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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Cool Bananas Youthwork Trust.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Cool Bananas Youthwork Trust

Registration number:

CC24158

NZBN number:

9429042937333

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

8/05/2008

Balance Date:

January 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 6131

Brookfield

Tauranga

3146

Charity's Street Address:

7 Oak Lane

Judea

Tauranga

3110

Charity's other details

Phone:

07 5787769

Email:

office@coolbananas.org.nz

Website:

http://www.coolbananas.org.nz

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/CoolBananasNZ

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC24158

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To provide safe, professional and empowering initiatives for children that encourage standards and values from a Christian perspective. "To see generations of children in Aotearoa NZ empowered"

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

Activities:

Other (please state)

(Produces values education content, e.g. Digital resources, videos, multimedia etc)

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Community development, Religious activities, Sport / recreation, Promotion of volunteering

Beneficiaries:

Children / young people

Family / whanau, Religious groups

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.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
31/01/2026	31/07/2026	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/01/2025	31/07/2025	10/02/2026	$133,626	$144,504	Included in Annual Return
31/01/2024	31/07/2024	2/08/2024	$192,228	$254,310	Included in Annual Return
31/01/2023	31/07/2023	31/07/2023	$347,689	$306,893	Included in Annual Return
31/01/2022	31/07/2022	2/08/2022	$286,728	$309,829	Included in Annual Return
31/01/2021	31/07/2021	8/06/2021	$384,432	$336,491	Included in Annual Return
31/01/2020	31/07/2020	18/06/2020	$444,703	$437,980	Included in Annual Return
31/01/2019	31/07/2019	24/06/2019	$426,886	$418,608	Included in Annual Return
31/01/2018	31/07/2018	1/08/2018	$376,264	$410,652	Included in Annual Return
31/01/2017	31/07/2017	26/07/2017	$410,304	$372,805	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Kyle Keogh	Trustee	8/09/2024
Nicola Hardgrave	Chairperson	8/09/2024
Stuart Paterson	Trustee	8/09/2024
Sarah Dawn Bailey	Trustee	31/07/2023
Sharon Louise Almond-Bryant	Treasurer	3/07/2023

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Rebecca Ella La Spina	Secretary	8/09/2024
Susan Hardgrave	Trustee	8/09/2024
Richard Smith	Chairperson	8/08/2024
Blair Donald Myles	Trustee	3/07/2023
Micaela Aimee Geary	Trustee	3/07/2023
Philip Waka Jones	Secretary and Trustee	3/07/2023
Wayne Robert Fraser	Chairperson	3/07/2023
Gemma Rose Tong	Trustee	16/12/2022
Bernie Morgan Cowan	Chairman	15/05/2021
Paul Joseph Kelly	Trustee	21/04/2020
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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)
28/07/2025	NOC029
5/08/2023	NOC027
12/01/2022	NOC024
7/07/2021	NOC023
1/05/2020	NOC020
4/09/2019	NOC019
2/08/2019	NOC018
4/07/2019	NOC017
1/03/2019	NOC015
7/12/2018	NOC014
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Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name