# **REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1117039 REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 05385343**
## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
(A company limited by guarantee without share capital)
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED**
**31 MARCH 2024**
## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and administrative information|2|
|Trustees’ Report|3-4|
|Accountant’s Report|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Statement of Financial Activities|7|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|8-15|
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
## **Legal and administrative information**
## **Trustees**
Beyza Nur Coskun
Muammer Demirpolat
Selcuk Bassoy
## **Company Number: 05385343**
**Charity Number: 1117039**
## **Registered Office address**
244 Chase Road, London, N14 6HH
## **Accountants**
AA ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES 244 Chase Road London N14 6HH
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY Registered number: 05385343**
## **Directors' Report**
Dialogue Society is an organisation that aims to advance social cohesion by connecting communities, empowering people to engage and contributing to the development of ideas on dialogue and community building. It does this by bringing people together through discussion forums, courses, capacity-building publications and outreach.
## **Overview**
Between 1[st] April 2023, and 31[st] March 2024, our activities included the Talking Bubble Project; the Dialogue Society Book Group; Scriptural Reasoning sessions; publications; courses and discussion forums on diverse themes in different formats; Life of a Chickpea Project; Interfaith Week activities and the delivery of a range of intercultural community events, such as picnics, Christmas and iftar dinners. Additionally, we provided training and support to our branches and engaged in fundraising efforts.
Our primary activities can be detailed under the following headings:
**Talking Bubble Project:** The Talking Bubble Project has significantly impacted many lives by addressing the challenges of loneliness. This initiative includes a phone-befriending service that connects individuals at risk of isolation with volunteers. The project aims to foster meaningful friendships and improve participants' quality of life by facilitating regular conversations and mutual check-ins. Offering support in over 20 languages, the Talking Bubble Project has become an essential resource in promoting inclusivity and community cohesion.
**Dialogue Society Book Group:** For over a decade, the Dialogue Society Book Group has been exploring the power of literature to provide insights into diverse cultural and intercultural experiences. At our relaxed, sociable gatherings, we select and discuss quality novels, encouraging participants to read the book in advance and share their thoughts during the meeting. Discussions cover the storytelling quality, the authenticity of cultural or historical portrayals, and personal responses to the text. Open to all literature enthusiasts, the group aims to foster a love for reading and discovering new perspectives through shared literary exploration.
**Publications:** This year, the Dialogue Society proudly published Volume 11 of the _Journal of Dialogue Studies,_ titled ‘Governance for the Human Future: The Centrality of Dialogue.’ This volume explores the ways international governance processes might be improved by drawing on insights from innovative dialogue theory and good dialogue practices. Additionally, our most recent publishing projects have received good reception and interest. _The Ramadan Journal_ complements our fast-breaking community iftar events, which was followed by the _Christmas Journal,_ where we hope to bring diverse voices together from the community.
**Empowering youth and refugee groups:** We offer support to refugees and asylum seekers in the regions we serve. Our work includes advocating for their rights by raising awareness among authorities, stakeholders, and the broader community about the challenges they face. We support policies and practices that protect and empower them. By organising meetings with various community groups and stakeholders, we help foster an inclusive society that recognises the valuable contributions of immigrant communities. Our initiatives include Breakfast Clubs for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Youth Integration Training for Refugees, and Community-Led Confidence Building Events.
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**Courses and discussion forums :** During this period, we organised several discussion forums in varying formats to achieve critical, open and meaningful dialogue by bringing people together. A wide range of discussions were held covering multiple issues relevant to our areas of interest.
**Life of a Chickpea:** This newly initiated community project uses the humble chickpea's journey as a metaphor for understanding societal models, British values such as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for different faiths and beliefs, and individual roles in a diverse community. Through engaging seminars at primary and secondary schools and similar venues and interactions with diverse community leaders, students are encouraged to explore their roles in a multicultural society and develop a strong sense of identity and respect for others. Inspired by the story of Noah's Pudding, the project uses the metaphor of diverse ingredients coming together to form a harmonious dish, emphasising the importance of maintaining individuality while contributing to the larger community. The project also aims to build resilience to extremism, support individual development, and enhance leadership skills by encouraging students to propose solutions to societal integration barriers.
**Scriptural Reasoning:** This interfaith project aims to bring together members of different faiths to read and reflect on short passages from their scriptures, discussing specific topics to foster friendship and mutual understanding of each other's and their own scriptures. It has been practised at several of our branches over some years now in partnership with other faith groups.
