Registered Charity number: 1165336
## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
_**FOR THE YEAR ENDED**_
**31 MARCH 2023**
## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **CONTENTS**
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|Trustees’ Report|1|
|Report of the Independent Examiner|6|
|Statement of Financial Activities|7|
|Balance Sheet|8|
|Notes to the Financial Statement|9|
## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of Honnywill Family Charitable Trust (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2023.
The trustees confirm that the report and financial statements of the charity comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the governing document, and the provisions of "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (Charities SORP (FRS 102)).
## **Reference and administrative information**
Registered charity number 1165336 Principal office address Underriver Farm Underriver House Road Underriver Sevenoaks TN15 0SJ Independent examiner J P Healey FCA Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited Chartered Accountants North House 198 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BE Principal bankers CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ Solicitors Buss Murton Law LLP Wellington Gate Church Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1HT Settlor Mr C G Honnywill
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **a. Constitution**
The Honnywill Family Charitable Trust is governed by its Trust Deed dated 1 March 2015 and amended 6 January 2016. It was granted charitable status on 27 January 2016. These financial statements cover the year ended 31 March 2023.
## **b. Appointment and Training of Trustees**
The power of appointing new trustees is vested in the settlor during his lifetime, and thereafter in the trustees by way of a resolution of a meeting of the trustees. The trustees were selected to ensure the
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
Trust has access to a diverse range of skills, experience, and time from people who are relevant to its objectives and activities. The trustees included a retired teacher, lawyer, disabled riding instructor and retired trustee of a national disabled riding charity, and an accountant. Together, they provided a good level of diversity to oversee the workings of the charity.
The trustees met on a number of occasions during the year. They continued to take professional advice from accounting/tax advisers who work with charities.
## **c. Organisational Structure and Decision Making**
The trustees have overall responsibility for approval of strategy, policies, plans, risk management and finance. The charity has no employees.
## **d. Trustees**
The trustees serving during the year and up to the date of approval of the financial statements were:
Mr C G Honnywill Mrs S Honnywill Mrs Ruth Weaver (resigned 1 September 2022) Mrs Clare Wilson Mr Nicholas Weaver (appointed 21 April 2023)
Except for Ruth Weaver, the remaining trustees held office throughout the year. Ruth resigned and died in September 2022. The trustees are hugely grateful for all that she did for the charity from its inception, and its survival through the Coronavirus pandemic. Her wise counsel and thoughtful guidance will be missed.
At the trustee meeting in March 2023, the trustees agreed that we should approach Nick Weaver (a company director, civil engineer, with previous trustee experience) to ascertain whether he would be willing to become a trustee. He has agreed and was appointed following the end of the financial year.
## **Objectives and activities**
The charity’s purposes, as set out in its governing document, are:
- The provision of pony riding facilities for young people who are disabled, and the terminally ill, in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life and the promotion of health.
- To promote the conservation and preservation and improvement of the natural environment and the biodiversity and natural habitat of land at Kiln House Farm, Bough Beech, Edenbridge, Kent for the public benefit.
- The preservation of Kiln House Farm and its features of architectural interest for the public benefit.
The riding activities hold a 3-star veterinary rating, the highest for a yard of this type (higher ratings are reserved for competition yards). The charity’s provision of pony riding facilities is designed to meet the needs of young people who are disabled, and the terminally ill, that cannot be met by other charities or public bodies that offer riding school facilities. The charity is able to offer extended periods and individual attention at its pony riding facilities to achieve this.
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
The charity established the Kiln House Farm site as a place that meets the needs of its target beneficiaries, with purpose-built facilities and trained ponies. It comprises some 30 acres of woodland, rides, and nature reserve areas, situated in a rural location within easy reach of much of the southeast of the UK. During the year, the charity carried out landscaping work to the site – the latest phase of development that improves the equestrian facilities and the site’s natural features.
This has been the first year largely free from the restrictions required by the Coronavirus pandemic. The charity was able gradually to increase the number and frequency of rides – by the end of the year, we have returned to the levels of activity seen prior to the pandemic.
We are particularly pleased to report that our joint working with the Maypole Project (a charity working with children and families from Southeast London) moves from strength to strength. We have hosted groups of children with their families and carers. Each visit involves the children in pony grooming, petting, care and a full range of activities with the ponies – riding in the sand school as well as leading a pony through the woods. Many visits involve the children enjoying a treasure hunt, often with a seasonal theme.
Family visits enable the full family unit to enjoy the facilities – siblings of disabled children, and their parents/carers benefit from the calming environment. They are free to use the wheelchair-accessible woodland hut and enjoy a picnic in a quiet setting. We see significant reductions in anxiety in those who visit.
We have begun working with refugee families locally and expect that this will lead to increased visits from those affected with needs that match our offering of support.
We are grateful to Kiddinx from Germany for their generous donation of pony keyrings that we are able to give to visitors as a memento of their visit.
To enable us to offer these activities, we continued to maintain and train our three ponies throughout the year. They are trained three times per week to ensure that they are fit and healthy.
