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2023-03-31-accounts

Charity registration number: 1158891

EXTRA - Support for Families

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Lambert Chapman LLP Chartered Accountants and Registered Statutory Auditors 3 Warners Mill Silks Way Braintree Essex CM7 3GB

EXTRA - Support for Families

Contents

Reference and Administrative Details 1
Trustees' Report 2 to 4
Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities 5
Independent Examiner's Report 6
Statement of Financial Activities 7
Balance Sheet 8
Notes to the Financial Statements 9 to 19

EXTRA - Support for Families

Reference and Administrative Details

Trustees B C Carroll JP P R Byford L S Goddard B M Mann E C Goddard Charity Registration Number 1158891 Principal Office Jaywick Community Resource Centre Brooklands Gardens Jaywick Clacton-On-Sea Essex CO15 2JP Independent Examiner Lisa Greenwood FCCA Lambert Chapman LLP Chartered Accountants and Registered Statutory Auditors 3 Warners Mill Silks Way Braintree Essex CM7 3GB Bankers CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Trustees' Report

The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Objectives and activities

Objects and aims

EXTRA - Support for Families (known as 'EXTRA') aims to advance education and promote good health and wellbeing among parents/carers in North East Essex by providing and assisting in the provision of programmes and workshops in parenting skills, family support and other related activities in order that their children may develop into emotionally and physically able adults.

Objectives, strategies and activities

The Tendring District of North Essex contains some of the most deprived communities in England, in which parents are faced with significant challenges in bringing up their children. EXTRA offers a wide range of universal and targeted parenting support courses, workshops, informal workshops, and parent peer support groups throughout the Tendring District. The informal and friendly approach of EXTRA's staff team and provision of a nurturing environment in groups, as well as practical support through childcare and transport for families, has been an important factor in achieving the aims of the Charity. EXTRA has strong relationships with partner agencies, with established referral pathways to and from the project, as well as working with a range of partners to run parenting courses. EXTRA also has trained parent volunteers to assist in the delivery of support in courses and parent peer support sessions.

The majority of our funding has contributed to the core running costs and the delivery of programmes such as Support with Additional Needs, Step by Step and various workshops and peer to peer support groups. Funding from Realising Ambitions allowed us to run the final three Improving Your Emotional Wellbeing courses, supporting parents' emotional health.

Public benefit

The Trustees believe that the activities undertaken within the Charity, to fulfil its aims and objectives, are done so to further public benefit.

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Use of volunteers

We would like to thank our volunteers for their dedication and commitment to EXTRA. EXTRA is currently supported by 3 volunteers who oversee the Peer-to-Peer support groups and are integral in welcoming new parents. Many of our volunteers have attended courses themselves and some have gone on to attend our facilitation skills training with a view to co-facilitating our programmes and workshops. One of our volunteers has been successful in her training and is now working as a Trainee associate facilitator.

Financial review

Policy on reserves

The total reserves of the Charity are £184,493, of which £64,174 is restricted. Available free reserves (which exclude fixed assets) are £117,915.

EXTRA maintains a policy of holding reserves to cover at least five months running costs, approximately £70,000, in the event that the charity needs to be closed. This is to cover staff redundancy payments and any outstanding office overheads, and to ensure that parents/carers actively engaged with EXTRA at that time can continue to attend current termly programmes and be supported in their transition to other support providers.

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Trustees' Report (continued)

Principal funding sources

Our main source of funding is through grants, which total £62,000 in the year.

The largest grant secured in the year comes from CVS Tendering, which totals £45,000, and contributed towards the Charity’s main objective by way of running supportive programmes for parents and carers.

We are fortunate to be in a good position with our unrestricted reserves and will continue to look into ways to improve these in the coming years.

EXTRA has been generously supported by funders since 2009, firstly as a Community Interest Company, and since 2014 as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. We are working hard to secure funding to take the charity into the future and to explore different funding streams to ensure sustainability.