**Community Events:** Throughout the year, we organised numerous community gatherings and activities to enhance social cohesion. These events included community fast-breaking iftar dinners nationwide, themed ‘Peace and Unity’, and the IftarMe project, which aimed to bring dialogue into homes to foster societal harmony. We also hosted Christmas Community Dinners under the same theme, uniting hundreds of diverse communities across the UK to celebrate and address common challenges. Additionally, our community activities featured participating in park cleanups, ‘walking for talking’ events, interfaith cycling, organising picnics, engaging in arts and crafts with local elderly communities, conducting workshops and performances, women's day parties, interfaith visits to places of worship, and more.
**Interfaith Week Activities:** The Dialogue Society is dedicated to fostering interfaith understanding and cooperation through a variety of impactful activities. Throughout the year, we organized events that bring together individuals from different faiths and backgrounds to engage in meaningful dialogue and build lasting connections. Our initiatives included interfaith visits to places of worship, collaborative community service projects, and cultural exchange programs. One of our flagship events, the 'Noah's Pudding' project, has been instrumental in promoting interfaith harmony for over eighteen years by encouraging participants to share a traditional dessert and engage in conversations about their faiths and cultures.
**Fundraising** : We have maintained our fundraising efforts through regular donations and contributions from our supporters. Additionally, we have raised funds by selling books and goods and through eBay sales throughout the year. These activities help us facilitate dialogue between different community groups.
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **(Incorporating income and expenditure account) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|**Unristricted**
**Notes**
**Funds**
**INCOME AND EXPENDITURES**
**£**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
Incoming resources from generated funds:
Voluntary income
2
141314
Activities for generating funds
3
68143
Investment income
4
0
Incoming resources from charitable activities
5
0
Other incoming resources
6
72
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**
209529
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
charitable Activities
7
194653
Governance Costs
8
7686
Other resources expended
9
0
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
11
202339
**NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES**
**before transfers**
**21**
7190
**Transfersbetween funds**
-
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS FOR THE YEAR**
7190
**Total Funds at 1 April 2023**
63768
Prior Year Adjustment (Note 19)
0
**Total Funds at 31 March 2024**
70958
=====|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
116123
0
0
0
-
116123
107000
14000
0
121000
-4877
-
-4877
5400
0
523
=====|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
257,437
68143
0
0
72
325652
301653
21686
0
323339
2313
-
2313
69168
0
71481
=====|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
190,225
126923
0
0
23880|
|---|---|---|---|
||||341028|
||||316040
23340
0|
||||339380|
||||1648
-|
||||1648
121661
0|
||||123309
=====|
The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these accounts.
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2024**
|**Notes**
**2024**
**₤**
15
19882
19882
Debtors
**16**
22572
Stocks
2495
56123
81190
**17**
(19194)
61996
**18**
-10397
71481
**=====**
**20**
523
**20**
70958
71481
**=====**
Unrestricted funds
**CREDITORS:**Amounts falling due
within one year
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net current assets / (liabilities)**
**CREDITORS:**Amounts falling due
more than one year
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank and in hand
Restricted funds
**CHARITY FUNDS**|**2023**
**₤**
20382|
|---|---|
||20382
19464
34200
30720|
||84384
(21320)|
||63064
-14278|
||69168
**=====**
5400
63768|
||69168
**=====**|
The notes on pages 16 to 24 from part of these accounts. Approved by the Board of Trustees on 30 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by Selcuk Bassoy, Trustee.
Selcuk Bassoy Chairman
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**DIALOGUE SOCIETY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **1.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008). The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' published in March 2005 and applicable accounting standards.
## **1.2 Fund accounting**
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.
## **1.3 Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of financial activities when the charity has entitlement to the funds, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Donated services or facilities, which comprise donated services, are included in income at a valuation which is an estimate of the financial cost borne by the donor where such a cost is quantifiable and measurable No income is recognised where there is no financial cost borne by a third party.
Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at the time the investment income is receivable
## **1.4 Resources expended**
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been included under expense categories that aggregate all costs for allocation to activities. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular activities they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of the resources.
Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is made except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching are fulfilled, Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)**
## **1.5 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
All assets costing more than £ _500_ are capitalised.
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Fixtures and fittings 25% reducing balance
## **1.6 Foreign currencies**
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date.
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate ruling on the date of the transaction.
Exchange gains and losses are recognised in the Statement of financial activities.
