# Adult Conductive Education Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC48499
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2012-09-18
**Sector:** Health
**ICNPO group:** Health
**Region:** Christchurch
**NZBN:** 9429043187355
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

PURPOSE To build a community, through Conductive Education, that enables people to have: - • Bodies that move and are healthy • Hearts that are nourished and proud • Minds that are purposeful and delighted In doing so champion Enabling Good Lives Principles – self-determination; mana enhancing; relationship building; natural supports; person driven; ordinary life outcomes; mainstream first, beginning early; easy to use. UNDERPINNING BELIEF Adult Conductive Education Trust (ACET) knows that Conductive Education, as a holistic, intense, respectful education paradigm and therapy, offers the most effective model to ensure people with neurological disorders reach their self-determined choices and life outcomes.

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — Reports under the Tier 3/4 regime with limited disclosure and no detected red flags.
- **Status code:** `limited_disclosure`
- **Flags raised by the methodology:** none

Ratings are an analytical view computed from this charity's own filings to the Charities Register, using a published methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology. They are not advice and not a statement about any individual.

## Latest annual return (year ended 2026-03-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$93k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$90k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$3k
- **Total assets:** not disclosed
- **Total liabilities:** not disclosed
- **Net assets:** not disclosed
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$45k
- **Government grants:** NZ$29k (31.1% of revenue)
- **Donations:** NZ$15k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$61k
- **Paid staff:** 6
- **Reporting tier:** Tier4
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=f4f06926-912d-f111-bb51-000d3acc4199&isPublic=true

All figures are as filed by the charity with Charities Services, in New Zealand dollars.

## Filing history

| Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Surplus/deficit | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | NZ$93k | NZ$90k | NZ$3k | not disclosed |
| 2025-03-31 | NZ$88k | NZ$95k | NZ$-7k | not disclosed |
| 2024-03-31 | NZ$74k | NZ$88k | NZ$-14k | NZ$32k |
| 2023-03-31 | NZ$51k | NZ$60k | not disclosed | NZ$56k |
| 2022-03-31 | NZ$47k | NZ$44k | not disclosed | NZ$68k |
| 2021-03-31 | NZ$41k | NZ$29k | not disclosed | NZ$68k |
| 2020-03-31 | NZ$35k | NZ$22k | not disclosed | NZ$72k |
| 2019-03-31 | NZ$32k | NZ$24k | not disclosed | NZ$51k |
| 2018-03-31 | NZ$34k | NZ$37k | not disclosed | NZ$40k |
| 2017-03-31 | NZ$53k | NZ$35k | not disclosed | NZ$41k |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 6 current (13 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** yes
- **Most recent audit opinion:** unqualified

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC48499) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **Pub Charity Limited** (foundation) — NZ$18k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$3k, year ended 2021-12-31
- **Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited** (foundation) — NZ$2k, year ended 2021-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-25
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-25
- Rating: computed 2026-09-26
- This document generated: 2026-09-30

Figures are as filed. A charity that has filed since the dates above may have newer numbers on the Charities Register.

## More data

- Charity profile: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/adult-conductive-education-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/adult-conductive-education-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/adult-conductive-education-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC48499
- Charity website: www.acet.org.nz

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/adult-conductive-education-trust. Primary source: Charities Services (Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai), Department of Internal Affairs. Analytical scores are CharityData's own, computed under a published methodology, and are not advice. Generated 2026-09-30T12:05:03.946Z.