AFRICAN CENTRE
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
(L)MPANY NO .. LY7617858
APRIL 3Q 2(r22
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AFRICAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH (ACDR)
Contents
Company infomwtion
Dirertor$' report
A¢¢ountafits' report
Proflt and loss accowrt
Ilance Sheet
Notes to the a¢¢ounts
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LÉGALA14D AI)AMNISTAAnoN INFORMATION
Offl¢ers and Prolesslonal advlse
TftUSTEÉS
l. Taiwo Ibikunle
2. Abraham lsah
3. Adeola Ojeniyi
4. Oye8oke Adeboye
5. Babatunde Rosanwo- Chalrperson
ADEOLA OJENM
EXEcimvE OIREcfoR
AE61STfREO OFFICE
412 Communlty Base.
113 Queens Road.
Bri8hton. BNI 3XG
East Sussex. United Kin8dom.
+441011273234756 +4410}7411128401
www.acdr.or8.uk.
jnfo@acdr.org.uk, artdvr@8mail.com
8•nker
HSBC Bank
79 Western Road.
Brlghton. Elst Sussex
BNI 2}A
EXAMINER
Fabek Associates and Co Ltd
32 Dewey Road.
Dagenham
RMIO 8AR
Company Lirnited by Guarantee Reg. No. 76178S8
Charity Commission Reg. No. 1154206

Afrlcan Cefttre for De￿10￿ *KI Ilese¥th seeks to prthmte the vtsI￿11ty of people incI￿lIng
Mi8rnr)ts in UK arrfl artyjnd Europe in prartical ways to preventi￿ human rryhts abuse5 experierted by
iftorRy 8roups wth a ¥kw to cre*lipz a ¥￿ble plarfornj of mutuèl c01laboTrti￿ ailw mi8ranL minority
groups and the broader society in frame4¥0￿ that discr1m1n*￿n t¥Jt promote equallty and just1￿ for
all in a society of rdnccwr T*hith en8a8es confiIrttrarsfon￿n approAths with a vlewto
omotin8 soual relation&
• Memberships are Oryanizational ar￿ indhidually based. ACDR seeks to ser¥e as a prlmary cataw for
enhèncin8 Mi8rnnt and minority 8D)up< partKiWion In issue5 relatin8 to n¢m-vtolent corfflict trdnsformation.
governance. human rthts arKI socletal d&*ff*ftt in Europe amlAfrica.
• A(DR implements are woie(ts thrO￿h fxe to fxe trainlr¥ Sessi￿ e4TrlnM￿ semift•rs wmmunity
• Afrlcan Centre De4elopmem and Research emplry research apwoxh in comat1￿ dats for effectlve projeci
execution. The organization ￿Tk principally wrth youth and young people betsfftn but en8a8es with other
African Centre for De¥elownent and Rese¥th Pr￿nOteS thewsibifrty ofyoun8 people I￿lUdIng Migrarbts in UK
and around Europe in practul way5 to human rights abuses experienced by minority 8mUPS With
view to creat•w a viaide platforni of mutual collabornt•)n mi8fdnL minority groups ar)d the
broader soclety In frameTMork that pre¥ents dlscrimiratknn but promote equafrty and Justice for all In a society
de¥oid of rnncow*thlth ery8es ncffi-wolert confiKttr4rffjformknn apwoad*>
African Centre for Dwek>pment and Researth Pn>mots the visibility Ofytyj￿ peopte. AfricanslMl8r•nts in UK
and youre people In Europe in prarttcal wa>s to pre¥entiry human rights abuse5 txpertenced by minortty
roups • Wtth a 4rfew to creat1￿ a viable plarform of mutual coliaboratkjn be￿ft mi8ranL minority 8roup5
aThJ.the br￿der sooety in a lrym of cdlab(Thion th* prevents rt￿grants di￿rimInat￿ and 8uidin8 a8ainst
5cenarlas of mlgrants entarelement wfthsocw ¥kes rr#rtinely a550ciated with myftti￿.
