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Charity Details

Stokes Valley Playcentre
CC30804
N/A
Registered

Registration details

30/06/2008
August 31
Playcentre Aotearoa

Address for service

155 Stokes Valley Road
Stokes Valley
Lower Hutt
5019

Charity's other details

paulene.RM@playcentre.org.nz


Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

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https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC30804

Group Members

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

Member Charities
Awanui Playcentre
Beachhaven Playcentre Incorporated
Coromandel Playcentre Incorporated
Leamington Playcentre
Mairangi Bay Play Centre
Matamata Playcentre
Mayfield Playcentre
Mornington Playcentre
Opoho Playcentre
Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi o Aotearoa - Playcentre Aotearoa

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Playcentre was instrumental in introducing the concept of education through play and through child-initiated activities to the early childhood setting in New Zealand. This philosophy has since been adopted throughout all New Zealand through the curriculum for early childhood education, Te Whāriki. The organisation believes that parents are the first and best educators of their children and children learn best when they initiate their learning through play (child-initiated play). Within the centres children and adults learn alongside each other, in agreement with the socio-cultural model of learning which posits that a child learns best when surrounded by trusted members of his or her community. Each Playcentre is a cooperative. Parents decide how their centre will run and are responsible for the education of their children. Parents also make decisions giving direction to how their association (regional body) and the NZPF (national body) will run

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

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Education Services

Education / training / research

Family / whanau

Children / young people

Entity Structure

Children 0-6 years, normally in mixed age groups, attend 1/2 day sessions run by parents - minimum of 1 adult to five children, no more than 5x a week. Parents manage all aspects of each Playcentre including the premises, administration, education of children & adults. Playcentres are chartered ECE providers with the NZ Ministry of Education. Independent research & audits by ERO confirm the quality of Playcentre's programmes

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 28 February 2009 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 28 February 2010.

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 Total Income Total Expenditure Financial Statements Annual Return Summary
31/08/2025 28/02/2026 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
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
31/08/2019 29/02/2020 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2018 28/02/2019 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2017 28/02/2018 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2016 28/02/2017 20/06/2017 $23,525 $37,875 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name Position Effective Date
Alana Ellison Secretary 11/10/2024
Becky Start President 11/10/2024
Lindsey Tang Treasurer 11/10/2024

Past Officers

Officer Name Position Past Since
Marcela Souza Carvalho Consumables 28/04/2025
Jessica Corbin Treasurer 31/10/2024
Alana Ellison President 11/10/2024
Emily Mercer Treasurer 30/09/2021
Laura Morrissey President 30/09/2021
Leah Mason Secretary 30/09/2021
Gemma Marie Weller Secretary 25/09/2020
Kristina Leigh Martin-Hendrie Co-President 25/09/2020
Rebecca Morgan Treasurer 25/09/2020
Kellie Llyween O'Carroll Treasurer 6/12/2019

Charity Updates

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Date Created Reference View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
13/05/2025 NOC027
3/11/2022 NOC026
2/11/2020 NOC025
6/12/2019 NOC024
17/12/2018 NOC023
20/11/2017 NOC021
25/11/2016 NOC019
12/11/2016 NOC018
29/08/2016 NOC017
14/12/2015 NOC016

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