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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Weber Voluntary Rural Fire Force

Registration number:

CC55819

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

21/06/2018

Balance Date:

June 30

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

8766 Route 52

RD 9

Weber

Dannevirke

4979

Charity's Street Address:

1 Gordon Road

Weber

Dannevirke

4970

Charity's other details

Phone:

027 3242853

Email:

william_fountaine@yahoo.com

Website:

https://www.fireandemergency.nz

Areas of Operation:

Hawke's Bay

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC55819

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The purpose of the VRFF is to undertake fire prevention measures as deemed necessary and to respond to and extinguish fires in vegetation within its designated area of responsibility for the benefit of the community. Where practicable, the VRFF will also be available to assist other Rural Fire Forces under control of the Hawke's Bay/Tararua District.

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

Activities:

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

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides advice / information / advocacy

Sectors:

Emergency / disaster relief

Promotion of volunteering

Beneficiaries:

General public

Legal Structure

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 for the year ending 30 June 2018 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
30/06/2025	31/12/2025	24/11/2025	$7,741	$4,497	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2024	31/12/2024	25/04/2025	$6,377	$1,352	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023	31/12/2023	23/04/2025	$6,175	$7,825	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2022	31/12/2022	9/11/2022	$5,761	$2,347	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2021	31/12/2021	16/12/2021	$5,759	$11,731	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020	31/12/2020	11/01/2021	$5,761	$1,621	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2019	31/12/2019	4/10/2019	$5,776	$8,447	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2018	31/12/2018	-	-	-	-	Exempt

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Daniel Crosse	Deputy Controller	23/04/2025
George Philip	Treasurer	7/11/2022
Steve WAINUIORU Hardie	Secretary	2/11/2020
Willy Fountaine	Controller	5/08/2019

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Hamish Crosse	Controller	7/11/2022
Edwin Phillip Wishnowsky	Principal Rural Fire Officer	4/10/2021
Steve Free	Secretary/ Treasurer	2/11/2020
Guy Laver	VRFF Controller	5/08/2019

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
9/11/2022	NOC004

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