• Memberships ae Ooaniz*iDrn•l and indNtdualty based. KDR seeks to seThY as a primary ratsly5t for
enhancing Africanfvigrant rniMrity group partKipation ￿ issue5 rEl*in8 to ￿n-ViOlent confiict
resolutlorn 8ohtmanc< human rithts and ￿etaI de*k*wrnnt a) UK and Europe.
• ACDR implements are proiects thrtyjth to late trdiTring se55K1￿ &trdiniW sessions. seminars and
community focused group meetiry withthe use of neaT medi
• African Centre De¥eloprrent and Rese*th emplcv researth approxh in coMatin8 dats for effectl¥e prole
executton. or8an12ation Tmork principally with youth and YOU￿ people aw#1 Y￿rth •lvocts In UK and
Ewope.

{1) "Seeks to d&*lop the capcity #nd sklls of young people ¥•￿ are soclalty arKI eCOr￿Mi¢ll1¥
disad¥anta8ed in En8land and Wales in 5uth a way th* they are trained in soft skil& that wtll enhance
their prospecls in becomiryd 8alnfvlty and ecor#)mtalty emwJwere4 relieviry pty4erty and to
participate fulTry in sooetr
121 'To womote the educatp)n and conlirubu5 knrnlre of youTha people ages IS to 30 ar•d older
thr04wxh forn￿1 and informal skills acqutsition trdining5 includir*:
la) awarding to suth petsons SCI￿[arShips. maintenance all0￿dn¢es or yants tenable at any
unNetsity. apprenticeship. colle8e Orinstit￿lOft of h￿er or1urthered￿atloft:
Ib) prwdin8 their educ*ion fThludingthe study of mugc orother wts). to undertake
travel in fi￿ther￿n￿ of thal edUC*Kb￿ Job Shad￿re orto prepare for enty to OcuJp￿n. fdde
or professlon on knine anyed￿atIonal Ifomi*finfOm￿1) establi5hmert'
131 Promotlon of Equallty tlveY%ty InteroJI￿RI leamln8 and traveifini to learn about other
cultures.
141 Promotion of Racial Hamiony. TIwtyJ8h Diahw and consultatiorfj on PKJW communlties cath wo
togetherforthe benefrt of all In a waythat is deK*id ofviolence and r￿n￿r
IS) To prDmote soual lrtlusion for the publrc benefft by workiw with people in En8larKI and Wales wl4)
a￿ socially exduded on the grounds of thelr ethnic origin. religlon. bellef or creed {in ￿rtIcular.
members of the faith community and minority groups) to reliv4e the need5 of such people and assist
them to integr*e into ￿, in particular ￿.
lal Pft>vlding a local network group that encourage5 and enables membe[5 of the faith community and other
mlrKirty8roups to participate more effeai¥ety with tt* wider communitythrwh dikn8ue:
{bl Increasin& or ctrordlr*tin& opportunities for member5 of the f*th cOffrn￿lty to en8a8e wlth serv
providers. to enable those wwidersto adapt seThicesto bettermeetthe l￿d$Ofthat community.-
161 YOU￿ People
To •d¥ance in Ilfe and [￿Ieye needs ofl Ihelp] wbun8 people thro4h:
{•} Provldini support and aLtvitles which dv4dop their ca￿CIt*S and capabifrt*s to enable them to
partiCiP3te in stxiety as ft￿tUre and resF*thsible indr11d￿$.
{7) Ibl Ad¥ancln8 in life and helpTng people by d￿k>PInK their capacitTres and fapabllitle5 to
enableihemto partiap*e In 50cletyas iThlepÈndEnL m*ure and res$#x￿Ib1e In¢%￿dual$

Tralnlw CIA
COURSE 2n1. 21m- URUGUAY

ATTHE NKK4)FF MEEfwG IN URUGUAY
The malh ne•d that this pmiecl wants to answerto is the lack of ad¥anced intercultural
workire competen¢Rs and sensitivity in youth workf*ld and e5pecialty of the one5 atti¥* and
Worki￿ in irrternational. multiculturnl orglobal settiry5.
