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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Driving Creek Railway Limited.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Driving Creek Railway Limited

Registration number:

CC53969

NZBN number:

9429036016600

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

14/09/2016

Balance Date:

March 31

This charity is a member of the group called:

Driving Creek Railway

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

380 Driving Creek Road

Coromandel

3506

Charity's other details

Phone:

02102700292

Email:

jo@coroaccounts.com

Website:

https://drivingcreek.nz

Areas of Operation:

Waikato

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC53969

Group Members

Below are all the members of Driving Creek Railway. Click into the individual members below to view their charity summary.

Member Charities
Driving Creek Railway Arts and Conservation Trust
Driving Creek Railway Limited

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Operation of scenic railway developed by Barry Brickell in recognition of significant engineering achievements recognised world wide. To promote the NZ clay arts. To actively support conservation on the Coromandel and to assis the creation of economic benefit for Coromandel Town with funds being used exclusively to promote the purposes of the Driving Creek Railway Arts & Conservation Trust (Wildlife sanctuary, conservation, heritage ceramics collection, development of the art of ceramics).

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

Activities:

Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

Provides other finance (e.g. investment funds)

Sectors:

Arts / culture / heritage

Fund-raising

Beneficiaries:

General public

Other charities

Legal Structure

Company

Annual Returns

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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.

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
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2025	30/09/2025	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2018	30/09/2018	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/03/2017	30/09/2017	Member of 'Driving Creek Railway' group - click here to view Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Matthew Harker	Chairperson	14/09/2026
Phillida Perry	Director	8/10/2025
Stephanie Parkyn	Director	8/10/2025
Christopher Gavin Brickell	Director	11/11/2022

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Colin Ross Abernethy	Director	22/09/2025
Neil Francis Oppatt	Director	2/06/2025
Laurie Steer	Director	31/05/2022

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
14/09/2026	NOC010

Charity Documents

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