Annual Report for
Rabboni Mercy Trust NIC100523
6[th] April 2024– 5[th] April 2025
32 Fairview Avenue Whitehead BT38 9NU
Purpose of Charity
The charity is governed by a Trust deed. The Trust is managed on a voluntary basis by a Board of Trustees who meet regularly and have responsibility for the financial management and strategic direc�on of the organisa�on. There are no payments made to the Board of Trustees and there is no private benefit to them or anyone else. The Trustees have all reviewed the Charity Commission of Northern Ireland ARR08 Guidance and are aware of its requirements.
The trustees named below were the only ones who served through this repor�ng period (6/4/24– 5/4/25). These three are also the only trustees who con�nue to serve at the date this report was approved.
Michael Ewan
Adrian Gregory
Ronnie McIlwaine
The Trust provides or assists in the provision of medical and health care expenses and treatments, educa�onal bills and food relief measures. The Trust par�cularly supports the work of the Rabboni Mercy Orphanage in providing accommoda�on and care in the area of benefit for children. The Trustees aim to demonstrate prac�cal love to those in need and to provide food, clothing, shelter and educa�on in a Chris�an environment.
supporters and assistance to its projects in Karnataka (India).
At least one of the trustees make periodic visits to oversee the work carried out in India in order to check on the financial affairs of the overseas work and to provide support and encouragement to the local community and representa�ves of Rabboni Mercy Orphanage in the Karnataka region. Supporters o�en accompany the trustees on these visits.
Report for the year up to 5[th] April 2025
We are encouraged by the Lord’s provision and help for Pastor Raja and Jebasheela and the children over the year. The children are doing well. Challenges con�nue with the building where they meet. Mike (one of the trustees) and his wife Shona were able to visit them in March 2025
Children
The children con�nue to do well at school and have kept healthy with no major health challenges. They con�nue to a�end the church in Bangalore and receive spiritual instruc�on through the Sunday school. They are well fed and clothed, educated and have a safe place to sleep. The children have completed and passed all their exams, successfully con�nuing their educa�on. Sam and Mary look a�er their daily needs overseen by Pastor Raja and Jebasheela. They are cared for and supported physically, emo�onally and spiritually. Presently they fully care for 10 children whilst another 20, from poor families, are sponsored for their educa�on, food and clothing.
Building Challenges
The government has been pu�ng pressure on Pastor Raja and Jebasheela regarding their building. New legisla�on requires them to have a building safety cer�ficate. They have done some repairs to the building for this, and we have helped them with some of the costs, but the amount the government wants them to pay seems to be dispropor�onate to the work that needs to be carried out. We are unable to give addi�onal funds for this at the present �me.
India visit by Mike & Shona
Mike and Shona visited Pastor Raja and Jebasheela for a weekend on their way home from visi�ng family in Canada & New Zealand. It was great to see everyone and share fellowship with them on the Sunday. Jebasheela’s health had not been good and we advised she sought further medical help. There were some difficult conversa�ons had about funding issues explaining and confirming the charity’s focus was to provide funding support for the children they cared for and costs associated with this.
Sponsors and Finance
We con�nue to have 22 sponsors and two churches (Whitehead Bap�st and Greenisland Bap�st) giving regularly to the work. A few sponsors have increased their giving. There have been others who have regularly given and many one-off gi�s too. The amount of regular sponsorship was c £12,479 whilst one-off gi�s totalled c £7,404. Gi� aid reclaimed for the previous year was c £3,302 giving a total income for the year of c £23,185. The total expenditure was c £28,912 leaving a deficit of c £5,727. However, this was covered by money already in both the general and reserve accounts leaving a combined year-end total of c £4,408 (c £2,757 in the general + c £1,651 in the reserve accounts).
Conclusion and Thanks
the help received from our supporters and sponsors. We look back with grateful hearts for all we have been given and have sought to be good stewards of what God has entrusted to us for this work.
Mike Ewan
on behalf of the Trustees
10.11.25