FOUNDATION FOR RELIEF AND RECONCILIATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Registered charity 1133576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5474468 · also known as FRRME, Mosaic Middle East

Demonstrate Christian compassion by supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals in the Middle East who suffer by reason of discrimination, conflict, natural disaster or poverty, through the provision of relief, education and sustainable development.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO ADVANCE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY AMONGST DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS THROUGH PEACE-BUILDING AND RECONCILIATION.(2) TO SUPPORT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THEIR MINISTRY.(3) TO DEMONSTRATE CHRISTIAN COMPASSION BY SUPPORTING VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHO SUFFER BY REASON OF DISCRIMINATION, CONFLICT, NATURAL DISASTER OR POVERTY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RELIEF, EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.(4) TO ENABLE PERSECUTED AND MARGINALISED MINORITIES TO BUILD STABLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOMES, WORK AND WORSHIP.(5) TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, TO PARTICIPATE IN PEACE-BUILDING, PUBLIC LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT, WITH A FOCUS ON THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS, NEEDS, SECURITY AND WELLBEING.(6) TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS MINORITIES FROM DISCRIMINATION OR PERSECUTION.(7) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ISSUES RELATING TO THE PLIGHT OF VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED MINORITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BY AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF THOSE GROUPS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.(8) TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF, IN PARTICULAR FOR REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE.TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES IDENTIFIED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL BENEFICIARIES, AS CRITICAL TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hampshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £105,796 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves of £272,346. The trustees confirm that these reserves exceed the policy target of three months of normal operating costs, indicating the charity is a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/03/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Scott Ryechair
• CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL JOHN SEGAR
• DAVID ALISTER HARLAND · trustee of 2 other charities
• Fiona Kelling
• Gillian Angela Dare · trustee of 1 other charity
• KAREN HEENAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Amanda Belshaw MA ACA CTA · trustee of 3 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cyprus · Iraq · Israel · Jordan · Lebanon · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FELLOWSHIP AND AID TO THE CHRISTIANS OF THE EAST.

• FELLOWSHIP AND AID TO THE CHRISTIANS OF THE EAST income £123k
• FEDERATION OF JEWISH RELIEF ORGANISATIONS income £498k
• THE FOUNDATION FOR FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION income £304k
• MIDDLE EAST CONCERN - UK income £546k
• SYRIAN REFUGEE RELIEF FUND income £268k
• FOUNDATIONS FOR HOPE income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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