Acle and District Voluntary Aid Scheme

Analysis

Acle and District Voluntary Aid Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Acle and District Voluntary Aid Scheme reported income of £34k and spending of £35k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £10k to £34k (+225%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Acle and District Voluntary Aid Scheme sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% 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 Hoping York Street Kitchen (£34k), Bradford Disability Football Club (£34k) and The Maud Beattie Murchie Charitable Trust (£34k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.