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This is the charity information for: Pike River Miners' Relief Fund.

Charity Details

Deregistration details

Legal name of the Charity:

Pike River Miners' Relief Fund

Registration number:

CC45758

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Deregistered

Deregistration Date Requested:

23/12/2025

Deregistration Reason:

The charity is closing down permanently or has closed down (winding up)

Financial information at the time of Deregistration:

Accumulated Assets and Income:

Liabilities:

Below are details of Pike River Miners' Relief Fund at the date of deregistration:

Legal name of the Charity:

Pike River Miners' Relief Fund

Registration number:

CC45758

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Deregistered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

24/11/2010

Balance Date:

June 30

Registration history

Registration Action	Date effective	Reason
De-registered	23/12/2025	The charity is closing down permanently or has closed down (winding up)
Registered	24/11/2010

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

"C/- PO Box 2793, DXSP20009"

Wellington

6140

Charity's Street Address:

C/- 5/1 Whitmore Street

Wellington Central

Wellington

6011

Charity's other details

Areas of Operation:

West Coast

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC45758

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The Fund supports those miners affected, and the families and communities of the miners affected, by the explosion at Pike River Coal Mine on 19 November 2010.

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

Activities:

Makes grants / loans to individuals

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

Sectors:

Social services

Emergency / disaster relief, Fund-raising, People with disabilities

Beneficiaries:

Other (please state)

(Miners, families and communities of miners affected by the explosion at Pike River coal mine 19/11/2010), General public

Entity Structure

Pike River Miners’ Relief Fund is a charitable trust, registered pursuant to the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 and the Charities Act 2005.

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 30 September 2011 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 30 September 2012.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
30/06/2025	31/12/2025	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
30/06/2024	31/12/2024	16/12/2024	$1,949	$0	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023	31/12/2023	20/12/2023	$1,372	$0	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2022	31/12/2022	19/12/2022	$98	$0	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2021	31/12/2021	16/12/2021	$27	$0	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020	31/12/2020	21/12/2020	$369	$40,000	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2019	31/12/2019	21/12/2020	$1,366	$34,950	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2018	31/12/2018	30/08/2018	$1,575	$100,000	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2017	31/12/2017	18/04/2018	$1,977	$10,869	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2016	31/12/2016	24/01/2017	$36,379	$1,097,600	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
John Andrew Sturgeon	Trustee	17/12/2012
Stuart John Nattrass	Trustee	17/12/2012
Paul Gerard Foley	Trustee	24/11/2010

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
18/12/2012	NOC001
24/10/2012	AR001

Charity Documents

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