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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Welcome Bay Playcentre.

Charity Details

Deregistration details

Legal name of the Charity:

Welcome Bay Playcentre

Registration number:

CC36946

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Deregistered

Deregistration Date Requested:

05/09/2025

Deregistration Reason:

The charity is consolidating and deregistering the local branches or similar entities. The national or parent body will continue to be a registered charity

Financial information at the time of Deregistration:

Accumulated Assets and Income:

Liabilities:

Below are details of Welcome Bay Playcentre at the date of deregistration:

Legal name of the Charity:

Welcome Bay Playcentre

Registration number:

CC36946

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Deregistered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

30/06/2008

Balance Date:

August 31

Registration history

Registration Action	Date effective	Reason
De-registered	5/09/2025	The charity is consolidating and deregistering the local branches or similar entities. The national or parent body will continue to be a registered charity
Registered	30/06/2008

This charity is a member of the group called:

Playcentre Aotearoa

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

333 Welcome Bay Road

Welcome Bay

Tauranga

3112

Charity's other details

Phone:

07 544 6406

Email:

welcome.bay@playcentre.org.nz

Website:

http://www.playcentre.org.nz

Facebook:

Welcome Bay Playcentre Public

Areas of Operation:

Bay of Plenty

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC36946

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
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Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

We are a family/whanau led licensed early childhood centre. We are a co-operative community based centre where play and learning are valued for children and their whanau.

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Community development, Fund-raising, Promotion of volunteering

Beneficiaries:

Family / whanau

Children / young people, General public, Families

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 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
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 '' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2016	28/02/2017	10/02/2017	$56,660	$43,784	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Ashlee Debenham	President	30/08/2024
Erin Cooper	Treasurer	31/10/2022
Jenna Fenton	Secretary	31/10/2020

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Ashley Manuel	Co President	30/08/2024
Julie Norrie	Co President	30/08/2024
Steph Taal	Co President	1/04/2024
Sarah Gillum	Secretary	31/10/2023
Alana Leigh Smith	Co president	31/10/2021
Kate McCartin	Co-President	30/11/2020
Heather Orr	Co-President	26/01/2020
Catherine Edser	Co-President	13/12/2019
Alice Woodward	Treasurer	31/10/2019
Raewyn Kelly Shedden	Secretary	1/10/2017
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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)
23/09/2024	NOC027
23/09/2024	NOC026
23/09/2024	NOC025
23/09/2024	NOC023
15/11/2023	NOC022
22/11/2022	NOC021
7/06/2020	NOC020
7/06/2020	NOC019
6/12/2019	NOC018
6/12/2019	NOC015
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Charity Documents

Notices

This entity was removed from a single entity group (CC36923) on 16 February 2018.

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name