Partnern involved in the projert a￿ comlrfjfrfyn haty. ftfymath. Argentina. Urwy. Sri
Lanka. Indla. Ni8eria and Mozambique.
Th• m•lDgg4101 th15 projert ￿ to irtrease the le4d of irtertthral competert sensiliY•*
and quality ytyjth work field.
More spe¢lfl¢ obJe¢kn arn:
To increaselupgrade the l•v•l of ¥NovkeTh from 4 fAJntineTrts in knteMi1￿Trl
teaminR Topics (Culture. identtty. P￿JudIces. stereotyp4 asswnptthvs, relths
communication. clashes. inter¢ulturnl sensitivity):
To develop the P￿tI￿s￿l￿ of ¥Mkw5 In workbng and man•gky wamty
irrtercultuftl learning process in international projects with youn8 people:
To upgr* skllls In n4naalr41arwl trad11tad￿1nter￿l1Ural en¢ount•ts In wwk
lintemational volunteer1￿ exchany81(xal projects in multityltural settirN trnin1￿5* etL):
To develop high Intercu1￿￿1 Sensiti￿ atthmkn In T*tykfield:
To ernpoweryouth workers to xt as respor6ible intercultuTrl Sensitive aCt￿S In lrternatlonal
eld and pro5eL1:
To contribute toa deep uftderstan&i￿ of theglobal senlrw and innuerKe onthe cultural
awareness arml feature5 of Jwng people;
To provide a spxe ft*rsharin8 best wactices in Africa4urope Yo￿h
cooperation field:
To Increase the Ir4el of Inr4NatloTr and creatl¥lty In field:
To incf&ise the le4el of professvxolism and qualityof

To stimulate lon8 term benefKlarles ytyjth 1x￿1zatI￿ffj in international (4nd
Inter¢￿ttInentalj prolects:
contlnents and E*st.WestlWest. East within tt* continerrts:
To n￿￿te am the ljernfidwles Idirett and inrfirert)to art as responsilAe actb* 8lobal cititrns
In theirdayto day lrfe:
Thls prgJ•rt 1$ d￿¢￿ to be h*NythaHerylry ift terms of prO%￿k1￿ the partl¢lpants
outside of theircomfort zone and stimuktiThJ them to rethink and nwbe shift their(MTn vlew on the
w(xld and thelr wsition in the htghty complex intercultural *￿r1d ¥￿ live in.
You ère a luth one and fiAI of wefttial interujlturnl wactitioners from all o%*rW¢dd that will go
through a very practltal and yofound learniThx specffic exper￿ aNI we e￿ISIon th* wll shiftthe
waypu approach y￿rwOrk in multi¢ulturdl senin8S.
IN SESSION
Here we *re discussi￿ the different assumpti￿S all exhknL ¥rtilI￿ it out and examiNre how weeot
them. What th>es It w*an to ha¥* a5sumptK•nS IMYaT dothry Infiuenc£ lffearKI decision?

GROUP DISCUSSION APIDWORK
Examifting how we use ourawnptth5 on 50 many issues arml appnmth r￿e￿Uld be a little th•llw*ing
because It influences our life decisM)ns.
2WI. 2021-ftomanla

dayto day I
Europe afyl Africak):
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TRAINI4G COURSE
0 2400 >vJury peo91¢ ttwt VAII be rA1rtldpa￿ In the It￿ woJed5 OTKI wdl d￿e￿)P trdr
0 6000 frfents and famllles d the dlrert (Y￿ workn aThJ ￿ p￿TAe) whlth WIH
be kwlred by ts ex* arxl the cktts ones IThJgu dwwJe5 In as
wdl (on different lelds)
o loal communiliu of eath partsv by tt* dwy (rtnxluced In the fxgathth>Ls aLtl¥e In
o d¥51 s￿¥￿ty (l)ut spryiaty fffrfn the taryet a)untts) TAII from the
rArtldpadon and Inlthment of In gxlal tha￿.
