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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

WriteMark Plain English Awards Trust

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Plain Language Awards

Registration number:

CC42158

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

8/09/2009

Balance Date:

March 31

Name change history

Name	Effective Date
Writemark Plain English Awards Trust	8/09/2009
WriteMark Plain English Awards Trust	26/04/2011

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 5938

Lambton Quay

Wellington

6145

Charity's Street Address:

Level 7

342 Lambton Quay

Wellington Central

Wellington

6011

Charity's other details

Phone:

04 384 6447

Email:

enquiries@plainlanguageawards.org.nz

Website:

http://www.plainlanguageawards.org.nz

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/plainlanguageawards

Twitter:

https://x.com/PlainLangAwards

Other Social Network:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/plain-language-awards

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Overseas

Oceania

Australia

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC42158

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The purpose of the Trust is to help bring plain language into common use in New Zealand and Australia by publicly acknowledging the efforts of organisations that use plain language. The Trust was formed in 2008, and organises and hosts the annual Plain Language Awards.

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

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Acts as an umbrella / resource body

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Health, Environment / conservation, Social services, Arts / culture / heritage

Beneficiaries:

General public

Children / young people, Other charities, Voluntary bodies other than charities, Older people, People with disabilities, Family / whanau, Migrants / refugees

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

31/03/2025

30/09/2025

18/05/2026

$30,123

$13,686

31/03/2024

30/09/2024

18/05/2026

$52,818

$59,761

31/03/2023

30/09/2023

22/08/2024

$8,838

$39,821

31/03/2022

30/09/2022

4/11/2022

$61,071

$50,924

31/03/2021

30/09/2021

$24,418

$5,327

31/03/2020

30/09/2020

24/09/2020

$24,609

$28,748

31/03/2019

30/09/2019

9/10/2019

$56,517

$49,354

31/03/2018

30/09/2018

12/11/2018

$51,216

$42,274

31/03/2017

30/09/2017

19/12/2017

$22,045

$7,095

31/03/2016

30/09/2016

17/01/2017

$11,000

$8,166

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Lynda Harris	Trustee	8/08/2019
Nicola Welby	Trustee/Secretary	12/06/2008
Wayne Wright	Trustee/Committee Member	12/06/2008

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Gregory Fortuin	Chair	21/06/2023
Christopher Travers	Trustee	1/12/2015
Batch Hales	Trustee	12/11/2015
Christopher Travers	Chair/Trustee	1/07/2015

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)
25/07/2023	NOC021
26/02/2020	NOC016
22/08/2017	NOC010
17/08/2016	NOC007
10/12/2015	NOC006
12/11/2015	NOC005
16/04/2013	AR004
22/12/2011	AR003
26/04/2011	NOC002

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name