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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 05409539 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1109855
Report of the Trustees and
Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
for
Trent Dementia Services Development Centre
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Trent Dementia Services Development Centre
Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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| Report of the Trustees | 1 | to | 5 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 6 | ||
| Statement of Financial Activities | 7 | ||
| Balance Sheet | 8 | ||
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 9 | to | 14 |
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Trent Dementia Services Development Centre (Registered number: 05409539)
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
This report is the Trustees' Annual Report (Including Directors' Report and Strategic Report).
CHAIR'S INTRODUCTION
I am pleased to present this report for the year 2024-25. Trent Dementia has continued to provide support to people with dementia and their families. We offer face-to-face activities, including drop-in groups in Nottingham and Southwell and walking groups, and online groups providing crafts and other activities.
We have managed our finances prudently and we gratefully acknowledge the generous support of Dementia Research UK. We have maintained our standards of governance by monitoring and updating our internal policies. We have no safeguarding or data protection issues to report in the past year.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
Our website www.trentdementia.org.uk describes the charity’s aims as follows:
Trent Dementia is a charity which aims to improve the quality of care, support and wellbeing of people who are living with dementia in the East Midlands and beyond.
Our charitable purpose on the Charity Commission website, see TRENT DEMENTIA SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CENTRE - 1109855 (charitycommission.gov.uk), is:
‘For the benefit of the public by promoting the quality of care, support and wellbeing of people who are living with dementia and their supporters, by providing information, supportive group activities, and educational events’. We run projects and events and aim to work alongside people with dementia and their supporters.
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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Significant activities
Our focus is on the project of empowerment for people with dementia and their carers, and support to the peer support groups in Nottingham. The empowerment programme is led by Dr Jane Rowley, project manager, and Ghazal Mazloumi, project development worker, with assistance from project worker Suzanne Osborne and volunteers Dr Eleri Clarke, Cynthia Litchfield, Celia Allcock, Graham Allcock, Mike West, Janette Francois, Karen McAndrew, Linda Jenkins and Maureen Godfrey. The trustees gratefully acknowledge their fantastic work.
Examples of activities include:
Establishing our Southwell Drop-In with 197 people registered and averaging 22 people per month. The City Drop-in has 364 people registered and averages 13 people per month. This has been running for 28 months and Southwell for 9 months.
Providing two walking groups, weekly one to one support calls, attend a monthly carers meal and support Friends for Life - a peer led group.
Our annual event took place on 11th September 2024 at Thurgarton Village Hall, with presentations facilitated by people affected by dementia. There was a poetry workshop, interactive music with violinist Gemma Bass, a watercolour painting workshop and a nature walk.
We worked with people affected by dementia to produce a range of resources, including a planning calendar and diary.
We continue to provide a weekly craft group online, welcoming five new members and sending out 572 activity packs this year. We also had two face-to-face sessions.
We also sent out 100 bespoke Christmas gifts to members with a theme of looking after yourself and Christmas Treats which were warmly received. We also hosted two Christmas buffets and attended a further three.
We continue to see an increase in new referrals from professionals in particular Social Prescribers, Admiral Nurses and Thrive practitioners as well as directly from people affected. We aim to signpost people to available support and provide support when there are no suitable alternatives.
We continue support people who are lonely and isolated, have no access to transport and many carers who feel dismissed or ignored by medical and residential services. In addition, we have seen enquiries from people with young onset dementia increase.
The team presented at Dementia Congress discussing our Winter Warmers Programme and two posters - health walks and drop-in promotions.
Public benefit
The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance on public benefit contained in the Charity Commissions general guidance on public benefit when reviewing Trent Dementia Services Development Centre aims and objectives and in planning future activities for the year.
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Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial position
On 31st March 2025, the Trust's account balance was £53,359 (compared to £62,982 on the same date in 2024). Income consists of regular monthly payments from Dementia Research UK, together with one monthly standing order and occasional payments, e.g. from funeral donations. 2024-25 was a tougher year for grant income, partly because of the previous year's successes raising our bank balance and partly due to a tougher bidding environment.
