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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

ARA Heritage Buses Incorporated

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

ARA Heritage Buses Inc.

Registration number:

CC58063

NZBN number:

9429047889828

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

20/08/2020

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 1238

Shortland Street

Auckland Central

Auckland

1140

Charity's Street Address:

132 Wilks Road

RD 4

Dairy Flat

Albany

0794

Charity's other details

Email:

info@araheritagebus.org.nz

Website:

https://araheritagebus.org.nz

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/araheritagebus.org.nz

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ARA_Heritage

Other Social Network:

https://www.instagram.com/ara_heritage/

Areas of Operation:

Auckland

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC58063

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To establish a public display consisting of former Auckland Regional Authority (ARA) buses, restored, preserved for posterity and the people of Auckland City, present, former and future. At a later stage, we will enter talks, or discussions with the appropriate organizations to promote the idea of forming a bus museum, covering a wide variety of urban buses and tour coaches that have served through-out New Zealand. The emphasis initially will be on vehicles pre-1990.

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

Activities:

Other (please state)

(Eventually to provide a public attraction, display consisting of static buses and and functioning heritage buses to the public. Establish a bus museum. )

Sectors:

Arts / culture / heritage

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

General public

Legal Structure

Incorporated Society

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.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
31/03/2025	30/09/2025	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/03/2024	31/12/2024	2/03/2025	$14,923	$15,831	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	31/12/2023	12/01/2024	$8,310	$7,266	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	31/12/2022	31/12/2022	$1,896	$0	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	31/12/2021	22/12/2021	$550	$0	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Christopher Bennett	Treasurer	1/12/2024
Nathaniel Ethan Engels	President & Negotiator	1/12/2024
Paul Gourley	Historian of Collections	18/02/2020
James Peter Puletaha	Secretary	20/01/2020

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
John Charles Major Champness	Deputy Chair	1/12/2024
Lyle Drysdale	President	1/07/2024

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
15/02/2025	NOC007
16/06/2021	NOC003
11/03/2021	NOC001

Charity Documents

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