As a Public Benevolent Institution Australian Mercy is required by Australian law to submit to a yearly audit of all its financial dealings to the Australian Government.

As a signatory to the ACFID Code of Conduct, Australian Mercy has all its books audited once a year to the standard laid out in the code.

All audits are submitted to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and other peak bodies such as ACFID and Missions Interlink for their perusal and comment.

A synopsis of our audit is published online as part of our Annual Reports

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Australian Mercy information is included in the SSL certificate. This enables you to check the site´s validity yourself.

The Australian Mercy Board has stipulated that if an Australian Mercy appeal is oversubscribed;

Once the appeal has been balanced off, the extra funds are to be passed on to a similar kind of project run by Australian Mercy in another nation; or to an Australian Mercy project in the same country.

This stipulation recognises that moneys donated for tax deductible purposes must only be used on projects that qualify as tax deductible.

Very little – As a volunteer organisation Australian Mercy pays no wages to its staff or volunteers.

Australian Mercy does take 5% from all project donations and 10% from all grants and sponsorships in order to help cover the costs of its administration.

There are several ways that you can become involved. You can pray for our work. We need all the prayer support we can get.

Secondly you can give, support one of our many projects, or send a general donation to help us cover the costs of doing the work that we do amongst the poor and the needy.

You could train with us, do a school that will help you to make a difference in some one else’s life.

Finally you could come on an Australian Mercy team to a location where there is need, we need lots of people with lots of varying skills to help us to serve the poor.

If you would like to submit a project for consideration please complete the initial project application form.

Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd is our legal name that is found in our constitution.

ARMS is the abbreviation of our legal name that many people have known us by for many years.

In 2012, because of brand confusion, we changed our branding from ARMS to Australian Mercy and at the same time launched a new logo.

These three names are in fact the same organization!

Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd was first registered as a charity in Canberra Australia on August 23, 1988.

Our ABN is 84 008 643 258 and our ACN is 008 643 258.

Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd has been set up to care for the poor and the needy both within Australia and overseas.

It is a company limited by guarantee that is a Public Benevolent Institution and an endorsed tax concession charity (TCC).

Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd is also the trustee of ARMS Overseas Aid Fund. (Item 9.1.1)

Australian Mercy is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not for profits Commission.

The ARMS Overseas Aid Fund (item 9.1.1) is a public fund established by Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd that is used solely for the relief of people in countries that have been declared by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to be Developing Countries.

Donations of $2.00 or more that are made to projects registered under this fund are tax deductible to Australian donors.

In order to operate this fund Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd has gone through a stringent application process and has been declared to be an approved organisation by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The fund was gazetted on August 15, 2012.

Yes, although Australian Mercy is independently constituted we do value and partner with many organisations including Youth With A Mission. Australian Mercy is also a signatory to the Australian Council For International Development (ACFID) code of conduct. Australian Mercy is a member of Missions Interlink and is also affiliated with the Micah Challenge

Australian Mercy also works closely with many other agencies and government bodies including the United Nations in order to accomplish its goals.