MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP UK

Charity number: 1064598
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

MAF uses light aircraft to transform the lives of some of the world's most isolated people in need. Working in partnership with hundreds of other Christian and humanitarian organisations, MAF delivers help, hope and healing to remote and inaccessible communities in the developing world. MAF UK is the largest provider of resources for MAF International's work within the MAF global partnership.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£13,996,000

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Donations and legacies £13.85m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £0
Investments £146.00k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£15,739,000

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Raising funds £2.61m
Charitable activities £13.13m
Other £0

£84,000 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £2.61m
Charitable expenditure £13.13m

People

92 Employee(s)

10 Trustee(s)

429 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 5
£80k to £90k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
Where the charity operates:
  • Australia
  • Chad
  • East Timor
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Nepal
  • Papua New Guinea
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 September 1997: Standard registration
  • 11 October 2023: Funds received from 1178711 NORTH SHIELDS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
  • 17 September 2024: Funds received from 290227 AUCTIONS FOR CHRISTIAN MISSION
  • 13 November 2024: Funds received from 277472 THE CLUMBER CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 11 December 2024: Funds received from 1003939 HETTY GEORGE DRC TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MAF UK (Working name)
  • MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP UK LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Stuart Matheson Trustee 13 January 2024
None on record
GORDON MAY Trustee 14 December 2023
EUROVANGELISM
Received: On time
ANDREW STRANG MACLAY Trustee 20 September 2023
FRIENDS OF BURUNDI
Received: On time
THE FINDINGS TRUST
Received: On time
Clare Tunbridge Trustee 20 September 2023
EMERGING LEADERS
Received: On time
Elizabeth Ann Saunders Trustee 22 September 2021
SUTTON COMMUNITY WORKS
Received: On time
WILLIAM NAIRN LOWE Trustee 16 April 2021
THE SILVER HOPE TRUST
Received: On time
Carl Knightly Trustee 16 April 2021
None on record
Steve Osei-Mensah Trustee 26 April 2017
None on record
Max Gove Trustee 26 April 2017
None on record
Matthew Burton Trustee 15 December 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £11.68m £12.65m £13.79m £15.97m £14.00m
Total expenditure £13.51m £12.26m £12.60m £17.12m £15.74m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £33.00k N/A £38.00k £21.97k N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £11.63m £12.63m £13.78m £15.91m £13.85m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £54.00k £17.00k £12.00k £60.00k £146.00k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £2.84m £2.91m £4.61m £4.89m £3.76m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £11.12m £10.15m £10.47m £14.96m £13.13m
Expenditure - Raising funds £2.39m £2.12m £2.12m £2.16m £2.61m
Expenditure - Governance £29.00k £18.00k £19.00k £24.00k £29.00k
Expenditure - Grants institution £6.08m £5.50m £5.56m £7.06m £6.33m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £91.00k £50.00k £83.00k £48.00k £36.00k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £1.03m £1.08m
Other assets £7.73m £8.23m £9.56m £8.09m £6.90m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £342.00k £416.00k £588.00k £1.25m £1.76m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 29 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 29 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 26 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 26 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 01 June 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 01 June 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 26 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 26 April 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 16 June 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 16 June 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/09/1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/10/2007 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/05/2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/04/2015

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SUCH MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING THE WORK OF MISSION AVIATION, CHURCHES, MISSIONS AND RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES SO THAT THE LOVE OF CHRIST IS SHARED BY WORD AND PRACTICAL MEANS

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP
CASTLE HOUSE
CASTLE HILL AVENUE
FOLKESTONE
CT20 2TQ
Phone:
01303850950
Email:
maf@maf-uk.org
Website:

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