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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Neil Barr Farm Forestry Foundation.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Neil Barr Farm Forestry Foundation

Registration number:

CC11247

NZBN number:

9429042798064

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

1/10/2007

Balance Date:

December 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

328 Christie Avenue

Te Awamutu

3800

Charity's other details

Phone:

028-431-2700

Email:

murray.downs@xtra.co.nz

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC11247

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To provide research funds for research projects that improve the opportunities for trees on farms and in the NZ Landscape, for all purposes.

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

Activities:

Sponsors / undertakes research

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

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

Other (please state)

(Researchers, Scholarships)

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.

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.

Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing an annual return by 30 June 2008 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 30 June 2009.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements
31/12/2025	30/06/2026	24/06/2026	$13,386	$5,452	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2024	30/06/2025	23/06/2025	$17,091	$48,606	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2023	30/06/2024	3/07/2024	$5,499	$1,653	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2022	30/06/2023	20/06/2023	$3,825	$2,155	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2021	30/06/2022	24/06/2022	$5,537	$20,974	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2020	30/06/2021	26/06/2021	$3,205	$9,123	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2019	30/06/2020	27/06/2020	$5,171	$2,910	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2018	30/06/2019	25/05/2019	$15,700	$3,373	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2017	30/06/2018	26/04/2018	$15,176	$8,613	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2016	30/06/2017	29/04/2017	$14,246	$13,992	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Dougal George Burleigh Morrison	Trustee Ex Officio	21/04/2026
Vaughan Patrick Kearns	Trustee	11/11/2025
John Denis Hocking	Trustee	5/05/2018
Murray William Downs	Trustee	27/09/2007
Nicholas John Ledgard	Trustee	27/09/2007
Patrick George Milne	Trustee	27/09/2007

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Peter Neville Davies-Colley	Trustee (ex officio)	11/11/2025
Harriet Eve Palmer	Trustee	30/09/2025
Neil Cullen	Trustee (Ex officio)	2/04/2025
Graham George West	Trustee ( ex officio)	31/03/2023
Hamish Hunter Levack	Trustee ( Ex Officio)	25/03/2021
Dougal Malcolm McIntosh	Trustee	26/06/2020
Neil Cullen	Trustee	15/05/2019
Michael Edwin Frank Smith	Executive Trustee Secretary	5/05/2018
Stuart Dean Satchell	Trustee	6/04/2017
Charles Howard Williamson	Trustee	31/03/2015
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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)
26/06/2021	NOC017
25/05/2019	NOC014
31/05/2018	NOC013
31/05/2018	NOC012
22/04/2017	NOC008
15/05/2015	NOC007
30/01/2015	NOC006
19/07/2012	NOC001
10/05/2010	AR003
1/04/2009	AR002

Charity Documents

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