We have deliberately increased our monthly spending to about £5,000 per month, so as not to accumulate funds. Nonetheless, there are currently reserves for over six months. The charity's reserves comprise of general reserves to provide working capital and to secure the continuity of the charity's activities in the future. To fulfil our charitable purpose requires that we secure grant income to maintain the current level of activity. We would like to enhance opportunities for members and the public to make donations.
Reserves policy
The charity's reserves comprise of general reserves to provide working capital and to secure the continuity of the charities activities in the future.
The total reserves at the 31 March 2025 were £51,005 (2024: £60,675) of which, £90 are restricted.
The restricted funds can only be used for the purposes of graphics expenditure.
Going concern
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 31 March 2005 and registered as a charity on 3 June 2005. The company is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association which are on public file at Companies House and also available at the registered office. The extent of each voting member’s liability in the event of a winding up is limited to £1.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
The directors of the company are also the charity trustees for the purposes of charity law and under the company's Articles of Association are known as the Management Committee. The number of trustees permitted by the Articles of Association shall be not less than three and not more than twelve. The Articles require that one third of the trustees shall retire by rotation at each annual general meeting being then eligible for re-appointment. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on 16th April 2024. SB and JL stepped down and were re-appointed as trustees. No new trustees were appointed in the year 2024-25.
Organisational structure
The charity has no employees. Its personnel consist of a charity manager, a development worker/ administrative officer, and a project worker, who are all part-time and self-employed. I would like to acknowledge the fantastic commitment of Dr Jane Rowley, Ghazal Mazloumi and Suzanne Osborne in these roles.
The trustees of the charity are also supported by an adviser, Kate Sartain, who brings insights and experiences from a carer's perspective.
The charity has free legal advice via the LawWorks scheme, provided by Reed Smith LLP. We have public liability insurance through Ladbrook Insurance. Our accountants are Botham Accounting, Nottingham.
The responsible person for safeguarding in the charity is TD. The data protection officer is MC. The safeguarding policy was reviewed in April 2024 at the Annual General meeting.
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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Risk management
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
Responsibilities of trustees/directors
The trustees (who are also directors of Trent Dementia Services Development Centre for the purposes of company law) acknowledge their responsibilities for:
Maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with theCompanies Act 2006;
The maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity's website; Preparing the Directors'/Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice);
Preparing financial statements for each financial year under company law; and
Not approving the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the trustees have:
Selected suitable accounting policies and applied them consistently; Observed the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; Made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; Stated whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any departures; Disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and Prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number
05409539 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity number
1109855
Registered office
The Institute of Mental Health University of Nottingham,Innovation Park Triumph Road Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG7 2TU
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Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Trustees
Thomas Richard Dening Medical Practitioner Simon David Burrow Senior Lecturer Michael Phillip Craven Researcher Karen Harrison Dening Consultant Nurse Kevin James Harvey Associate Professor James Edward Burnet Lindesay Retired Helen Victoria Pusey Senior Lecturer Emma Mary Wood Pharmacist Rana Smaira (appointed 11.9.25)
The AGM was held on 16 April 2024. Simon Burrow and James Lindesay were re-elected as trustees. We had eight trustees and an adviser to the trustees during the year. A ninth trustee was appointed after the year end. We remain open to appointing new trustees whose skills and experience would complement those of the present incumbents.
Independent Examiner
Botham Accounting Limited Chartered Accountants 3 - 5 College Street Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG1 5AQ
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 19 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Thomas Richard Dening - Trustee
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Trent Dementia Services Development Centre
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Trent Dementia Services Development Centre ('the Company')
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Andrew Botham
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Botham Accounting Limited Chartered Accountants 3 - 5 College Street Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG1 5AQ
