2022 Annual Report of St. Anne's Church in the Parish of Chasetown ‘The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chasetown’ Registered Charity No. 1160765
Background
St Anne's Church is situated in Church Street, Chasetown. The correspondence address is St Anne's Church, Church Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffs WS7 3QL. St Anne's Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church building. This is done in co-operation with the Team Vicar, Revd. Richard Westwood and the wider Burntwood Chase Benefice. During 2022 St Anne's Church was served by the Chasetown Parish Ministry Leadership Team which comprised Revd Richard Westwood, Revd Steve Morgan, Mrs Angela Smith, Mr Chris Hawthorne and Mrs Rose Westwood, a licensed Community Minister for the Parish. During the year Rose Westwood stepped down from her role and Revd Steve Morgan was appointed as Interim Minister at Christ Church Burntwood and St John the Baptist Hammerwich. We thank them both for their faithful service to the Lord at St Anne’s. Many other members of the church generously offer their gifts, time and skill in the wide range of the church’s mission and ministry. The PCC thanks each of them for their generous and willing service.
Membership
Members of the PCC are respectively either ex officio/co-opted or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. During 2022 the following members of St Anne's served as members of the PCC:
| served as members of the PCC: | |
|---|---|
| Team Vicar: | Revd. Richard Westwood |
| Curate (Self Supporting) |
Revd Stephen Morgan (Until December 2022) |
| Community Minister |
Mrs Rose Westwood (Until Feb 2022) |
| Wardens: |
Mrs Sheila Murphy (Until the APCM in April 2022) |
| Mr Terry Smith | |
| Mr Gerald Harvey (From the APCM in April 2022) | |
| Secretary |
Mrs Anita Brookes |
| Treasurer | Mrs Joanna Orlinska |
| Representatives on the Deanery Synod: | Anita Brookes, David Buckley, Christopher Hawthorne |
| Elected Members: |
Betty Stanley Brian Golding Sheila Bott |
| Jim Turner Amanda Bird Esther Allen |
|
| Carol Thomas Joanna Orlinska Patricia Guest | |
| Co-opted members |
Anthony Guest Sheila Murphy |
Church Services and Attendance during 2022
During 2022 the attendance at church services was less affected by the issues around the Covid 19 pandemic and the concerns which it caused. The PCC adopted a ‘slow but steady’ approach to the relaxing of Covid precautions and this seems to have been appreciated by the church members and wider community. Many of the church’s worship services were live- streamed via the churches’ Facebook page and the ‘Midweek Message’ on our YouTube Channel continued to be a regular feature of St Anne’s ministry. The PCC wishes to especially thank David Buckley and all the contributors for their hard work in putting together the online worship which was offered. Our usual Sunday attendance in 2022 is lower than it was pre-Covid but has recovered somewhat from the dip in attendance which was a feature of Covid times. There are 96 members on the Church Electoral Roll of St Anne's Church, (45%) of whom are resident outside the parish.
Review of the year
The full PCC met 11 times during the year. The meetings were well attended with many of them taking place with an option for members to join online via Zoom.
A significant part of the church’s mission in 2022 was in helping work in partnership with others in the local community as part of the Burntwood Be A Friend (BBAF) initiative. St Anne’s continued to be an administration base for BBAF throughout 2022. Our much appreciated weekly ‘Place of Welcome’ coffee
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morning for anyone in the local area has continued to thrive and the PCC thanks Sheila Murphy and a team of helpers who host this event week by week. An average of 22 people attended this event each week. St Anne’s Messy Church, weekly Ladybirds carer and toddler group all continued throughout the year as did the ‘Strollers’ buggy walking group. Our thanks go to Sue Taylor and a host of other helpers who staff these wonderful community groups. St Anne’s has continued to be the base for a guided weekly Men’s Wellbeing Walk and the community garden at the western end of the church grounds has been a welcome addition to our landscape. Thanks go to Kirk Allen, Terry Smith and Steve Bunce for their work in this project. It was lovely to see the restart of St Anne’s monthly Film Night which gives a great feel-good factor to all the members of the community who attend. Our thanks to Carol Thomas and David Buckley for managing this for the church. All of these initiatives illustrate that St Anne’s has continued to play a significant part in the life of local community and the PCC believes the church has served the residents of Chasetown well in this respect.
