Mission Aviation Fellowship UK

Analysis

Mission Aviation Fellowship UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Folkestone. It was registered in September 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03437446). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mission Aviation Fellowship UK reported income of £17.2m and spending of £17.9m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13.8m to £17.2m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mission Aviation Fellowship UK sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Martin House (£17.0m), The Veterans' Foundation (£17.3m) and Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust (£17.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6.0m. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.5m. Reserves of £5.9m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 104 people.