. To introduts innovative meth¢Jdologies in youdi ThThk on 2
. To increase the quality of the fftds In 2 aydJI￿ts:
. To develop and improve skills in noTrfryn￿ eduotkjn ln ge￿al, and In The*e rftt
. To stimulate the development of a of T￿tre of tr￿ (¥ye%al nwliw￿5 kn wkyJ5 regkm5
af Europe arKI Afrkz;
. To imFYove proiert managrnL (￿mur1(al￿￿, team leadiThJ arKI motivknAs skills fry youth
. To Inc￿Se the kvel of artive partKipatkJn arrwJThJ the dir&t arKI 1¥Kfir￿t benefioarie5
. To contribute to the developwit of empbyabk skn.lb aThK#¥J dIr￿t and iThJirect ber￿
. To Intrt*J￿ Erasmus + programme. as a great of LxlLKational Op[￿Unit￿s.
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. they will devekjp w&lkzl sh5115 in u5w¥J a new rr￿*￿$ fty sryJ* d￿r￿Je
fji
. they will increase their toknnt attitudts try44ards cu1bj￿5
. they w￿1 acquire new 5*ills to ther ￿l11t&￿. ((￿vr￿￿tK￿, fundrnsing.
. they will enab￿ their creatwity F(*ential aThJ creatirg w wial chaThJe rmjects;
. they will devebp knowledge at(Jut researth nthjokw. evaluatM)n, statistKal tcol5;
. trfave a greater under5taThJing of intercultural ÈamiNJ as a t￿1 to rJeate tolerartE.
. They will increase their efficw at the v4c*k p*e as ￿lUntee15 an alg) in tsir wrfession; at the ￿r9)Tha1
. They will to the gtywdl (rf adr* parti£¥*￿ In I￿1r wlor
. Gatn greater urthr5tandiThJ of the Erasm￿+ arKI its I)￿fftS the ￿Lth *vrk on the
. Have their youth workus ltrainw5 IfKilitaty5 in a new ap￿0a￿llyj aFMI handlirg
. Benefft from transfer of kThJyledge aTKI skJlLs from their partKiparts to 4wJrk of tt*r iygansations;
. Have a base ffx inthatbve approxhes to ￿fl￿t and Social ￿0b*m5
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. Will have their s(xJal wobkms haThy￿1 in a woper aFtd deerEr wayy
. Will increase ts￿1r awarry￿ss OKI t(kn￿e:
. Will L￿Offle resw)gbte for their daty actKMs •xl lrfe *;
. Will tske an Tc4e in the ccm¥nunty .
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The trustees are resWJnsibleforprepari￿ theTru5tees' Annual Aep(*t and the financlal statsments In
accordan￿ with applicable Faw and regulations. Company law requifesthe trustees to prepare ftnancial
5tatemerrt5 for each financial year in accordancewlthilKkn￿ntin8 Stsndards and appIl￿ble law lux
GeneftltyAccepted Accounti￿ PrdCtKel.
The fftnandal statements are requlred ￿ lawto ghe atrue and fair¥leaT ofthe5tste of atraitsof the
charitsble company and of the excess of in(￿ne overexpeftdi￿re forthat period.
In weparin8 thesefinancial Slatem￿.thetnj$Ee¢S ¥e wlred to:
se]ertsultsble accountingpolicies and then applythem conthndT.
make lud8ments and est6matesthatare rta50nable and pn￿ent
state whetherappl1￿bIe UKA￿oU￿tiD8 Standards bavebeen fo]lrf subJectts> any materlal
departures disdosed and explained 5n the flnancial ststements: and
thatthe Cbarltywlll continue in hs arttvffiiie&
The trustees are respDnsible for keepin8 proper a¢countin8 records that dixlose with reasonable accurdLy at
anytime the financial Position of thechwTtable o)mpny and enable tlwn to ensure that its financial
5t*ements corn￿ with the Choritie5 P£t 1993 as amended. Tly genwal responsibility fortakin8
steps a5.are reasonablyopen to themto ￿0rd the assets of charitable company and to prevent and
deterttrdud and other Irre8￿rIth
The tn￿ee$ T*ho held Offi￿ at the date of aPpr￿ar of this tnjsteerf rewt confirm that $0 far as they are
each aware, there is fK> relevant information of which the CharitV5 ex￿Iner is unaware: and each trustee
ha5 takeTr.all ihe Steps that helshe 0￿ht to have taken a5 a tfusiee to make himseffl hetself aware of ary
relevant Infomiation and to e#*aish tl*tthe Charit(s examimrls aware of that InfOrn￿tkn.
