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MAPACTION

UK charitable organization

MapAction is a humanitarian mapping charity that works through skilled volunteers. Its aim is to save lives and minimise suffering by making the response to humanitarian emergencies as efficient and effective as possible.When a disaster strikes, MapAction deploys volunteer mapping professionals to the scene to help coordinate the response and get aid to where it is needed most.

Active at least since
2008
Income 2025
£1.3M
Public funds 2022
60%

Accounts

Income Expenditure

£0£1M£2M£3M20212022202320242025

Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register

Where the money comes from (2022)

Public funds 60% (£1.1M) · Other income 40%

Public funds: grants and contracts from government bodies as declared to the Charity Commission. Other income includes donations, legacies, trading and investments. Many organisations record funds from UN agencies and the European Union as income from charitable activities: in that case the public share is underestimated.

Data table
YearIncomeExpenditurePublic fundsStaffSource
2025-12-31£1.3M£1.3M–22Charity Commission (England & Wales)
2024-12-31£1.8M£2M–21Charity Commission (England & Wales)
2023-12-31£1.6M£1.9M–19Charity Commission (England & Wales)
2022-12-31£1.8M£1.7M60%15Charity Commission (England & Wales)
2021-12-31£1.7M£1.5M10%14Charity Commission (England & Wales)

European Union funding

€0€1M€2M20152017
Data table
YearHumanitarian aid (ECHO)Total committed
2017€1.1M€1.1M
2015€900,056€900,056

Amounts committed each year by the European Commission to the organisation (contracts and grants), from the EU Financial Transparency System. A commitment often covers several project years and, in consortia, may include shares of other partners. They are not income for the year and should not be compared directly with the accounts.

Public funds from donor governments

€0€1M€2M201520172019202120232025
Payments by donor in the last 5 years
Donor20212022202320242025
USAID (United States)€361,117€496,779€924,799€711,966€32,070
Auswärtiges Amt (Germany)€214,707€78,421–––
BZ (Netherlands)€182,280€43,582–––
FCDO (United Kingdom)€160,986€25,348–––

Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.

Spending on declared projects (IATI)

$0$1M$2M2012201520172018201920202021

Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).

Countries with projects published on IATI

United Kingdom ↗ 1 · Madagascar ↗ 1 · Malawi ↗ 1 · Philippines ↗ 1

Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.

Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)

ProjectCountryPeriodSpending
Building sector wide capacity for geospatial analysis and other technologies to deepen the impact and effectiveness of humanitarian information management in humanitarian action2021–2024
ongoing
–
Enhancing timely and effective application of geospatial data and technologies to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian response2021–2022
ongoing
$646,731
COVID-19 Global Hub Support Centre2020–2021
closed
$161,166
Improving Mapping and Geospatial Analysis for First Phase Emergency Response, Preparedness and Local Capacity Building.2019–2020
closed
$662,865
To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian emergency response through better use of maps and other geospatial services.2018–2021
closing
$979,950
“More than Words – Improving the impact of GIS products in humanitarian response”2017–2021
closed
$1.4M
Improving efficiency and effectiveness of response in humanitarian emergencies through provision of expert Mapping and GIS services in the first response phases.2017–2021
closed
$1M
Malawi flood Jan 15Malawi2015–2015
closed
$17,512
MapAction Operating 2015United Kingdom2015–2015
closed
$1.3M
Madagascar tropical storms responseMadagascar2012–…
closed
$8,097
Philippines cyclone responsePhilippines2012–…
closed
$13,907

Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.

All projects on d-portal ↗

Countries declared

United Arab Emirates · Argentina · Bolivia · Congo - Kinshasa · Switzerland · Chile · Cameroon · China · Colombia · Costa Rica · Germany · Ecuador · Estonia · Fiji · France · Ghana · Greece · Indonesia · India · Iraq · Italy · Jordan · Kenya · Liberia · Mali · Mongolia · Malawi · Mexico · Nepal · New Zealand · Oman · Panama · Peru · Palestinian Territories · Paraguay · Serbia · Sudan · Sweden · Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Syria · Thailand · Türkiye · United States · Vanuatu · Yemen · South Africa

Official checks

Public register
Charity Commission — active registration
Latest accounts filed
2025 (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
Annual filings
up to date (Charity Commission (England & Wales))

Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology

Timeline

  1. Registered as a charity
  2. First publication on IATI

Identifiers

Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata