# The Brain Garden Trust

**Charities Register number:** CC58299
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2020-10-08
**Sector:** Health
**ICNPO group:** Health
**Region:** Wellington
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

Providing education about mindfulness-based practices to provide support to children who have chronic or long-term illness, or heart conditions as a result of congenital heart defects, which have resulted in conditions such as (but not limited to) chronic pain, trauma, anxiety, stress, and a sense of being overwhelmed.

## CharityData rating

- **Not rated** — The filed financial data is incomplete or internally inconsistent, so a score would not be meaningful.
- **Status code:** `insufficient_data`
- **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 2025-03-31)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$191
- **Total expenses:** not disclosed
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$191
- **Total assets:** not disclosed
- **Total liabilities:** not disclosed
- **Net assets:** not disclosed
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$2k
- **Donations:** NZ$150
- **Staff costs:** NZ$0
- **Volunteers:** 0
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=091a42a3-c10e-f011-bb41-0022480ffcd1&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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | NZ$191 | not disclosed | NZ$191 | not disclosed |
| 2024-03-31 | NZ$33k | NZ$36k | NZ$-3k | not disclosed |
| 2023-03-31 | NZ$3k | NZ$6k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2022-03-31 | NZ$9k | NZ$12k | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| 2021-03-31 | NZ$11k | NZ$3k | not disclosed | not disclosed |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 6 current (11 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** no

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC58299) and on the charity's profile page.

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-09-01
- Financials: last updated 2026-05-29
- Rating: computed 2026-09-11
- This document generated: 2026-09-11

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/the-brain-garden-trust
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-brain-garden-trust/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-brain-garden-trust/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC58299

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/the-brain-garden-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 2026-09-11T16:07:17.173Z.