Moldovan Mission
Trustees’ Annual Report for 2024
Name of Charity - Moldovan Mission Charity No. 1166263 Charity address: 142 Harrowby Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 9DU
Trustees
During 2024 the Charity had four Trustees – Neil Robinson (Chair). David Lynn (Secretary and Treasurer), and Kyle Craig.
Ian McKnight stepped down from being a Trustee following the AGM in 2024.
Purpose
The principal purpose of Moldovan Mission is the advancement of the Christian Faith in Moldova according to Biblical principles through encouraging and facilitating religious practice by existing followers or adherents and attracting new followers or adherents. The mission may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in Moldova and/or other parts of the world.
Activities and projects in 2024
In fulfilling its Purpose Moldovan Mission engaged in a range of activities either on its own or with others.
Mark McCormick is the principal pastor fronting the work of the Mission in Moldova. Mark’s work in 2024 was focused in the following areas.
Since Mark and Mari relocated their home from Northern Ireland to Long Eaton, England (within convenient rail distance of Luton Airport for flights to their home in Romania), Mark has travelled to Moldova approximately every two months to meet with the Mission’s church planting partners and for mission visits. He has been involved practically in the ministry with these pastors in evangelism, training and visiting the poor with them to deliver aid packets as well as a mentoring them. In addition, he has taken part in the Autumn Missions in various parts of Moldova.
The Mission continues to be encouraged in this last year that doors for the ministry of Moldovan Mission continue to remain open all across Moldova.
The Lord has given us a vision of planting 200 of the 900+ villages in Moldova that have no evangelical church by the year 2040. We estimate we would need to have 50 planters at least in partnership by 2030 to have a reasonable chance of achieving this DV.
Much to our encouragement we have seen extra funds come into the mission in a rapidly increasing way and so in 2024 we have been able to take on 4 new planters into partnership and we see the possibility of taking up to 5 more next year due to rising income.
In 2024 we have seen one of our new works grow past 10 members and thus become a church plant (based on our arbitrary definition of a new work having become a plant when it has 10 members or more). Thus we now have 24 churches planted and 17 new works started including the ones started by our new partners.
Moldova remains Europe’s poorest country and thanks to gifts given by our supporters we were able ot help 600 poor families with a food aid pack in 21 different locations many of which were villages where we are just starting a new work – thus for many people it was the first time ever getting such an aid pack. We also helped 60 families in 8 locations with a fuel pack given when the temps get down below -5C thus undoubtedly saving some who otherwise would have died from hypothermia.
Once again we saw the autumn FRANK missions bear fruit with over 1600 unsaved people hearing the gospel in over 160 different meetings throughout Moldova and 600+ making commitments.
Both Costel and Mark are spending more time visiting the increased numbers of partners we have preaching in their various outreach meetings but also spending time mentoring these young men (mostly) new into this kind of ministry.
We have, in 2024, continued to support a church in Irpin, Ukraine that we began to help pretty soon after the war started. We send money every 3 months which enables the church there to provide fellowship meals and aid packs to ones who have moved to Irpin because their original homes in Mariupol or other bombed areas have been destroyed – this gives the church there a way of helping practically while ministering to these traumatised souls.
The Trustees have not received any emoluments other than authorised expenses.
A virtual AGM will be held in early September 2025
Neil Robinson, Chair of Trustees, 07 August 2025
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| Current account (Lloyds Bank) | Deposit account (Lloyds Bank) | |||||||||||
| Lloyds b/f from 2023 | 50,609.38 | Per bank & a/cs | Lloyds b/f from 2023 | 163,756.08 | Per bank & a/cs |
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| Receipts in 2024 | Receipts in 2024 | |||||||||||
| Donations: | Interest | 1,766.57 | ||||||||||
| Personal | 115,208.71 | Transfer from current a/ | c 50,000.00 | |||||||||
| Churches | 44,298.21 | Total Receipts 2024 | 51,766.57 | |||||||||
| Organisations | 68,510.00 | Transfers to current a/c | 75,000.00 | |||||||||
| Gift Aid claim | 9,107.00 | |||||||||||
| 237,123.92 | 66,494.00 | Gift Aid | c/f to 2025 | 140,522.65 | per a/cs | |||||||
| 237,123.92 | 170,629.92 | Non Gift Aid | 140,522.65 | Per bank | ||||||||
| Total of both a/cs | 201,861.03 | per a/cs | ||||||||||
| Total Receipts 2024 | 237,123.92 | 237,123.92 | - | 201,861.03 | Per bank* | |||||||
| Transfer from deposit a/c | 75,000.00 | Difference | - | |||||||||
| Payments in 2024 | 312,123.92 | 312,123.92 | - | *Monies held for Ukraine | 91,098.47 | |||||||
| To Moldova | Torfx money exchange | |||||||||||
| Pastors'support | 10,350.00 | b/f from 2023 | 5,000.00 | Pounds | ||||||||
| Pastors costs/expenses | 500.00 | 2,994.03 | Euros | |||||||||
| Missions | 4,300.00 | 22,161.18 | US Dollars | |||||||||
| Training | - | |||||||||||
| Buildings | - | Receipts in 2024(from Sterling a/c) | - | Pounds | ||||||||
| Vehicles | 4,744.22 | 251,871.50 | Euros | |||||||||
| Aid/ help | - | - | US Dollars | |||||||||
| Administration | - | Payments in 2024(to Moldova) | ||||||||||
| Medical | - | - | - | Pounds | ||||||||
| Printing | 1,000.00 | Pastors'support | 81,470.00 | |||||||||
| Giving passed on from MMcC personal supporters |
9,735.00 | Aid/ help | 36,700.00 | |||||||||
| Expenses paid to MMcC | 5,062.70 | Students | 5,600.00 | |||||||||
| To UK | Expenses | 6,900.33 | ||||||||||
| Miscelleanous costs | 703.00 | Buildings | 4,200.00 | |||||||||
| Expenses | - | Cars | 16,500.00 | |||||||||
| Administration | - | Ukraine | 24,000.00 | 175,370.33 | Euros | |||||||
| Total Payments 2024 | 36,394.92 | - | 36,394.92 | - | - | US Dollars | ||||||
| Transfer to deposit a/c | 50,000.00 | |||||||||||
| Transfer to Torfx money exchange a/c | 215,000.00 | Total c/f to 2025 | 5,000.00 | Pounds | ||||||||
| Lloyds c/f to 2025 | 301,394.92 | 61,338.38 | per main a/cs | 79,495.20 | Euros | |||||||
| 61,338.38 | per bank | 22,161.18 | US Dollars | |||||||||
| Difference | - | |||||||||||
| Independentally examined by Virginia Leverton om 25 April 2025 and found to be correct |
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT
Report to the Trustees of Moldovan Mission
Charity Number 1166263
On the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024
Respective Responsibilities of trustees and examiner: The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (The Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
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* to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement: My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner’s statement: In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been
met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
Signed:
Date: 25 April 2025
Virginia Leverton
Viriginia Leverton 73/74 Main Street, Denton, Grantham, Lincs NG32 1JZ