Missio

Registered charity 1056651 · since 1996missio.org.uk·International·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£3.3M

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Missio's stated focus is Catholic missionary dioceses where the Church is too young or poor to be self-sustaining, including diocesan running costs, church, school and children's home buildings, and training for priests and sisters, so a request fits best when it is framed around that work.
Its funding is channelled through local bishops, so the route in is likely to be through a bishop or diocese, which its contact can confirm.
Its annual report shows £3,333,068 paid out, but no grant range is published, so check the likely size of a request with the contact before setting a figure.
No application process is published, and neither its annual report nor its website says how competitive it is or when decisions are made; it allocates funds according to recipients' expressed needs after project-panel assessment, so a clear account of local need is what to prepare.

Overview

Missio is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1056651).

Missio is the primary conduit for the spiritual and financial support of Catholic missionary dioceses throughout the world, where the Church is too young or poor to be self-sustaining, and its mission is enabling all Catholics to live out their call to mission through their prayers and actions. Its funding is channelled through local Bishops in four categories: day-to-day costs of missionary dioceses, building projects, care of children, and training future Priests and Sisters. It supports the training of over 25,000 future Priests and 11,000 Religious Sisters each year and makes an impact in 1,070 mission dioceses in 157 countries. The Association for the Propagation of the Faith was founded by a woman whose vision made Missio's work possible.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Missio supports Catholic missionary dioceses in places where the Church is too young or poor to be self-sustaining, channeling funding through local bishops. Its support covers diocesan day-to-day costs and the building and repair of churches, schools, homes for children and community halls, as well as training catechists, priests and sisters. It also supports the physical and spiritual care of children, including orphans and street children, through projects focused on education, healthcare, nutrition and spiritual formation. Missio describes its wider work as helping local people build and sustain faith communities, and says it responds to recipients' expressed needs after project-panel assessment. It works with local missionaries and church communities worldwide, including communities that are poor or in need regardless of background or belief.

Themes

Catholic mission dioceses
Church infrastructure
Children's welfare
Priest and sister training
Children's education and health

Geographic Focus

Throughout the world.

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.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Funding is allocated according to recipients' expressed needs after assessment by the project panel.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Missio.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£5,074,822	£3,200,941	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£5,104,011	£4,944,845	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£4,055,297	£4,915,470	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£5,630,749	£4,443,056	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£6,498,357	£4,907,000	£3,333,068	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for those years.

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.