Going concern

The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Trustees and officers

The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:

Trustees: B C Carroll JP P R Byford L S Goddard B M Mann K H Rowland (resigned 8 November 2023) E C Goddard (appointed 1 October 2023) Chairman: B C Carroll JP

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Trustees' Report (continued)

Structure, governance and management

Nature of governing document

EXTRA is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, governed by its constitution, a foundation model, dated 17th October 2014 and registered with the Charity Commission.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

EXTRA has 5 Trustees who meet quarterly or more frequently as necessary. Trustees are appointed in accordance with its Constitution. Trustees are appointed for a term of 3 years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Charity Trustees.

In selecting individuals for appointment, the Charity Trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of EXTRA Support for Families CIO.

Induction and training of trustees

It is policy for new Trustees to receive a copy of the Trust Constitution together with copies of Charity Commission Guideline booklets. Training and induction are on an ongoing basis via attendance at Trustees' meetings.

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 17 January 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

......................................... B C Carroll JP Chairman and trustee

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.

The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Approved by the trustees of the charity on 17 January 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

......................................... B C Carroll JP Chairman and Trustee

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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of EXTRA - Support for Families

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of EXTRA - Support for Families for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of EXTRA - Support for Families you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the EXTRA - Support for Families accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of EXTRA - Support for Families as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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.

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.

...................................... Lisa Greenwood FCCA Chartered Accountants and Registered Statutory Auditors 3 Warners Mill Silks Way Braintree Essex CM7 3GB

18 January 2024

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Note
Income and Endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
Investment income
4
Other income
5
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
6
Total expenditure
Net (expenditure)/income
Gross transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
18
Unrestricted
funds
£
2,000
2,352
1,158
5,000
10,510
(11,629)
(11,629)
(1,119)
(364)
(1,483)
121,802
120,319
Restricted
funds
£
62,400
-
-
-
62,400
(164,586)
(164,586)
(102,186)
364
(101,822)
165,996
64,174
Total
2023
£
64,400
2,352
1,158
5,000
72,910
(176,215)
(176,215)
(103,305)
-
(103,305)
287,798
184,493
Total
2022
£
235,851
-
32
4,000
239,883
(152,514)
(152,514)
87,369
-
87,369
200,429
287,798

All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2022 is shown in note 18.

The notes on pages 9 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 7

EXTRA - Support for Families

(Registration number: 1158891) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
13
Current assets
Debtors
14
Cash at bank and in hand
15
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
16
Net current assets
Net assets
Funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds
Restricted funds
18
Unrestricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
Total funds
18
2023
£
2,404
45,384
143,962
189,346
(7,257)
182,089
184,493
64,174
120,319
184,493
2022
£
3,261
104,236
183,626
287,862
(3,325)
284,537
287,798
165,996
121,802
287,798

The financial statements on pages 7 to 19 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 17 January 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

......................................... B C Carroll JP Chairman and trustee

The notes on pages 9 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 8

EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies

Statement of compliance

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Basis of preparation

EXTRA - Support for Families meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Judgements

Apart from those judgements involving estimations, the trustees have not made any judgements in the process of applying the entity's accounting policies that have significant effect on the amounts recognised in the accounts.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

There are no key assumptions concerning the future or other key estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

Income and endowments

Voluntary income including donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Donations and legacies

Donations and legacies are recognised on a receivable basis when receipt is probable and the amount can be reliably measured.

Grants receivable

Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balance sheet as deferred income to be released.

Investment income

Interest income is recognised when receivable.

Charitable activities

Charitable activity income refers to monies received from such activities as running classes to further the Charity's objectives and other contracted services.

This income is recognised when received.

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

Other income

Other income relates to Employer's allowance received and is recognised when payroll is submitted each month.

Expenditure

All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category.

Charitable activities

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Governance costs

These include the costs attributable to the charity’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.

Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation and amortisation

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:

Asset class Depreciation method and rate 25% reducing balance method and 25% Plant and Machinery straight line method Office equipment 33% straight line method

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits.

