“The trustee for Revival Trust” is an Australian Discretionary Investment Trust. ABN 38 835 163 062, formed in the year 2000, with the assistance of Wightons Lawyers. 

As a medium-sized charity, it generates between $500,000 and $3,000,000 per year and enjoys tax-free status. It is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Registry.

Purpose

Up until 2015, the purpose of the Revival Trust was: 

• The relief of poverty, sickness or the needs of the aged 

• The advancement of religion 

• The provision of child care services 

• Other: 

  • The training of young people to be law-abiding citizens, free of drugs and riotous behaviour.

  • Training of young people to enter the work force and become productive members of society.

  • Training towards being successful and responsible marriage partners.

From 2015, the Revival Trust modified its stated services to remove reference to poverty, sickness, the aged, religion and childcare services. 

The Trust now now only dedicates itself to:  

• Other: 

• The training of young people to be law-abiding citizens, free of drugs and riotous behaviour.

• Training of young people to enter the work force and become productive members of society.

• Training towards being successful and responsible marriage partners.

The Revival Trust Deed is a publicly available legal document that defines the number of Trustees (3), their roles and its how the Trust is to be managed in order to provide the services for which it has been granted a tax exemption.

Unfortunately for the Trustees added in 2015, their appointment was accompanied by several limiting changes to their powers:

• All individual Trustees, except for [REDACTED] , can be removed from their position, at any time, with no warning or notice. 

• All powers to appoint new trustees in the hands of [REDACTED], as long as he remains a Trustee.

• [REDACTED] has the power to unilaterally decide the outcome of any disputes between his fellow Trustees.

• And finally, sole Director of the company which has been entrusted with the assets of the Revival Trust, is able to take decisions without any review by other trustees.

Public records show that The Geelong Revival Centre is a privately-owned Australian Proprietary Company, embedded within a Tax-Exempt charity.

1. The GRC Company has one owner, one director, one secretary, and one employee. 

2. The company, including significant real-estate holdings, is 100% owned by one individual; Noel Hollins. 

3. The GRC Trust, established to manage the GRC Company, has one Trustee with effective control over its operations; Noel Hollins. 

4. Unlike many other Revival groups, The Geelong Revival Centre is not a Recognised Religious Denomination under the Australian Marriage Act.