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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

DeafBlind Association of New Zealand Charitable Trust

Registration number:

CC53793

NZBN number:

9429043242832

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

29/08/2016

Balance Date:

June 30

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 263

Ashburton

7740

Charity's Street Address:

8 Park Street

Ashburton

7700

Charity's other details

Phone:

0800 450 650

Email:

info@deafblindassociation.nz

Website:

https://www.deafblindassociation.nz

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC53793

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To advocate for people who have a dual sensory deafblind hearing and low vision loss disability and to coordinate appropriate resources and equal opportunities throughout New Zealand in accommodation, education, employment, further training, health, wellbeing, welfare, rehabilitation, respite, interpreter services, recreation/leisure and other support services for all those with a hearing and vision impairment loss.

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

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

People with disabilities

Beneficiaries:

People with disabilities

Entity Structure

To recognise the need for a charity enabling all deafblind to achieve a healthy, safe, happy quality of life and allowing them to reach their potential by way of advocacy and support.

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.

Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure
31/12/2021	28/12/2021	$91,989	$102,675
30/09/2020	29/09/2020	$78,099	$64,139
30/09/2019	15/10/2019	$92,176	$52,402
30/09/2018	5/10/2018	$30,513	$39,240
30/09/2017	29/09/2017	$46,610	$17,830

Annual return table statuses:

• Not paid – We have not matched a payment with the Annual Return.
• Processing – We have to do some work in the background to process the Annual Return.
• Not required – This charity was deregistered for this year, and the annual return is not required.
• If there is no entry, the charity may have made a request to have the information withheld for public interest reasons.

= Balance Date Change
-	This Annual Return will cover 15 months from 1 April 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Vaughan Dodd	Chairperson	31/10/2020
Kevin Prince	Trustee	27/07/2017
Donald McKenzie	Trustee	3/05/2017
Lynda Stevenson	Trustee	3/05/2017

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Georgina McLeod	Trustee	31/05/2021
David Wilson	Chairperson	31/10/2020

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)
22/01/2021	NOC007
9/08/2017	NOC002
28/07/2017	NOC001