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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Atawhai Playcentre

Registration number:

CC57128

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

1/10/2019

Balance Date:

August 31

This charity is a member of the group called:

Playcentre Aotearoa

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

655 Atawhai Crescent

Atawhai

Nelson

7010

Charity's other details

Phone:

03 5450828

Email:

atawhai@playcentre.org.nz

Website:

http://playcentre.org.nz

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Atawhai-Playcentre-497365870274402/

Areas of Operation:

Nelson - Marlborough - Tasman

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC57128

Group Members

Below are all the members of Playcentre Aotearoa. Click into the individual members below to view their charity summary.

Member Charities

Alicetown Playcentre

Aotea Island Playcentre

Ashridge Road Playcentre

Atawhai Playcentre

Awakeri Playcentre

Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi o Aotearoa - Playcentre Aotearoa

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Playcentre philosophy and practice are based on "Whanau Tupu Ngatahi - Families Growing Together". Playcentre recognises parents as the first and most important educators of their children and supports them to educate their children. Playcentre provides quality early childhood educational sessions for young children (birth to school age) through quality play experiences supported by a high child to adult ratio. Adults participate in the Playcentre Education Programme.

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Provides advice / information / advocacy, Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

Children / young people

Family / whanau

Entity Structure

Atawhai Playcentre is a volunteer co-operative managed and governed by the parents of the children who attend our centre. Every family with an enrolled child has a whanau member/parent who is a member of the committee and decisions are made via consensus. Atawhai Playcentre is a member of the New Zealand Playcentre Federation who provide support and guidance to our centre and work to ensure compliance requirements are met.

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
31/08/2024	28/02/2025	Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2023	29/02/2024	Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2022	28/02/2023	Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2021	28/02/2022	Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2020	28/02/2021	Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Helen Louise Wilkinson	Treasurer	11/09/2024
Christa Elisabeth Schmidt	Secretary	29/01/2024
Erin Bell	President	7/10/2023
Claire Eddy	Health and Safety	29/09/2021
Rachel Penney	Bi-cultural Officer	29/09/2021

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Elisabeth Schmidt	Secretary	6/05/2024
Jessica Rubin	Secretary	31/12/2023
Marian McCay	President	14/04/2022
Claire McMeekin	Health and Safety	24/03/2022
Catherine Louise Bull	Co-Treasurer	29/09/2021
Ellen Heyns	Secretary	29/09/2021
Chloe Elizabeth Light	Secretary	22/10/2020

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)
14/09/2024	NOC006
7/05/2024	NOC005
22/03/2024	NOC004
24/03/2022	NOC003
2/12/2020	NOC002
23/11/2020	NOC001

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name