Our conservation monitoring work with local wildlife wardens continued. Of particular note this year, we trialled the introduction of “no-fence” grazing cattle. Working with a local farmer, using technology developed by Nofence Grazing Technology, we have had cattle on site without the need for expensive and intrusive fencing. The technology consists of a solar-powered GPS collar worn by the cattle, and a digital boundary. The collar communicates with an app and web portal via a mobile network. The animals are given access to selected pastures via the app. Nofence allows the farmer to track the animals' movements in real-time.
The trustees are grateful for the contribution of volunteers to the work of the charity, notably the volunteer helpers who assist with monitoring young people as they ride, others who provide additional support services and those involved with marketing, and maintenance of the website.
## **Achievements and performance**
In setting the charity’s objectives and planning its activities, the trustees have given consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
The trustees consider that the charity’s main achievements in the period (as measured against its objectives) are:
- Enhanced the Kiln House Farm site with improved landscaping including renovation of the car parking area;
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
- Had three ponies in use during the year;
- Worked closely with local wildlife wardens; and
- Successfully introduced “no-fence” grazing cattle for selected areas of the site.
## **Financial review**
For the year ended 31 March 2023, the charity’s incoming resources amounted to £35,075 (2022: £70,183).
Resources expended were £66,997 (2022: £67,952), giving a deficit for the year of £31,922 (2022: £2,231 surplus).
At the balance sheet date, the charity’s free unrestricted reserves (that is, its unrestricted reserves less those represented by fixed assets) amounted to £81,227 (2022: £93,553).
During the year, the charity’s principal funding sources were donations from individuals, and gift aid reclaimed from His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs as well as rental income from the investment property.
## **Risks**
The trustees have assessed the principal risks and uncertainties facing the charity and developed its strategy and plans to manage those risks. They are:
- Funding sustainability
- Potential liabilities arising from working with young vulnerable beneficiaries
- Potential liabilities arising from working with ponies
- Having adequate volunteers who are available as required and able/trained to perform their role
- Carrying out site works, notably ground works using contractors
The trustees have secured funding to meet the cashflow needs of the charity for at least the next 18 months. They plan to review the charity’s marketing and outreach activities and look to increase conservation and environmental activities, working closely with local farmers and those involved in the management of Bough Beech reservoir which border the site.
The charity’s work with young vulnerable people and ponies is carried out under the supervision of Sophie Honnywill, a trained Riding for the Disabled (“RDA”) instructor and past RDA trustee. The charity has assessed as adequate the operating procedures of the RDA for its use. It continues to keep close contact with the RDA. In addition, the charity carries public liability insurance.
## **Policy on reserves**
The trustees consider that, now that the Kiln House Farm development is complete, the charity should hold reserves of some £12,000 per active pony housed at Kiln House Farm. This is based on an estimate of the average current full year cost of stabling, care and training of a pony. As at 31 March 2023, the reserves held were £81,227; this will fall over the next two years to some £30,000 following the expenditure planned on our woodland “den” and woodland management.
## **Plans for future periods**
No tree felling was carried out during the year. We continue to monitor the significant number of ash trees that are suffering from the “Ash Die Back” disease which will need to be felled.
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
The trustees will keep the number of ponies under review. It is anticipated that the charity will continue to operate with three ponies.
The trustees were grateful to receive a number of donations in the year such that there was no need to launch a wide public fundraising programme in the year.
## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under charity law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its surplus or deficit for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue to operate.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity’s transactions and 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. They 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.
This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 11 October 2023 and signed on its behalf by:
**Charles Honnywill** Trustee
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
I report to the trustees on the financial statements of Honnywill Family Charitable Trust (the ‘Trust’) for the year ended 31 March 2023.
## **Respective responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Trust’s 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 the Trust 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 applicable 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.
## **J P Healey FCA**
Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited Chartered Accountants North House, 198 High Street Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE
Date: 16 October 2023
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
|**Note**
**Income from:**
Grants and donations
**3**
Charitable activities:
Rainbow Pony Rides
Investments:
Rental income
Interest
Other income
Total income
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds:
Rental property costs
**4**
Charitable activities
**5**
Total expenditure
**Net (expenditure) / income and net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
**11**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
16,830
753
16,542
129
821
35,075
2,898
64,099
66,997
( 31,922)
1,128,633
1,096,711|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
52,926
691
16,091
1
474|
|---|---|---|
|||70,183|
|||1,177
66,775|
|||67,952|
|||2,231|
|||1,126,402|
|||1,128,633|
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET** _**AS AT 31 MARCH 2023**_
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**8**
Investment property
**9**
**Current assets**
Debtors
**10**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors:**amounts falling due within
one year
Accruals
**Net current assets**
**Total net assets**
**The funds of the charity**
Unrestricted funds
**11**|**2023**
**£**
3,000
81,317
84,317
( 3,090)|**2023**
**£**
464,224
551,260
1,015,484
81,227
1,096,711
1,096,711
1,096,711|**2022**
**£**
2,707
94,166
96,873
( 3,320)|**2022**
**£**
483,820
551,260|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||1,035,080
93,553|
|||||1,128,633|
|||||1,128,633|
|||||1,128,633|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 11 October 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
**Charles Honnywill** Trustee
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **1 Status**
Honnywill Family Charitable Trust is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales governed by its Trust Deed dated 15 March 2015 and amended 6 January 2016. The address of the principal office is Underriver Farm, Underriver House Road, Underriver, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0SJ.
