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Charitable purpose/Take atawhai

To be registered as a charity, your organisation must have charitable purposes.

Fee summary and how to pay

This page lists the different payments required for registered charities.

2024 Charities Services Annual Meeting

On 13 November 2024, we held our Annual Meeting online with representatives of charities from all over the country. The meeting included addresses from key speakers, a Q&A, and information sessions.

Community Sessions

Notice. Charity registration applications are currently taking up to 20 weeks to process. We appreciate your patience. Skip past Navigation to main content. Community Sessions. We are holding in-person Community Sessions, these are scheduled for:.

Charities Act change hub

Notice. Charity registration applications are currently taking up to 20 weeks to process. We appreciate your patience. Skip past Navigation to main content. Charities Act change hub. Updated 5 October 2023. The Charities Act 2005 (the Act) has been

How to use the Tier 3 Excel template

This relates only to the Tier 3 Public Benefit Entity Simple Format Reporting – Accrual (Not-for-Profit) PBE SFR A (NFP) Standard.

Benefits and obligations of registered charities

Here is where you can learn about the different benefits and obligations of registered charities under the Charities Act 2005.

Reporting Standards

Updated 10 July 2023

2019 Charities Services Annual Meeting

About 200 people gathered in Christchurch on 23 September 2019 to attend Charities Services’ Annual Meeting.

Update charity details

Registration with Charities Services obliges charities to notify us of changes to name, address for service, balance date, rules, purposes or officers no later than three months after the effective date of the change. This notification is to be done