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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

The Skills Group Trust

Registration number:

CC63372

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

5/05/2025

Balance Date:

December 31

This charity is a member of the group called:

The Skills Organisation Group

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

600 Great South Road

Level 2, Building C Millenium Centre

Ellerslie

Auckland

1051

Charity's Street Address:

Freepost 5164, PO Box 24-469

Royal Oak

Onehunga

Auckland

1345

Charity's other details

Website:

https://www.skills-group.org

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC63372

Group Members

Below are all the members of The Skills Organisation Group. Click into the individual members below to view their charity summary.

Member Charities
Ignite Colleges Limited
Skills Consulting Group Limited
Skills Group Employment Limited
The Skills Group Foundation
The Skills Group Trust

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The advancement of Charitable Purposes in Aotearoa New Zealand and in particular the advancement of education focused on vocational education, training and learning, including delivering, and promoting and supporting the delivery of, high quality education, training and learning programmes.

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

General public

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.

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.

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Scott Laughton Bitchener	Chief Financial Officer	2/07/2025
Aaron Trevor Rink	Trustee	1/07/2025
Bridget Ellen O'Shannessey	Trustee	4/06/2025
Craig Norman O'Connell	Trustee	4/06/2025
Kevin Ross Best	Trustee	4/06/2025
Timothy Dunlop Gibson	Trustee	4/06/2025
Rosanne Mary Graham	Chief Executive	1/07/2022

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Cassandra Rose Crowley	Trustee	30/06/2025
Rodney Wayne de Spong	Trustee	30/06/2025

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)
2/07/2025	NOC003
2/07/2025	NOC002

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name