Vocational Rehabilitation Association

Analysis

Vocational Rehabilitation Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Vocational Rehabilitation Association reported income of £33k and spending of £32k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £28k to £33k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Vocational Rehabilitation Association sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aylesbury Town Chaplaincy (£33k), Sandhurst Counselling Service (£33k) and The Cropwood Estate (£33k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.