Fund structure

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

2 Income from donations and legacies

Grants, including capital grants;
Grants
Donations and legacies
3
Income from charitable activities
Paid classes
4
Investment income
Interest receivable and similar income;
Interest receivable on bank deposits
5
Other income
Employer's allowance
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
-
2,000
2,000
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
2,352
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
1,158
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
5,000
Restricted
funds
£
62,000
400
62,400
Restricted
funds
£
-
Restricted
funds
£
-
Restricted
funds
£
-
Total
2023
£
62,000
2,400
64,400
Total
2023
£
2,352
Total
2023
£
1,158
Total
2023
£
5,000
Total
2022
£
235,851
-
235,851
Total
2022
£
-
Total
2022
£
32
Total
2022
£
4,000

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

6 Expenditure on charitable activities

Note
Telephone
Direct costs
Depreciation of plant and
machinery
Depreciation of office
equipment
Staff training
Rent
Insurance
Computer software and
maintenance costs
Printing, postage and
stationery
Trade Subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Programme costs
Travel and Subsistence
Consulting
Staff entertainment
Bank charges
Advertising
Facilitators
Cleaning
Legal and professional
fees
Staff costs
10
Governance costs
7
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
-
534
418
2,185
669
-
-
-
-
-
-
34
22
-
124
-
30
-
-
-
6,153
1,460
11,629
Restricted
funds
£
2,944
3,983
-
-
-
11,741
1,519
4,183
2,147
440
137
8,361
747
16,235
-
72
384
3,879
987
2,155
102,460
2,212
164,586
Total
2023
£
2,944
4,517
418
2,185
669
11,741
1,519
4,183
2,147
440
137
8,395
769
16,235
124
72
414
3,879
987
2,155
108,613
3,672
176,215
Total
2022
£
3,287
799
476
1,929
2,411
12,181
1,417
2,149
2,746
616
830
1,340
4,887
5,285
-
16
-
-
-
-
109,136
3,009
152,514

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

7 Analysis of governance and support costs

Governance costs

Independent examiner fees
Examination of the financial
statements
Other accountancy fees
Trustees expenses and meeting costs
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
2,120
(660)
-
1,460
Restricted
funds
£
-
1,854
358
2,212
Total
2023
£
2,120
1,194
358
3,672
Total
2022
£
1,879
1,130
-
3,009

8 Net incoming/outgoing resources

Net (outgoing)/incoming resources for the year include:

Depreciation of fixed assets

2023
£
2,603
2022
£
2,405

9 Trustees remuneration and expenses

During the year the charity made the following transactions with trustees:

L S Goddard

£304 (2022: £Nil) of expenses were reimbursed to L S Goddard during the year.

No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.

10 Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:

Staff costs during the year were:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
2023
£
97,697
8,804
2,112
108,613
2022
£
100,403
6,282
2,451
109,136

The monthly average number of persons (including senior management / leadership team) employed by the charity during the year was as follows:

Average employees 2023
No
6
2022
No
6

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year

The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £53,238 (2022 - £46,681).

11 Independent examiner's remuneration

Examination of the financial statements 2023
£
2,120
2022
£
1,879

12 Taxation

The charity is a registered charity and is potentially exempt from taxation on the basis that the surplus is retained for charitable purposes.

13 Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 April 2022
Additions
At 31 March 2023
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2023
Net book value
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022
14 Debtors
Plant and
Machinery
£
5,267
-
5,267
4,083
418
4,501
766
1,184
Office
equipment
£
6,369
1,746
8,115
4,292
2,185
6,477
1,638
2,077
Total
£
11,636
1,746
13,382
8,375
2,603
10,978
2,404
3,261
Prepayments
Accrued income
2023
£
384
45,000
45,384
2022
£
384
103,852
104,236

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

15 Cash and cash equivalents

15 Cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank
16 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
2023
£
143,962
2023
£
4,179
-
3,078
7,257
2022
£
183,626
2022
£
1,147
157
2,021
3,325

17 Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the charity to the scheme and amounted to £2,112 (2022 - £2,451).