The PCC thanks all who have been involved in the mission and ministry of the church in 2022 and pays tribute to their work and the time, care and energy which they put into the different areas of the life of the church. A meeting for prayer, Bible study and fellowship continued throughout the pandemic and has been appreciated by all who attend. Early in 2022 the church ran a ‘Big Bible Questions’ course in preparation for the Living in Love and Faith course which followed on from it. The PCC also wishes to thank the musicians and singers who help to arrange and lead sung worship both in church and for our online services, in particular Jean Spraggett, Caroline Woolley and Gerald Harvey.
The PCC thanks the Churchwardens who served in 2022, Sheila Murphy, Gerald Harvey and Terry Smith, and Angela Smith who has acted as an Assistant Warden. Sheila stepped down from her time as Warden having served for the maximum term of six years. The Warden’s hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated and we thank them for all they have given in their service to God in these roles. The PCC also offers sincere thanks to Anita Brookes for her commitment and hard work in her role as PCC secretary and sacristan throughout the year and to David Buckley who helps to manage the church website and its online ministry. The PCC also wishes to record its thanks to Joanna Orlinska as Treasurer during the year supported by John Spraggett, and Tony Slater for their work on the church’s giving and finances. The church also offers grateful thanks to Mrs Margaret Taylor, employed as part time Parish Administrator and to Mr Brian Taylor for his hard work in cleaning and maintaining the church on a weekly basis. We thank them warmly.
Members of the church and wider community were grateful for the continuation of the Parish Magazine edited by Chris Hawthorne for which the PCC thanks him warmly. In addition, a monthly ‘Parish Letter’ was hand delivered each month by a team of wiling helpers and our thanks go to them too. At the end of the year the PCC agreed to pause the publication of the Magazine and parish letter and move to a new format of a Monthly News publication for the start of 2023
The PCC is sad to report the deaths during 2022 of a number of longstanding members of St Anne’s including Sue Turner and Wendy Rose.
St Anne's continues to support a number of charitable organisations and in 2022 donations were made to Macmillan Cancer Care, The Children's Society (through the collection from the Christingle Service), Hands at Work in Africa, Pathway Project, MAF, Action Aid, and CMS. In total St Anne's donated £4,737 to charity, shared between local, national and international good causes.
In 2022 the church was able to engage with the ongoing task of redeveloping St Anne’s Church Building and made progress towards this goal with the help of Greenwood Projects, a project management firm from Lichfield.
On behalf of the PCC (Chairperson) Revd. Richard Westwood
19 May 2023
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Financial Review
During the year £92,806 (2021 was £104,613) was spent to provide the Christian ministry in Chasetown parish, including the full amount of £44,028 (2021 was £41,601) as the contribution to the diocesan quota, which largely provides the stipends and housing for the clergy. (The Common Fund requested from parishes by Lichfield Diocese Board of Finance in 2022 should have been £45,382 for St Anne’s but, along with other parishes in the Diocese, was reduced by one month’s contribution in acknowledgement of the financial strain that parishes were facing following the Covid 19 pandemic)
In 2022 as in previous years, giving from the regular members of the church provided the majority of the church’s income (£44, 328) as part of an overall income of £88,457. This response from the congregation is wonderful and the PCC thanks all who gave in such a generous way. Added to this was the income arising from the hire of rooms to a local education organisation for one to one lessons and also to the Burntwood Be A Friend initiative. The net result for 2022 was a deficit of payments over receipts of £4,349 – this was in part due to rises in the cost of fuel for heating of the church in colder months at the end of the year (2021 was a deficit of £17,354)
Despite the challenges following on from the coronavirus pandemic the PCC was able to pay all the 2022 Common Fund request in full. This is an encouraging achievement and the PCC thanks all who have donated so generously.
The PCC also wishes to record its thanks to the grant making trusts who made awards to St Anne’s to fund our work with Burntwood Be A Friend:- The Community Foundation for Staffordshire and, Central England Co-operative, Local Giving Trust. The PCC encourages the church community to give thanks to God for his provision in 2022 in these challenging of circumstances for our locality.
