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Trust Circumstances Review
This form helps us to review your trust. It will be reviewed on behalf of the independent trustee, who will contact you if there are any further matters to discuss.
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We are required to review your trust circumstances annually. This year this exercise is particularly important as the rules regarding trusts have changed, due to the Trusts Act 2019 coming into force. You can find important information about these changes and how they may affect you
here
.
Trust information
Name of person completing this form
*
First
Last
Primary email address
*
A copy of the answers you submit in this form will automatically be sent to this email address.
Secondary email address
Is there another email address you would like us to copy into correspondence relating to your trust annual review?
Name of trust
*
You may be involved in more than one trust. This questionnaire is asking only about the trust we referred to in our email. Please enter the name of that trust here.
Please name any other trustees who have authorised you to complete this questionnaire on their behalf
If there are other trustees outside of WRMK Lawyers who you do not have authority for, we will generally contact them separately and send them a copy of your completed questionnaire.
Insurance
Is all trust property insured for a sum sufficient to cover the cost of replacement?
*
Yes
No
No insurable assets
What is the name of your insurer?
*
Please upload a copy of your certificate of insurance or renewal notice here.
Alternately, please email the documents through to
*protected email*
Drop files here or
Select files
Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, jpg, png, Max. file size: 128 MB.
Trust property
Have there been any significant renovations to any trust-owned buildings in the last year?
Yes
No
Were any required building consents or code compliance certificates obtained?
Yes
No
Has the occupier of any trust-owned building changed in the last year?
For example, renting a trust property
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Has there been any additional borrowing by the trust in the last year which has not been notified to WRMK?
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Please click on the + symbol at the end of the row to add in more loan details.
Amount borrowed
Name of lender
Purpose of the loan
Since the last review, has the trust lent or distributed any funds, where this has not already been documented by WRMK Lawyers?
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Have you received notice of any claims against the trust, or notification of any non-compliance with laws or regulations by the trust?
e.g. council abatement notices
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Income
Is the trust earning any income from investments?
(i.e. shares, bonds and other assets that can be held in an account, not including direct ownership of land)
Yes
No
Has the trust derived 50% or more of its income in the last three years from investing or trading in financial assets (i.e. shares, bonds and other assets that can be held in an account, not including direct ownership of land)?
*
Yes
No
Are some or all of the trust's assets managed under a discretionary authority by another organisation?
*
By way of example, this would include a situation where Craigs Investment Partners or a similar organisation can buy or sell shares etc on behalf of the trust without the trustees signing off on the individual trades?
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Have the investments of the trust changed significantly in the last 12 months?
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Do you consider that the trust’s investments are appropriate, prudent and in the best interests of the beneficiaries?
*
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Is the trust earning any other income from sources other than investments?
i.e. rent, business income
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Further actions
Do you think that a distribution should be made to any of the beneficiaries of the trust?
Yes
No
Please provide details
*
Are there any other matters that the independent trustees should be aware of?
Do you think that a trustee meeting, either in person or by phone/video conference, is necessary this year?
*
Please note that for some trusts the independent trustee will require a meeting, by phone/video conference or in person. We will contact you if this is the case.
Yes
No
We’ll send you an email to arrange an appointment time, or you can call us on 09 470 2400, and ask to speak to our Trusts Administration team.
Would you like us to contact you to discuss any of the following matters?
Gifting
Enduring Powers of Attorney
Wills
Memorandum of Guidance
Anything else
No thanks
Please provide further details
*