Registered
- Charity no. 110667
- Company no. 724824
- Date registered. 28/08/2026
Public benefits
[Please tell us how your organisation's purpose(s) meets the public benefit requirement] The trustees believe that each of the charity's five objects — the advancement of the Christian faith, the relief of financial and social hardship, the promotion of education, the promotion of peace and reconciliation, and the relief of mental health and
physical illness — satisfies both elements of the public benefit requirement: each produces an identifiable benefit, and each benefit flows to the public or a sufficient section of it. [What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes?] The direct benefits are: the opportunity for people to encounter and participate in the Christian faith through pastoral care, worship, prayer, and teaching; the relief of financial and social hardship through goods, services, medical care, education, training, and food distribution designed to help people become self-sufficient; improved access to education and skills, particularly for people who are disadvantaged, unemployed, elderly, or underachieving; increased understanding and reduced discrimination between communities through activities that build knowledge across racial and religious lines; and improved mental and physical wellbeing for people affected by bereavement, loss, family breakdown, redundancy, financial hardship, or addiction, through counselling and referral to appropriate services. [How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated?] These benefits can be evidenced through attendance and participation records for services, meetings, and courses; records of goods, services, and financial support distributed; numbers supported into employment or income-generating activity; course completion and skills outcomes; participation in and feedback from cross-community activities; and records of counselling sessions and referrals provided, together with feedback from those supported. [Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes?] The trustees have considered the risk of harm across each of the charity's purposes. The relief of hardship carries a risk that support could create dependency rather than self-sufficiency; this is mitigated by the purpose's explicit design toward enabling individuals, where possible, to become self-sufficient, and by trustee oversight of how support is provided. The relief of mental health and physical illness involves sensitive pastoral and counselling work, which carries a risk of harm if not delivered appropriately; this is mitigated by ensuring such support is provided by suitably capable individuals and by referring beneficiaries to professional services where their needs exceed what the charity can safely provide. No material harm is anticipated from the charity's other purposes; the promotion of peace and reconciliation is, in fact, aimed at reducing harm arising from discrimination and division. [Who are the charity's beneficiaries?] The charity's beneficiaries are members of the public who wish to explore or practise the Christian faith; individuals experiencing financial or social hardship worldwide; people seeking educational opportunity, particularly those who are disadvantaged, unemployed, elderly, or underachieving; members of the public across different racial, religious, and community backgrounds; and individuals experiencing bereavement, loss, family breakdown, redundancy, financial hardship, or addiction. Across all five purposes, the charity's work has a particular but not exclusive focus on the Romanian community in the Mid and East Antrim area, with participation open to people of all ages and backgrounds. [Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary?] Some private benefit arises from the charity's work, in each case as a necessary by-product of delivering its purposes rather than as an end in itself. This includes financial support provided to evangelists, missionaries, and partner organisations promoting the Christian faith; payments to suppliers of goods or services engaged to help relieve hardship; and fees paid to tutors or course providers engaged to deliver education and training. The trustees are satisfied that in each case this benefit is incidental and necessary to the charity's ability to fulfil its purposes, and that no individual or organisation receives a benefit disproportionate to the public good achieved. No material private benefit arises from the charity's purposes promoting peace and reconciliation, or relieving mental health and physical illness.
What your organisation does
Provision of practical help to Romania people living in Mid and East Antrim through support services. education classes, health awareness, community meetings and advice. The charity carries out its purposes through a range of activities. In advancing the Christian faith, it provides pastoral care, holds public meetings and prayer meetings for
people of all ages, runs public seminaries, celebrates religious festivals publicly, and produces and distributes literature and media, alongside providing financial support to evangelists, missionaries, and organisations promoting the faith. In relieving financial and social hardship, it provides goods, services, medical care, education, training, and food distribution, together with the support needed to help individuals generate a sustainable income and become self-sufficient. In promoting education, it provides financial help during school for people from disadvantaged backgrounds or underdeveloped countries, runs courses for the unemployed and those developing their skills, offers internet courses for the elderly, and operates homework clubs for underachieving pupils and students. In promoting peace, reconciliation, and bridge-building, it runs activities and courses that build knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups and that aim to eliminate discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, and disability. In relieving mental health and physical illness, it provides counselling sessions and referral to other appropriate services for people suffering bereavement, loss, family breakdown, redundancy, financial hardship, or addiction.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- General public
- General public
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Cultural
- Education/training
- Human rights/equality
- Medical/health/sickness
- Religious activities
- Welfare/benevolent