Mapaction

Analysis

Mapaction is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chinnor. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06611408). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mapaction reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.3m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mapaction sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sussex Cricket Foundation (£1.3m), West of England Sport Trust (£1.3m) and Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind (Arshad Madani) (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77% and donations and legacies 23%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £285k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.