Requesting a correction to the Charitable Trusts Register
How to correct your trust board’s details
If you've made a mistake in a document or in the details on the Charitable Trusts Register that you cannot update yourself, you can ask us to have it corrected.
How to request a correction to the register
To submit a request online
To request a correction using our online service you must have:
- a RealMe® login
- an online services account with the Companies Office
- authority to manage information on behalf of your charitable trust board.
Then follow these steps:
- Log in to your online services account.
- On the dashboard, select the charitable trust board from 'My Businesses'.
- On the 'View Details' page, select 'Maintain Charitable Trust' and 'Lodge Other General Documents'.
- Select 'Request to Correct the Register' from the list of document types.
- Upload your request and click 'Submit'.
To submit a request manually
Send your written request to us.
By post to —
Companies Office
Private Bag 92061
Victoria Street West
Auckland 1142
or by email to compliance@companiesoffice.govt.nz
What happens next
We’ll review your request and, if it's approved, we’ll send you an email or letter to confirm when the correction has been made.
Other guides in
Keeping charitable trust board details up to date
- Reregistering as an incorporated society
- Your responsibilities as a charitable trust board
- Changing your trust board's address
- Changing your trust board's name
- Updating names to include macrons
- Making changes to a trust or a board's rules
