Rahma (Mercy)

Registered charity 1097682 · since 2003rahmamercy.org.uk·Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Leicestershire, North Macedonia, Serbia·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Rahma (Mercy) describes its work as education, orphan sponsorship, community development and humanitarian aid, so a project in one of those areas, in the places it lists (Leicestershire, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia), is the best fit to check first.
The annual report gives no usable grants total and no grant range, so there is no basis for setting a realistic request size, and you should ask the contact before naming an amount.
No application process is published, so get in touch through the contact shown to ask whether it takes applications and what it needs before you write a full proposal.
Its timing and how competitive it is are not stated, and the register shows no grants to institutions for its latest year, so treat an approach as an enquiry rather than a likely award.

Overview

Rahma (Mercy) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1097682).

Rahma (Mercy) began as a small group of volunteers on a humanitarian mission to help refugees fleeing the war in Kosovo. It provides essential aid, education and long-term support to people in need, helping communities rebuild their faith and identity after decades of hardship. Its work covers Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia, and also benefits the general public in Leicestershire. It supports 1200 orphans with daily essentials and needs.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Rahma (Mercy) describes its work as providing essential aid, education and long-term support to people in need, helping communities rebuild faith and identity after hardship. It works across Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia, with its work also benefiting the general public in Leicestershire. Its activities include education through schools, madrasahs, scholarships and training; orphan sponsorship; building mosques and community centres; and humanitarian aid providing food, water, healthcare and emergency relief to vulnerable families. It also describes a local partnership through which it donates regularly to a food bank.

Themes

Education and empowerment
Orphan sponsorship
Community development
Humanitarian aid

Geographic Focus

Priority: Leicestershire; Albania; Kosovo; Macedonia; Serbia; Bosnia.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
North Macedonia
Serbia
Leicestershire

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Rahma (Mercy).

Restorers 58No public process Global Rahmah FoundationNo public process El-Rahma Charity TrustRollingGave £388k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£2,933,364	£2,392,389	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£2,831,300	£2,748,240	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£3,224,507	£3,190,431	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£3,212,838	£3,617,794	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£4,210,312	£3,858,146	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.