The PCC is now seeking earnestly to progress with plans for the redevelopment of the building and to continue to deepen its partnerships with the wider local community too. The balance carried forward £45,353 in unrestricted funds on 31December 2022 £ (2021 was £49,261)
On behalf of the PCC (Chairperson) Revd. Richard Westwood
19 May 2023
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St Anne's Church Chasetown
Registered Charity 1160765
Financial accounts For The Year Ended
31 December 2022
CHASE ACCOUNTING CANNOCK STAFFORDSHIRE
St Anne's Church Chasetown
1160765
Financial Accounts for the Period Ended 31 December 2022
Contents
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1 Independent Examiners' Report
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2 Income and Expenditure Account
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3 Balance Sheet
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St Anne's Church
1160765 31 December 2022
Independent examiners report
In accordance with instructions given to us, we have prepared, without carrying out an audit, the attached Income & Expenditure Account and a Balance Sheet from your accounting records and from information and explanations received by us.
CHASE ACCOUNTING
19 May 2023
IER
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Members of St Anne's Church On accounts for The year ended 31/12/22 Charity no (if any) 1160765 Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 Respective responsibilities Of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. Of Trustees and examiner It is my responsibility to: 1.examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, 2.to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and 3.to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the Basis of independent accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures examiner’s statement in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to Those matters set out in the statement below. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: a. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and Independent b. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements Examiner's statement of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper Understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 19/05/23 Name: Rebecca Scott-Clegg Relevant professional AATQB Qualification(s) or body 4 Station Court Girton Road Address: Cannock Staffs WS11 0EJ
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED
31 December 2022
| 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2021 | 31 December 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCOME | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Donations & Legacies | ||||
| Tax efficient planned giving(offerings) | 6,505.00 | 6,942.76 | ||
| Other planned giving (S/O) | 31,715.20 | 36,444.00 | ||
| Collections & services | 366.00 | 186.76 | ||
| All other giving Inc Gift Day | 5,741.80 | 4,686.11 | ||
| Gift Aid | 13,922.31 | 2,460.29 | ||
| Grants | 6,376.29 | 13,255.93 | ||
| Activities for Generating Funds | ||||
| Church Model | 1,092.58 | 1,292.84 | ||
| Film Night | 1,817.96 | 279.23 | ||
| Christmas & Autumn Fayre | ||||
| Other fundraising | 1,750.74 | 629.54 | ||
| Tea & Coffee | 400.00 | |||
| Church Activities | ||||
| Funerals | 8,634.55 | 4,809.10 | ||
| Weddings | 1,894.00 | 4,692.97 | ||
| Church Hire | 3,970.00 | 1,040.00 | ||
| Messy Church | 204.17 | 27.37 | ||
