Accounting for Charities Trust — Education Charity in Upper Hutt

Accounting for Charities Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.

Mission: Provide affordable, quality financial and governance training and education for the benefit of the Not-For-Profit sector.

Registration Number
CC46662
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2011-06-07
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt
Email
info@charityaccounts.org.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
March 2026

Beneficiaries: General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.4M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.4M NZD
Total Assets
$0.2M NZD
Net Assets
$0.1M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
8
Financial Year End
2026-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2026$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2025$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2024$0.5M$0.4M$0.1M
2023$0.5M$0.5M$0.1M
2022$0.4M$0.4M$0.1M
2021$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2020$0.4M$0.3M$0.1M
2019$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2018$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M
2017$0.3M$0.3M$0.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (7)

  • Bernard Townsend — Trustee
  • Bernie Townsend — Trustee (departed 2013-05-17)
  • David Turner — Trustee (departed 2013-01-11)
  • Terei Koopu — Trustee
  • Princely Muttiah — Trustee
  • Sarah Vallance — Trustee (departed 2016-03-18)
  • Mark Vallance — Trustee (departed 2011-08-15)

Funding Sources

  • Lion Foundation — $7,000

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Accounting for Charities Trust

CC46662Upper Hutt, Upper HuttRegistered 7 Jun 2011
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials6mo agoRating3d ago

Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)

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Reasons to look carefully (1)

These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.

  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 3. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.

Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.

Revenue

$420.4K

Expenses

$416.0K

Assets

$178.7K

Staff

8

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Education
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Wellington

About

Mission

Provide affordable, quality financial and governance training and education for the benefit of the Not-For-Profit sector.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General publicMigrants / refugeesOlder peopleOther charitiesPeople with disabilitiesReligious groupsVoluntary bodies other than charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$420.4K
Total Expenses
$416.0K
Net Assets
$145.5K
Staff
8
employees

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (15 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
3.6mo
Could operate 3.6 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

29
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 7,119
High Concentration: 83% of revenue from Other
Other82.6%
Government Grants17.2%
Investment Income0.2%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#38/133
Revenue
$420K
#41/133
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/133
Surplus
$4K
#87/133
Staff Cost %
43%
#133/133

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating History

NR
2026
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 10 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 10 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
10
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt

Registration

Registration NumberCC46662
Entity TypeTrust
Registered7 Jun 2011
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated29 Apr 2011
Registered office
25 Ariki Street, Boulcott, Lower Hutt

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 29 September 2026.