EXAMINER
In line with the &¥o¥i5i(ffi exemw in Chariiits *£t 1993 as an•)ded. the tn￿ dedded to appoint an
examiner. wlwch will review5 the accounts for the >*ar ended 30 April. 2018. In accordance wth th
appoimmenL Falxk AS50cb￿es and Co Lttl T*a5 re-appointed as examiner.
Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed oft behalf of
the Board by.
Mr Babatunde ROSAN￿
Chatrpthson. Board of Tr
23 JANUARY 2¢Y22
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We report i)nthe accourrts of the Trustforthe yer¥Jed 30Wil. 2021 ¥knith are stt on pazes 17to
21.
The charitrfs trustees are responsible for the prepamion of the accwrrts. Th tharitrfs trustees consider
that an audii is not required for this year lur#ler section 4312) of the akarits Act 1993 (the 1993 Act1)
that an independert examlnation is needed.
It is our responsibilltyto:
exarnine the accounts (under section 43{3}la) of the 1993 Artl:
rd to follow the Pr￿edureS laKI do*Tr the Generdl Direct#xts li%￿ ￿the Charity thMmisS￿erS
(under settl￿ 43171{b) of the 1993 Att): and
To state whether particular matters have 0>￿t00￿ atten￿.
Our examination was ￿Tled out in xc(Yd¥Ke with the Gener41 Dlrertions 8i%*n by the Charity
Commissioners. An examination irKludes a review of the accourtirq record5 kept by the ¢h•rity and a
Compar￿On of the accounts presented with those reconls. Jt also indudes considerntion of .any unusual
Items or dtsclosuru in the accounts and seektn8 explarJatK>ns from you as trustee5 Concern1￿ any s￿h
matters. The procedures ￿dertakery do rrfrt pthde all wldence that would be required in an a￿j1(
In connertionwith our eMamln*ion. no matter has ¢ixneto oUrattertK￿.
111 Which al￿ us reaS￿ble causeto bert￿ethat In any material respfftthe requlremen
to keep a(riyintiDg recordsiD accordaDce withs¢Ltion 41 of the 1993 A¢ a￿1
To prepare accounts whlth acts)rdwlth theaccouthgrecords and compty with the
accounting requirements ofthe 1993 Artas amended
Have not been rt or
12} To whith. in *xYopinion. attention shNld be thawn In orderto erAble a proper wm1erstandi￿0f the
accounts to be reached.
FabekAwidate5 and Co
32 Dewey Road
Dagenham
RMIO 8AR
23 January 2022
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744
.W9
Costof genertIng￿luTh￿l
7347
Sll
Communlty Pmiertslothér
Resou￿e$ Expended
fjoveman
I47.￿8
-2Iq57
INet&
us CIfvAtoityiVzz
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RIC￿ CEiifRE FOR DE¥ELOPMEirr PJID REsEA￿m LTD
Reglstered nunthèr.
07617858
Balance Sheet
as at 30 2022
Flx•d aswts
1T247
2.037
21.
Cash #t t￿k ard in hw#l
cTrdltO￿ amouThlBl•lllry du•
wlthln one year
(4.wn
(ra
T•l•l Ch•rfty Funds
41.￿ I
Adwla OJENIYI
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The fviancial statements hab* been prepared under the histori¢al cost conbwston and in accordan￿ wrth the
financial reponln8 star*lard for smaller entrties. The financial ststements have been prepared In accordance
wlth the ststements of recommerthd prartice ISORPI. Accounttng and rewrting by charrties published in
October Xm. applicable *aountinE star#lards companles Art 2(￿.
The company is lim1ted.lry guarnntee. The members ol the company are the tnjstees. In the event of the
company bein8 wound UP• the liabilttRs in respect of the luaftntee is linited to £1 per member of the
company.
