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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Ruapehu Emergency Services Charitable Trust.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Ruapehu Emergency Services Charitable Trust

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

RESCT

Registration number:

CC56673

NZBN number:

9429047100633

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

20/03/2019

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 1

National Park

3948

Charity's Street Address:

31 Carroll Street

31 Buddo Street

National Park

3989

Charity's other details

Phone:

0275428338

Email:

contactresct@gmail.com

Areas of Operation:

Waikato

Manawatu - Wanganui

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC56673

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To maintain the Central Plateau Emergency Management Centre in Waimarino in a ready state, and upgrade it as needed, so it can continue to serve as a modern and effective incident control point, search and rescue base and training facility for civil defence emergency management, and search and rescue in the Central North Island.

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

Activities:

Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Emergency / disaster relief

Fund-raising

Beneficiaries:

General public

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.

Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing an annual return for the year ending 31 March 2019 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	1/09/2026	$401	$24,954	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2025	31/10/2025	22/10/2025	$0	$27,791	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	31/10/2024	24/10/2024	$276,632	$2,548	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	30/09/2023	$764,563	$5,000	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	30/09/2022	$10,093	$660	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	19/07/2021	$400	$1,806	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	29/09/2020	$71,000	$0	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	-	-	-	-	Exempt

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Libby Emerson-O'Brien	Trustee	24/09/2025
Mark Bolten	Trustee	24/09/2025
Simon Osborne	Trustee	24/09/2025
Conrad Richard Smith	Trustee and Chairman	20/03/2019
Theo Chapman	Trustee, Secretary and Treasurer	20/03/2019

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Andrew Gavin Chambers	Trustee	24/09/2025
Andrew Rundle Hoyle	Trustee	24/09/2025
Graeme Swift	Trustee	24/09/2025
Jonathan Roy McQueen	Trustee	24/09/2025
Callum Learmonth	Trustee	3/06/2021
Nicholas Watson	Trustee	3/06/2021

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
20/01/2026	NOC008
22/10/2025	NOC006

Charity Documents

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