| Stay & Play | 195.71 | |||
| Bookstall | 148.85 | |||
| Parish Magazine | 584.14 | 333.00 | ||
| Other receipts | 3,067.10 | 5,794.98 | ||
| Charity | 69.95 | 130.30 | ||
| Copying & Laminating | 174.00 | 21.60 | ||
| Legacy | ||||
| Burntwood Be a Friend (BBAF) | 71.82 | |||
| Inscription | 31.00 | 85.00 | ||
| Cash banked | 394.12 | 364.79 | ||
| Transfers | 3,900.03 | |||
| Adjustments | -449.17 | -337.98 | ||
| 88,457.45 | 87,259.29 | |||
| EXPENDITURE: | ||||
| Cost of Generating funds | ||||
| Stewardship | 1,244.52 | 1,264.63 | ||
| Cost of Fund raising | ||||
| Coffee Morning | ||||
| Film Night | ||||
| Charitable Activities | ||||
| Mission Giving and Donations | 3,779.94 | |||
| Diocesan Parish Share | 44,028.00 | 41,601.00 | ||
| Salaries & Wages | 6,552.00 | 6,505.00 | ||
| Music & Copying | ||||
| Organ Repair/ Piano Tuning | 355.00 | 205.00 | ||
| Wedding & Funeral fees (LDBF) | 5,338.00 | 3,010.00 | ||
| Verger & Organist | 1,665.65 | 1,410.00 | ||
| Clergy & Staff Expenses | 1,874.48 | 1,401.86 | ||
| Church Expenses | ||||
| Mission & Evangelism | 165.96 | 313.66 | ||
| Running Expenses | 2,787.60 | 2,668.77 | ||
| Utility Bills | 6,919.39 | 3,384.77 | ||
| Web & Computer Software | 163.20 | 163.20 | ||
| Visiting Clergy | ||||
| Capital Expenditure | ||||
| Repairs to Church | 5,064.98 | 2,324.56 | ||
| Alarm & Security | 516.00 | 516.00 | ||
| New Building | ||||
| Gardening Project | 728.07 | 1,825.38 | ||
| Other Payments |
| HMRC Vicarage Decoration Fund Other costs Petty cash Donation to local Community Groups Kickstart Misc Costs Insurance Burntwood Be a Friend (BBAF) Refunds-Trip Transfers Adjustments Surplus/(Deficit) For the Year |
903.38 252.00 2,069.24 360.00 4,737.35 395.26 2,759.36 3,684.17 242.69 92,806.30 -4,348.85 |
252.00 5,225.66 120.00 157.50 2,667.68 23,806.95 2,010.00 |
|---|---|---|
| 104,613.56 | ||
| -17,354.27 |
St Anne's Church BALANCE SHEET AT 31 December 2022
| Current Assets Community Direct Account (65439784) Business Select Instant Access -Deposit (65531912) Community Direct Account -Roof (65636529) Community Direct Account (65700235) Cash Total Current Assets Net Assets Financed By: Opening Equity Surplus/(Deficit) for year Difference Community Direct Account -No2 Account (65593604) Community Direct Account- Building Dev Fund- 65862490 |
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ 2,551.72 1,223.93 38,361.13 1,116.00 2,250.52 1.00 13.73 |
£ | £ | ||
| 1,703.87 1,431.05 43,949.41 116.00 2,500.52 1.00 |
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| 45,518.03 | 49,701.85 | ||||
49,701.85 66,615.54 ( 17,354.27) 49,261.27 |
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| 45,518.03 | 49,701.85 | ||||
| 45,353.00 | 49,261.27 440.58 |
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| 165.03 |
St Anne's Church Chasetown
Registered Charity 1160765
Financial accounts For The Year Ended
31 December 2022
CHASE ACCOUNTING CANNOCK STAFFORDSHIRE
St Anne's Church Chasetown
1160765
Financial Accounts for the Period Ended 31 December 2022
Contents
-
1 Independent Examiners' Report
-
2 Income and Expenditure Account
-
3 Balance Sheet
1
St Anne's Church
1160765 31 December 2022
Independent examiners report
In accordance with instructions given to us, we have prepared, without carrying out an audit, the attached Income & Expenditure Account and a Balance Sheet from your accounting records and from information and explanations received by us.