1.3 Fund
General fvftds are unrestricted funds and are xdilable for use at the discretion of the trustees In furthernnce
of the 8enerdl obpctr¥e5 of ihe compary. Restr*￿ funds are funds that are to be used In accordance with
specffic restrfrtiorts imposed by donors ¥thich been raised ty the charlty for the partioJLar purp)se. The
cost of rdi5ing and admini5terirf suth are tharyed against thÈ spetific fundL The ain and use of
restr1￿ fvnd ts set lftthe r#)testo t￿ffinarKIal Stateffl￿.
All incoming res0W￿ are induded ID the siatemerf of financial activities as I￿orne wheD they are
dlstrlbuted to the proJK& Gifts donated for resale are induded as income when they are sold. Donated
facilities are Induded at the va]ue to the charity where this can be quantified and a thtrd party ts bearing
the cost& No amounts are induded In these financlaj ststrn￿nts for seryi¢e donated by voluntrers.
.Intsngible qncom¢ whith comprises 41onated Servi￿ Is i1￿1Uded th Income at a valuation whlth is an
esttsttate of the financial cost borne by the donor where suth a cort is quantifiable and measurable. No
incotne Is recobmised where there is no financial cost borne by a third party. Income tsx recoverable In
relation to donatlors recelved under the &ft ald or deeds of covenants ts reCw1￿ at the time of the
donatlorL
All expendlturns is accounted for on an ae¢yuals basls and has I￿ett induded under expense categorles
that aggrerdte ail LDsts for allocatlon to acknYitie& whe￿ costs cannot be attributedto partioAhr acttvities
they should be allocated on a basis coThsLstentwith the ￿se of the resourt
FurKI raising costs are those incurred In Seeki￿ w￿Untary a>ntrilMrtions arml do not IrKlude the costs of
rfissemination information in supm of the tharitsble actiwt** Support costs are those iosts incurred dirertly
In Sltpport of expenditure on the objects of the chartfy and indudes pmject mana8ement carried out at
..headq￿rter% Mènagement and administr*ion costs a￿ tlwe incurred in conr*ction with administratlon of
the dwrlty and Complian￿wIth conStib￿nal and Smutory requlrements.
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The fir4anci•l Statements do not kndude cash II¢M7 Statements beca￿ the th•rItsb￿ company as a small
porting ertity 15 exempted from the requirenwrt to ￿Kh a statern￿ ￿der the fin•ncial reportin8
standard for smaller eniilies.
Tanglble fixed awets arestated atC05tless &preclthJL Depredation is provided atrates ca]allated to
followingbasis:
fotorvehldes
Furniture aTMI Fixtures
Plantand Machinery
25% Strafght Line
25% Stralght Line
25% Strai8htLine
1.8
Stth arevalued atthe lowerof a>standnet realLgblevah
FUJI provtslon ts made for deftrred tayallon resulting from bmiDE differen￿ between the recogthon of
ins and losses in the accounts and their recognition fortax purposes. Deterred Taxation is calculated o
un-dlscounted basis at the tsx rate whkh ts expecwl to apply in the periods th appty in the periods when
tlmlng difference5 will reverse.
Trdnsartions in forei￿ currencies are recordedatthe rate ruling atthe datr ofthe trattsac11o￿ Monetary
a55ets and liabilities In foreign currenaes aretraJ)sxW atthe rateof ezchange nllingat the balance
sheet datyall dlfferenos are taken to the profit and lossaccounL
At 1 Moy21
8.151
At 30 Aprll 2022
28,443
At 1 May 2021
Chawge forth•
>por At 30 A￿1
114
11.196
17.247
2.037
30 Aprfl 2￿ At J)
Aprfl 2021
3 Doblo
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16.029
212UJ
4 on• y••r
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FRICAN CWRE FOR DEVELOPMENT Afrxl RESEARCH LTD b a pfvate (ximpwry
limited by guarnntee arKI a rtwrty EWoThJ. Its rnglstwed Offi￿ .
412 CommuThty Base
113 Road
Brfghknn
BN1 3XG
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