

Controlled by:

New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference

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.

Please note: This charity is a member of a Group which submits Consolidated Annual Returns. To view these Annual Returns on the Group Summary click here. Any Annual Returns listed below were submitted when this charity was a single entity.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements
31/12/2025	30/06/2026	Member of 'New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference Group' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/12/2024	31/07/2025	31/07/2025	$780,739	$377,559	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2023	30/06/2024	12/06/2024	$899,165	$333,546	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2022	30/06/2023	29/06/2023	$367,698	$429,018	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2021	30/06/2022	29/06/2022	$631,520	$329,108	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2020	30/06/2021	30/06/2021	$533,424	$298,392	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2019	31/07/2020	31/07/2020	$345,992	$333,253	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2018	30/06/2019	28/06/2019	$367,673	$362,002	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2017	30/06/2018	28/06/2018	$605,017	$468,324	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2016	30/06/2017	1/06/2017	$420,143	$571,342	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Carly Gaye Mulqueen	Catholic Enquiry Centre Director	7/07/2025
Richard Philip James Laurenson	Member of the NZCBC	25/10/2023
John Lewis Adams	Member of the NZCBC	22/06/2023
Damian Bernard Dempsey	Executive Director of the NZCBC	6/06/2023
Michael Gielen	Member of the NZCBC	11/01/2021
Paul Martin	Secretary of the NZCBC	1/01/2019
Michael Dooley	Vice-President of the NZCBC	26/04/2018
Stephen Lowe	President of the NZCBC	13/02/2015

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Rebecca Joy Taylor-Hunt	Director, CEC	30/05/2025
Siobhan Dilly	Executive Officer	6/06/2023
John Dew	President of the NZCBC	5/05/2023
Fr Neil Vaney	Pastoral Director	20/12/2022
Patrick Dunn	Member of the NZCBC	18/12/2021
Charles Drennan	Secretary of the NZCBC	5/10/2019
James van Schie	Executive Officer	1/05/2019
Christina Chow	Board Member	31/10/2017
David Mullin	Board Member	31/10/2017
David Patrick Mullin	Interim Director	31/10/2017
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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)
31/07/2025	NOC029
13/06/2025	NOC028
27/01/2022	NOC024
13/01/2022	NOC023
11/01/2021	NOC021
26/09/2019	NOC019
30/05/2017	NOC014
18/10/2016	NOC013
18/10/2016	NOC012
18/10/2016	NOC011
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Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name