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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: The Life Flight Trust.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

The Life Flight Trust

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Life Flight Trust

Registration number:

CC24283

NZBN number:

9429042778172

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

12/05/2008

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 14448

Kilbirnie

Wellington

6241

Charity's Street Address:

17 George Bolt Street

Rongotai

Wellington

6022

Charity's other details

Phone:

04 9202242

Email:

info@lifeflight.org.nz

Website:

http://www.lifeflight.org.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/CC24283

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To provide air ambulance and air rescue services for patients within New Zealand

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

Activities:

Other (please state)

(Health and Emercency Care)

Sectors:

Emergency / disaster relief

Education / training / research, Health

Beneficiaries:

General public

Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, Family / whanau

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
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	3/09/2026	$22,129,120	$21,716,407	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2025	30/09/2025	3/09/2025	$19,924,126	$19,135,189	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	5/09/2024	$17,572,640	$17,640,610	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	11/09/2023	$14,256,792	$14,547,102	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	22/09/2022	$12,044,639	$12,085,296	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	15/12/2021	$13,341,366	$12,499,427	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	25/09/2020	$12,390,011	$11,538,468	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	20/09/2019	$11,957,296	$10,931,841	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2018	30/09/2018	22/08/2018	$11,290,462	$9,788,836	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2017	30/09/2017	25/08/2017	$11,159,221	$10,254,538	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Murray Ian David Gribben	Chair	24/02/2025
Gregory Bishop	Trustee	17/02/2025
Marshall Maine	Trustee	4/11/2024
Karyn Hathaway	Trustee	20/02/2023
Alex Psirides	Trustee	25/02/2019
Rachael Fletcher	Trustee	19/02/2018

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Richard Stone	Chair	17/08/2026
Christine Irene Lowry	Trustee	16/08/2026
Marray Ian David Gribben	Trustee	24/02/2025
Greg M Bishop	Trustee	9/12/2024
Ross Martin	Trustee	30/06/2023
Stephen Patrick Ward	Trustee	30/06/2023
Ian Bruce Pirie	Trustee	12/12/2022
Sally McKechnie	Trustee	28/06/2021
Catherine Joy Taylor	Trustee	15/07/2019
Deborah Battell	Trustee	1/03/2019
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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)
17/08/2026	NOC047
10/10/2025	NOC046
5/12/2024	NOC044
24/10/2024	NOC043
4/07/2023	NOC039
13/02/2023	NOC038
27/01/2023	NOC037
25/09/2020	NOC033
17/07/2019	NOC029
8/03/2019	NOC028
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Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name