Mission Aviation Fellowship
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Mission Aviation Fellowship's stated theme is mission aviation, and its grants to sister MAF groups mainly help provide it, so a request works best if it shows how flights or aircraft would help a project reach remote or isolated communities.
- No grant range is stated, so there is no published basis for sizing a request, and the sensible step is to ask the charity before setting an amount.
- No application process is published, so start by getting in touch through the contact the charity shows rather than sending a cold formal application.
- No published information says how competitive the funder is or how it chooses grants, so it cannot tell you how much a first approach will count for.
Overview
Mission Aviation Fellowship is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1064598).
Mission Aviation Fellowship is a registered charity whose purpose is to bring help, hope and healing through aviation, and to see isolated people changed by the love of Christ. Inspired by their Christian faith, its founders chose to use their flying and engineering skills to reach the world's most isolated people. Its aviation work provides flights for aid, development and mission organisations so they can reach remote and inaccessible communities. It has annual giving of £6,511,000, and its grants to sister MAF groups primarily assist the provision of mission aviation.
What they fund
Priority Areas
MAF UK supports the worldwide MAF partnership by providing funds, skilled staff and prayer support to keep aircraft operating. Its grants to sister MAF groups primarily assist the provision of mission aviation. Through its aviation work, MAF works with Christian and relief organisations, and provides flights for aid, development and mission organisations so they can reach remote and inaccessible communities. Its pilots and personnel transport people and supplies, enabling partners to bring practical help, physical healing and spiritual hope to communities isolated by geographical barriers, disasters, war or conflict. The organisations it works alongside include international development and mission agencies, humanitarian aid and relief organisations, and churches.
Themes
- Mission aviation
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)
- Australia
- Chad
- East Timor
- Guinea
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Nepal
- Papua New Guinea
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £13,787,000 | £12,598,000 | £5,561,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £15,971,000 | £17,122,000 | £7,063,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £13,996,000 | £15,739,000 | £6,325,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £17,150,000 | £16,444,000 | £5,113,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £17,179,000 | £17,890,000 | £6,511,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- maf-uk.org/about-maf-uk/our-funding · read on 23 October 2026
- maf-uk.org · read on 23 October 2026
- maf-uk.org/about-maf-uk · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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Applying to Mission Aviation Fellowship?
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Contact
- 01303 852819source
- Mission Aviation Fellowship UK, Castle House, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2TQsource
- maf-uk.org
Applying to Mission Aviation Fellowship?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 01303 852819source
- Mission Aviation Fellowship UK, Castle House, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, CT20 2TQsource
- maf-uk.org