## **1.7 Programme related investment**
Programme related investments are stated at the cost of investment.
|**2. VOLUNTARY INCOME**
Donations
Grants
**Voluntary Income**
**3. TRADING ACTIVITIES**
**Charity trading income**
Charity trading income-Domestic
Net income from trading activities|**Unristricted**
**Funds**
**£**
132939
8375
141314
**Unristricted**
**Funds**
**£**
68143
68143|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
0
116123
116123
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
0
0|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
132939
124498
257437
**2024**
**Total**
**£**
68143
68143|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
122022
68203|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||190225|
|||||**2023**
**Total**
**£**
126923|
|||||126923|
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|**4. INVESTMENT INCOME**
**Unristricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Rental Income
**5. INCOMING RESOURCES FROM CHARITABLE**
**Unristricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Charitable Activities
0
**6. OTHER INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Unristricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Other incoming resources
72
**7. EXPENDITURE BY CHARITABLE ACTIVITY**
**SUMMARY BY FUND TYPE**
**Unristricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Investment Income
0
Charitable Activities
194653
194653
**SUMMARY BY EXPENDITURE TYPE**
**Staff**
**Costs**
**£**
Investment Income
0
Charitable Activities
94088
94088|**Restricted**
**2024**
**Funds**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
0
0
**ACTIVITIES**
**Restricted**
**2024**
**Funds**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
0
0
**Restricted**
**2024**
**Funds**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
0
72
**Restricted**
**2024**
**Funds**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
0
0
107000
301653
107000
301653
**Other**
**2024**
**Costs**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
0
0
215787
309875
215787
309875|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
0|
|---|---|---|
|||**2023**
**Total**
**£**
0|
|||**2023**
**Total**
**£**|
|||23880|
|||**2023**
**Total**
**£**
0
316040|
|||316040|
|||**2023**
**Total**
**£**
0
339380|
|||339380|
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|**8. GOVERNANCE COSTS**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Governance- Accountants fees
1450
Governance - Premises costs for head office
4624
Governance - telephone
226
Governance expense - computer expenses
87
Governance expense - wages and salaries
409
Governance expense - NI
390
Governance - depreciation - tangible fixed assets
500
7686
====
**9. OTHER RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Loss((profit) on disposal of fixed asset
0
====
**10. DIRECT COSTS**
**Basis of Unrestricted**
**All Charitable activities**
**Allocation**
**Funds**
**£**
Charitable Contributions/Purchases
Direct
71478
Cleaning
Direct
206
Staff training and welfare
Direct
5696
Premises
Direct
41624
Insurance
Direct
446
Books and magazine
Direct
0
Other legal an prof
Direct
1900
Equipment hire
Direct
1997
Printing, Postage and Stationary
Direct
1212
Motor expenses
Direct
959
Office / admin expenses
Direct
3422
Telephone and internet
Direct
2032
Travel and substance
Direct
1798
Exchange differences
Direct
6
Bank Charges
Direct
959
Consultancy fees
Direct
17591
Subscriptions
Direct
1858
Donation
Direct
171
Miscellaneous
Direct
167
Advertising
Direct
6279
Paypal/ebay fees
Direct
2840
Software
Direct
786
Wages and salaries
Direct
2679
Pension
Direct
1464
Accommodation
Direct
2214
Courier
Direct
125
Editing
Direct
3227|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
1450
4624
226
87
409
390
500|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
9000
5000
14000
====
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
0
====
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
20000
5000
82000|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
1450
4624
226
87
9409
5390
500|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
1400
3210
156
114
10755
7205
500|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||7686
====
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**||21686
====
**2024**
**Total**
**£**|23340
====
**2023**
**Total**
**£**|
||||0
====
**2024**
**Total**
**£**
91478
206
5696
41624
446
0
1900
1997
1212
959
3422
2032
1798
6
959
22591
1858
171
167
6279
2840
786
84679
1464
2214
125
3227|0
====
**2023**
**Total**
**£**
97370
2854
2049
28894
848
17490
0
0
3969
954
1230
1403
3296
0
1133
12458
1122
0
169
4030
1099
1029
96797
1803
11900
518
0|
|Equipment expensed
Direct
3890
Service charges
Direct
101
Meeting and event expenses
Direct
17526
194653
====|Equipment expensed
Direct
3890
Service charges
Direct
101
Meeting and event expenses
Direct
17526
194653
====|107000
====|3890
101
17526|1029
5848
16748|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||194653
====||301653
====|316040
====|
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **11. ANALYSIS OF RESOURCES EXPENDED BY EXPENDITURE TYPE**
|**Staff Costs**
**Depreciation**
**Other Costs**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Investment Income
0
0
0
0
Charitable Activities
94088
500
215287
309875
**Charitable activities**
94088
500
215287
309875
**Governance**
14799
500
6387
21686
**Loss on disposal of fixed assets**
0
0
0
0
108887
1000
221674
331561
**12. ANALYSIS OF RESOURCES EXPENDED BY ACTIVITIES**
**Activities undertaken**
**Total**
**Directly**
**Support Costs**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Investment Income
0
0
0
Charitable Activities
107000
21686
128686
**Total**
107000
21686
128686|**2024**
**£**
0
309875|**2023**
**£**
0
316040|
|---|---|---|
||309875|316040|
||21686
0|23296
0|
||331561|23296|
|||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
0
23296|
||128686|23296|
## **13. NET INCOMING RESOURCES**
This is stated after charging:
|**13. NET INCOMING RESOURCES**
This is stated after charging:|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets: owned by charity|500|500|
|Auditor's remuneration|0|0|
|Governance Accountant fees|1450|1400|
During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration (2022 -£NIL). During the year, no Trustees received any benefits in kind (2022 -£NIL).