CHASE ACCOUNTING
19 May 2023
IER
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Members of St Anne's Church On accounts for The year ended 31/12/22 Charity no (if any) 1160765 Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 Respective responsibilities Of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. Of Trustees and examiner It is my responsibility to: 1.examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, 2.to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and 3.to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the Basis of independent accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures examiner’s statement in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to Those matters set out in the statement below. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: a. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and Independent b. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements Examiner's statement of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper Understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 19/05/23 Name: Rebecca Scott-Clegg Relevant professional AATQB Qualification(s) or body 4 Station Court Girton Road Address: Cannock Staffs WS11 0EJ
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED
31 December 2022
| 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2021 | 31 December 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCOME | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Donations & Legacies | ||||
| Tax efficient planned giving(offerings) | 6,505.00 | 6,942.76 | ||
| Other planned giving (S/O) | 31,715.20 | 36,444.00 | ||
| Collections & services | 366.00 | 186.76 | ||
| All other giving Inc Gift Day | 5,741.80 | 4,686.11 | ||
| Gift Aid | 13,922.31 | 2,460.29 | ||
| Grants | 6,376.29 | 13,255.93 | ||
| Activities for Generating Funds | ||||
| Church Model | 1,092.58 | 1,292.84 | ||
| Film Night | 1,817.96 | 279.23 | ||
| Christmas & Autumn Fayre | ||||
| Other fundraising | 1,750.74 | 629.54 | ||
| Tea & Coffee | 400.00 | |||
| Church Activities | ||||
| Funerals | 8,634.55 | 4,809.10 | ||
| Weddings | 1,894.00 | 4,692.97 | ||
| Church Hire | 3,970.00 | 1,040.00 | ||
| Messy Church | 204.17 | 27.37 | ||
| Stay & Play | 195.71 | |||
| Bookstall | 148.85 | |||
| Parish Magazine | 584.14 | 333.00 | ||
| Other receipts | 3,067.10 | 5,794.98 | ||
| Charity | 69.95 | 130.30 | ||
| Copying & Laminating | 174.00 | 21.60 | ||
| Legacy | ||||
| Burntwood Be a Friend (BBAF) | 71.82 | |||
| Inscription | 31.00 | 85.00 | ||
| Cash banked | 394.12 | 364.79 | ||
| Transfers | 3,900.03 | |||
| Adjustments | -449.17 | -337.98 | ||
| 88,457.45 | 87,259.29 | |||
| EXPENDITURE: | ||||
| Cost of Generating funds | ||||
| Stewardship | 1,244.52 | 1,264.63 | ||
| Cost of Fund raising | ||||
| Coffee Morning | ||||
| Film Night | ||||
| Charitable Activities | ||||
| Mission Giving and Donations | 3,779.94 | |||
| Diocesan Parish Share | 44,028.00 | 41,601.00 | ||
| Salaries & Wages | 6,552.00 | 6,505.00 | ||
| Music & Copying | ||||
| Organ Repair/ Piano Tuning | 355.00 | 205.00 | ||
| Wedding & Funeral fees (LDBF) | 5,338.00 | 3,010.00 | ||
| Verger & Organist | 1,665.65 | 1,410.00 | ||
| Clergy & Staff Expenses | 1,874.48 | 1,401.86 | ||
| Church Expenses | ||||
| Mission & Evangelism | 165.96 | 313.66 | ||
| Running Expenses | 2,787.60 | 2,668.77 | ||
| Utility Bills | 6,919.39 | 3,384.77 | ||
| Web & Computer Software | 163.20 | 163.20 | ||
| Visiting Clergy | ||||
| Capital Expenditure | ||||
| Repairs to Church | 5,064.98 | 2,324.56 | ||
| Alarm & Security | 516.00 | 516.00 | ||
| New Building | ||||
| Gardening Project | 728.07 | 1,825.38 | ||
| Other Payments |
| HMRC Vicarage Decoration Fund Other costs Petty cash Donation to local Community Groups Kickstart Misc Costs Insurance Burntwood Be a Friend (BBAF) Refunds-Trip Transfers Adjustments Surplus/(Deficit) For the Year |
903.38 252.00 2,069.24 360.00 4,737.35 395.26 2,759.36 3,684.17 242.69 92,806.30 -4,348.85 |
252.00 5,225.66 120.00 157.50 2,667.68 23,806.95 2,010.00 |
|---|---|---|
| 104,613.56 | ||
| -17,354.27 |
St Anne's Church BALANCE SHEET AT 31 December 2022
| Current Assets Community Direct Account (65439784) Business Select Instant Access -Deposit (65531912) Community Direct Account -Roof (65636529) Community Direct Account (65700235) Cash Total Current Assets Net Assets Financed By: Opening Equity Surplus/(Deficit) for year Difference Community Direct Account -No2 Account (65593604) Community Direct Account- Building Dev Fund- 65862490 |
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ 2,551.72 1,223.93 38,361.13 1,116.00 2,250.52 1.00 13.73 |
£ | £ | ||
| 1,703.87 1,431.05 43,949.41 116.00 2,500.52 1.00 |
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| 45,518.03 | 49,701.85 | ||||
49,701.85 66,615.54 ( 17,354.27) 49,261.27 |
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| 45,518.03 | 49,701.85 | ||||
| 45,353.00 | 49,261.27 440.58 |
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| 165.03 |