19 December 2025 Date: .............................................
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Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
| Unrestricted Restricted fund fund Notes £ £ INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and legacies 63,587 470 EXPENDITURE ON Raising funds - - Charitable activities Charitable activities 73,347 380 Total 73,347 380 NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) (9,760) 90 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 60,675 - TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 50,915 90 |
2025 Total funds £ 64,057 - 73,727 73,727 (9,670) 60,675 51,005 |
2024 Total funds £ 81,644 (2,160) 66,383 64,223 17,421 43,254 60,675 |
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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Balance Sheet 31 March 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |||
| fund | fund | funds | funds | |||
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 53,435 | 90 | 53,525 | 63,074 | ||
| CREDITORS | ||||||
| Amounts falling due within one year | 8 | (2,520) | - | (2,520) | (2,399) | |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 50,915 | 90 | 51,005 | 60,675 | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT | ||||||
| LIABILITIES | 50,915 | 90 | 51,005 | 60,675 | ||
| NET ASSETS | 50,915 | 90 | 51,005 | 60,675 | ||
| FUNDS | 9 | |||||
| Unrestricted funds | 50,915 | 60,675 | ||||
| Restricted funds | 90 | - | ||||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 51,005 | 60,675 |
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
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(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
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(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 19 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
Thomas Richard Dening - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Trent Dementia Services Limited is a private company, limited by guarantee, registered and incorporated in England and Wales.
The company's registered number is 05409539 and registered office address is The Institute of Mental Health University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Triumph Road, Nottingham, NG7 2TU.
The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the company and rounded to the nearest pound.
The charitable company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland':
- the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Equipment - 25% on reducing balance
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
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1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Fund accounting
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
Debtors
Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity.
Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.
Creditors
Creditors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial, in which case it is stated at cost
Cash at hand
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.
2. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Trustees' expenses
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
3. STAFF COSTS
The average monthly number of employees during the year was nil (2024: nil)
4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
| Unrestricted Restricted fund fund £ £ INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and legacies 81,144 500 EXPENDITURE ON Raising funds (2,160) - Charitable activities Charitable activities 57,869 8,514 |
Total funds £ 81,644 (2,160) 66,383 |
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4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued
| Unrestricted Restricted fund fund £ £ Total 55,709 8,514 NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) 25,435 (8,014) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 35,240 8,014 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 60,675 - |
Total funds £ 64,223 17,421 43,254 60,675 |
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5. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REMUNERATION
The amount of remuneration receivable by the charity's independent examiner for the examination of the accounts is £2,520.
6. FUNDS
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for the purposes of graphics expenditure.
7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
| COST | Equipment £ |
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| At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 | 5,196 |
| DEPRECIATION | |
| At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 | 5,196 |
| NET BOOK VALUE | |
| At 31 March 2025 | - |
| At 31 March 2024 | - |
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| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR | |||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | |||
| Accrued expenses | 2,520 | 2,399 | ||
| 9. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | |||
| Unrestricted funds | At 1.4.24 £ |
Net movement in funds £ |
At 31.3.25 £ |
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| General fund | 60,675 | (9,760) | 50,915 | |
| Restricted funds | ||||
| Restricted Funds | - | 90 | 90 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 60,675 | (9,670) | 51,005 | |
| Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | Incoming resources £ |
Resources expended £ |
Movement in funds £ |
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| General fund | 63,587 | (73,347) | (9,760) | |
| Restricted funds | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 470 | (380) | 90 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 64,057 | (73,727) | (9,670) | |
| Comparatives for movement in funds | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | At 1.4.23 £ |
Net movement in funds £ |
At 31.3.24 £ |
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| General fund | 35,240 | 25,435 | 60,675 | |
| Restricted funds | ||||
| Restricted Funds | 8,014 | (8,014) | - | |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 43,254 | 17,421 | 60,675 | |
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9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | |
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| resources | expended | in funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund | 81,144 | (55,709) | 25,435 |
| Restricted funds | |||
| Restricted Funds | 500 | (8,514) | (8,014) |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 81,644 | (64,223) | 17,421 |
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
| Unrestricted funds | At 1.4.23 £ |
Net movement At in funds 31.3.25 £ £ |
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| General fund | 35,240 | 15,675 50,915 |
| Restricted funds | ||
| Restricted Funds | 8,014 | (7,924) 90 |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 43,254 | 7,751 51,005 |
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Unrestricted funds | Incoming Resources resources expended £ £ |
Movement in funds £ |
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| General fund | 144,731 (129,056) |
15,675 |
| Restricted funds | ||
| Restricted Funds | 970 (8,894) |
(7,924) |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 145,701 (137,950) |
7,751 |
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10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.
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