During the year, no Trustees received any reimbursement of expenses (2022 -£NIL).
## **14. STAFF COSTS**
Staff costs were as follows:
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:|**2024**
**£**
94088
6854
100942
**2024**
**No.**
8|**2023**
**£**
107552
9008|
|---|---|---|
|||116560|
|||**2023**
**No.**
10|
No employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in either year.
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **15. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
||**Land &**||**Fixtures &**|**Motor**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Buildings**||**Fittings**|**Vehicles**||**TOTAL**|
|**Cost**||||||**£**|
|At 01.04.2023||0|31182||0|31182|
|Additions||0|0|||0|
|At 31.03.2024||0|31182|||31182|
|**Depreciation**|||||||
|At 01.04.2023||0|10800||0|10800|
|charge for period||0|500|||500|
|At 31.03.2024||0|11300||0|11300|
|**Net book values**|||||||
|**At 31.03.2024**||0|19882||0|19882|
|**At 31.03.2023**||0|20382||0|20382|
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **16. DEBTORS**
|**EBTORS**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Due after more than one year|||
|Other Debtors|**0**|**0**|
|Due within one year|||
|Trade debtors|||
|Other debtors|22572|19464|
||22572|19464|
## **17. CREDITORS:** Amount falling due within one year
|**2024**
**£**
Bank loans and Overdraft
0
Trade creditors
0
Other taxation and social security
11640
Other creditors
7554
Accruals and deferred income
0
19194|**2023**
**£**
0
538
8879
11903
0|
|---|---|
||21320|
## **18. CREDITORS:** Amount falling due after one year
|Bank loans
Other creditors|**2024**
**£**
10397
0
10397|**2023**
**£**
14278
0|
|---|---|---|
|||14278|
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **19. PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT**
There is no prior year adjsutment this year
## **20. STATEMENT OF FUNDS**
|**Designated Funds**
**General Funds**
General Funds-all funds
**Total Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds-all funds
**Total of funds**
**SUMMARY OF FUNDS**
General Funds
Restricted funds|**Brought**
**Forward**
**£**
63768
63768
5400
69168
**Restated**
**Brought**
**Forward**
**£**
63768
5400
69168|**Incoming**
**Resources**
**£**
209529
209529
116123
325652
**Incoming**
**Resources**
**£**
209529
116123
325652|**Resources**
**Expended**
**£**
(202339)
(202339)
(121000)
(323339)
**Resources**
**Expended**
**£**
(202339)
(121000)
(323339)|**Transfers**
**In/Out**
**£**
0|**Carried**
**Forward**
**£**
70958|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||0|70958|
|||||0|523|
|||||0|71481|
|||||**Transfers**
**In/Out**
**£**
0
0|**Carried**
**Forward**
**£**
70958
523|
|||||0|71481|
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## **DIALOGUE SOCIETY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **22. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**
|Tangible fixed assets
Debtors due after more than 1 year
Current assets
Creditors due within one year
Creditors due in more than one year|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
19882
0
19882
20382
0
0
0
0
81190
0
81190
84384
(19194)
0
(19194)
(21320)
-10397
0
-10397
-14278|
|---|---|
||**71481**
**0**
**71481**
**69168**|
## **23. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS**
There was not any related party transaction with any of the trustees this year and last year.
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