High Flight
Analysis
High Flight is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harmondsworth. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2025, High Flight reported income of £42k and spending of £35k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £23k to £42k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, High Flight sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zodiac Arts (£42k), More Than Words Charity (£42k) and Trefnant Village Hall and Memorial Field (£42k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The relief of persons with a physical or mental disability and to improve their conditions of life by providing and assisting in the provision of flight training and associated activities and to advance the education of such persons and of children and young people generally in aviation and related subjects.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Arts | London | £42k |
| More Than Words Charity | Tonbridge | £42k |
| Trefnant Village Hall and Memorial Field | Denbigh | £42k |
| Nettleham Village Hall | Lincoln | £42k |