The Rehabilitation Trust

Analysis

The Rehabilitation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rehabilitation Trust reported income of £974k and spending of £996k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £5.6m to £974k (-83%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Rehabilitation Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Effective Intervention (£974k), Beechwood Cancer Care Centre (£974k) and Magic Bus Global (£973k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £80k. Reserves of £10k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

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.