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This is the charity information for: Nelson Trade Aid Trust.

Charity Details

Deregistration details

Legal name of the Charity:

Nelson Trade Aid Trust

Registration number:

CC20566

NZBN number:

9429042675846

Current Status:

Deregistered

Deregistration Date Requested:

30/06/2025

Deregistration Reason:

The charity is closing down permanently or has closed down (winding up)

Financial information at the time of Deregistration:

Accumulated Assets and Income:

$123,047

Liabilities:

The Charity’s accumulated assets and income have been:

Distributed to another registered Charity or Charities

Charity/Charities:
- Trade Aid New Zealand Incorporated

Below are details of Nelson Trade Aid Trust at the date of deregistration:

Legal name of the Charity:

Nelson Trade Aid Trust

Registration number:

CC20566

NZBN number:

9429042675846

Current Status:

Deregistered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

21/01/2008

Balance Date:

June 30

Registration history

Registration Action	Date effective	Reason
De-registered	30/06/2025	The charity is closing down permanently or has closed down (winding up)
Registered	21/01/2008

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

174 Gayhurst Road

Dallington

Christchurch

8061

Charity's Street Address:

148 Hardy Street

Nelson 7010

Dallington

Nelson

7010

Charity's other details

Phone:

(03)3853535

Fax:

(03)3853536

Email:

accounts@tradeaid.org.nz

Website:

http://www.tradeaid.org.nz

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/CC20566

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The Trade Aid Nelson Trust exists to educate the local community about the nature of poverty and the need for fair trading conditions. We will achieve this through the work in our retail shop, by involvement in public events and through educational talks to schools and the general public. Primarily we will participate in and continue to advance the Fair Trade Nelson Trust as a vehicle to take the fair trade message to the wider consumer community and at the same time concentrate our education effort towards talks to classes at Intermediate and High School levels. These talks will explain how the fair trade alternative to exploitative free market trade works and promote the principles enshrined in the Trade Aid Charter. The Nelson Trust believes that the most effective use of our education time and resources lies in bringing awareness of fair trade products and principles to the general shopping public and by inculcating fair trade principles in young people and we will work to those en

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

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities), Retails crafts & commodities from disadvantaged third world producers

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Promotion of volunteering, Education of new Zealanders on poverty

Beneficiaries:

General public

Entity Structure

Charitable Trust

Controlled by:

Trade Aid New Zealand Incorporated

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 31 December 2008 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 31 December 2009.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements
30/06/2025	31/12/2025	8/07/2025	$193,007	$229,226	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2024	31/12/2024	25/02/2025	$364,805	$357,721	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023	31/12/2023	19/12/2023	$259,333	$307,194	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2022	31/12/2022	12/12/2022	$278,308	$249,025	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2021	31/12/2021	22/12/2021	$326,596	$284,028	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020	31/12/2020	30/12/2020	$263,536	$240,196	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2019	31/12/2019	23/12/2019	$269,008	$257,026	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2018	31/12/2018	14/12/2018	$264,157	$237,317	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2017	31/12/2017	8/12/2017	$242,627	$232,149	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2016	31/12/2016	14/12/2016	$234,255	$226,164	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Viv Rounce	Chair/ Environmental	14/03/2018
Doug Adam	Financial/ Education	1/07/2016
Vicki Ewers	Secretary/ Health & Safety	1/07/2016

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Elizabeth Ann MacCreadie	Trustee	30/09/2021
Robin Hollis	Chair	30/11/2020
Penny Colombatti	Trustee	9/06/2020
Shirley Montgomery	Trustee	28/11/2019
Giselda Purcell	Trustee	27/11/2019
Rebecca Sheehy	Trustee	24/09/2019
John Marshall	Trustee	21/11/2018
Adrienne Taylor	Trustee	5/11/2014
Desmond Slow	Trustee	5/11/2014
Helen McClurg	Trustee	5/11/2014
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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)
25/02/2025	NOC022
20/07/2020	NOC016
5/02/2020	NOC015
11/12/2019	NOC013
26/02/2019	NOC012
1/03/2018	NOC010
18/12/2015	NOC007
28/01/2013	NOC004
9/03/2010	NOC003
16/03/2009	NOC002

Charity Documents

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