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

18 Funds
Unrestricted funds
General
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
CVST - Realising Ambitions
TCVS
National Lottery Development
Fund
EFC: Chrysalis Fund
Essex Health & Wellbeing
Alliance: Start Well Fund
ECF: East of England Co-op
Emergency Fund
Christmas Outings for Families
Total restricted funds
Total funds
Balance at 1
April 2022
£
121,802
11,250
5
154,741
-
-
-
-
165,996
287,798
Incoming
resources
£
10,510
-
-
-
15,000
45,000
2,000
400
62,400
72,910
Resources
expended
£
(11,629)
(11,591)
(1)
(135,671)
(14,900)
-
(2,023)
(400)
(164,586)
(176,215)
Transfers
£
(364)
341
-
-
-
-
23
-
364
-
Balance at
31 March
2023
£
120,319
-
4
19,070
100
45,000
-
-
64,174
184,493

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

Unrestricted funds
General
Unrestricted funds
Restricted
The Rank Fund
CVST - Realising Ambitions
TCVS
COVID-19 Response Fund
The National Lottery
Community Fund - Extension
Fund
Henry Smith
Garfield Weston
Autism Anglia
Colchester Catalyst
ECF Covid Response
ECF Realising Ambitions
National Lottery Development
Fund
CJRS Grant
Total restricted funds
Total funds
Balance at 1
April 2021
£
119,519
548
-
148
4,074
66,291
6,033
3,816
-
-
-
-
-
-
80,910
200,429
Incoming
resources
£
4,032
300
15,000
-
-
-
20,000
-
4,781
8,925
20,000
2,985
161,813
2,047
235,851
239,883
Resources
expended
£
(6,405)
(713)
(3,750)
(143)
-
(66,291)
(26,033)
(3,816)
(4,781)
(8,979)
(19,499)
(2,985)
(7,072)
(2,047)
(146,109)
(152,514)
Transfers
£
4,656
(135)
-
-
(4,074)
-
-
-
-
54
(501)
-
-
-
(4,656)
-
Balance at
31 March
2022
£
121,802
-
11,250
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
154,741
-
165,996
287,798

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

Purpose of Funds

Unrestricted funds

General funds - to cover running costs in the event of reduced funding. The trustees aim to have at least five months' worth of running costs in reserves.

Restricted funds

CVST - Realising Ambitions: To deliver parenting programmes to help parents and carers improve their mental health. Last year a grant of £15,000 was received to enable the Charity to provide courses between January 2022 and March 2023. One course was in the prior year ending March 2022, a further three courses fall within this financial year. This was all spent during the year.

TCVS: To provide winter comfort packs for very vulnerable families. This was all spent in the year.

National Lottery Development Fund: To enable EXTRA to plan, develop and continue to deliver support to parents/carers in the Tendring district, via a range of courses, workshops and peer to peer support groups. Some of the funds were allocated to plan for the future regarding sustainability and impact.

ECF: Chrysalis Fund - A grant over 2 years to assist with core costs of a project to provide support services to families living in deprived areas of the Tendering district. £100 remains at the end of the 2023 period to be used on wages in the next financial year.

Essex Health & Wellbeing Alliance: Start Well Fund - £45,000 was granted in the year to assist in running supportive programmes for parents and carers to help provide therapeutic support for their children. This balance has been carried forward to be used in future periods.

ECF: East of England Co-op Emergency Fund - £2,000 was provided in the year to provide a centre for parents, carers and others experiencing isolation in Jaywick. This was all spent in the year.

Christmas Outings for Families: Donations from Sea Lions and Gallopers Wind Farm of £200 each were given to provide Christmas outings for families that the Charity helps support.

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EXTRA - Support for Families

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

19 Analysis of net assets between funds

19 Analysis of net assets between funds
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
2,404
125,172
(7,257)
120,319
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
3,261
121,866
(3,325)
121,802
Restricted
funds
£
-
64,174
-
64,174
Restricted
funds
£
-
165,996
-
165,996
Total funds at
31 March
2023
£
2,404
189,346
(7,257)
184,493
Total funds at
31 March
2022
£
3,261
287,862
(3,325)
287,798

20 Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions in the year.

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