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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Empower Communities Charitable Trust

Registration number:

CC59517

NZBN number:

9429049497908

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

19/08/2021

Balance Date:

March 31

Name change history

Name	Effective Date
Community Empowerment Charitable Trust	19/08/2021
Empower Communities Charitable Trust	9/03/2022

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 9094

Tower Junction

Addington

Christchurch

8149

Charity's Street Address:

3 Picton Avenue

Addington

Christchurch

8011

Charity's other details

Website:

http://empowercommunities.org

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Overseas

Asia

Turkey

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Ethnic Communities

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC59517

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The Community Empowerment Charitable Trust would like to support Uyghur communities and other communities through providing services listed below, but not limited to a) Business creation and development grants or loans b) Employment orientated Training Grants c) Education Grants d) Wellbeing support

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

Activities:

Makes grants / loans to individuals

Sectors:

Community development

Education / training / research, Health, International activities, Economic development

Beneficiaries:

People of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Migrants / refugees

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.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/03/2025	20/02/2026	23/02/2026	$71,697	$52,149	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	31/01/2025	16/01/2025	$99,216	$79,636	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	29/02/2024	19/03/2024	$119,808	$30,666	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	31/12/2022	5/12/2022	$11,101	$927	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Restricted

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)
19/03/2024	NOC006
13/04/2022	NOC003
15/03/2022	NOC002
28/02/2022	NOC001

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name