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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