## **2 Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
## **2.1 Basis of preparation**
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (Effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
Honnywill Family Charitable Trust meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling and rounded to the nearest pound.
## **2.2 Income**
Income from donations is recognised when the charity is entitled to the funds, the receipt is probable and the amount can be measured reliably. This is usually on receipt.
Donated goods and services are recognised in the period in which they are utilised and are valued by the trustees at their fair value.
Income from riding sessions is recognised in the period in which the session takes place.
Income from investments relates to interest and rental income and is recognised in the period to which it relates.
## **2.3 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised when a present legal or constructive obligation exists at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount can be estimated reliably. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis.
Expenditure has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Support costs have been allocated to raising funds and charitable activities pro rata based on the direct costs incurred by those activities.
The charity is registered for VAT and is partially exempt. The VAT disallowed in relation to exempt supplies is shown separately in support costs.
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **2.4 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated realisable value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:
|Freehold land|Not depreciated|
|---|---|
|Equestrian buildings and structures|Over 15 to 25 years straight line|
|Ponies|Over the expected working life of each pony|
|Fixtures and equipment|Over 10 years straight line|
|Assets under construction|Not depreciated|
The cost of freehold land comprises the original purchase price of the land for use in the charitable activities, plus the costs of preparing the land for its intended use.
## **2.5 Investment property**
The investment property is stated in the balance sheet at fair value. Investment gains or losses are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **2.6 Financial Instruments**
The charity only has financial instruments of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Short term debtors, prepayments and creditors are measured at their settlement value.
## **2.7 Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by the donor or trust deed.
## **3 Donations**
|Donations and gift aid
Donated services|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
13,314
3,516
16,830|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
47,968
4,958|
|---|---|---|
|||52,926|
Donated services relate to the provision of food and shelter for the ponies during the year.
In the prior year the charity received £Nil in restricted donations.
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **4 Raising funds**
|**Raising funds**|||
|---|---|---|
|_Rental property costs_
Direct rental costs
Allocation of support costs (Note 6)|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
2,152
746
2,898|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
747
430|
|||1,177|
## **5 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|Direct activity costs
Depreciation
Allocation of support costs (Note 6)|**Rainbow**
**Rides**
**2023**
**£**
23,076
24,521
47,597
16,502
64,099|**Conser-**
**vation**
**2023**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
23,076
24,521
47,597
16,502
64,099|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
19,048
23,336|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||42,384
24,391|
|||||66,775|
In the prior year the charity spent £Nil from restricted funds in relation to its charitable activities.
## **6 Support costs**
|**Support costs**|||
|---|---|---|
|Site repairs and maintenance
Advertising and marketing
Bank charges
Irrecoverable VAT
Fixtures and equipment depreciation
Loss on disposal
Sundry
Utilities and rates
Telephone
Governance costs:
Independent examiner's fees
VAT and other advisory fees|**2023**
**£**
140
132
72
2,522
5,528
-
165
4,519
-
2,050
2,120
17,248|**2022**
**£**
1,660
-
115
( 69)
6,683
7,474
144
4,580
230
1,970
2,034|
|||24,821|
## **7 Employees**
The charity did not have any employees during the period.
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **8 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
**9**
**Investment property**
At 1 April 2022
At 31 March 2023|**Freehold**
**land**
**£**
155,077
9,950
165,027
-
-
-
165,027
155,077|**Equestrian**
**buildings**
**£**
370,352
-
370,352
76,404
24,381
100,785
269,567
293,948|**Ponies**
**£**
1,400
-
1,400
712
140
852
548
688|**Fixtures**
**and**
**equipment**
55,184
503
55,687
21,077
5,528
26,605
29,082
34,107|**Total**
**£**
582,013
10,453|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||592,466|
||||||98,193
30,049|
||||||128,242|
||||||464,224|
||||||483,820|
||||||**£**
551,260|
||||||551,260|
The property was valued by the trustees who consider that there is no material change to the fair value of the property at the year end.
## **10 Debtors**
|Gift aid recoverable
VAT recoverable
Prepayments|**2023**
**£**
879
1,356
765
3,000|**2022**
**£**
1,466
450
791|
|---|---|---|
|||2,707|
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## **HONNYWILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **11 Movement in funds**
|**_Current year_**
**At 1 April**
**2022**
Unrestricted funds
1,128,633
Total funds
1,128,633
**_Prior year_**
**At 1 April**
**2021**
Unrestricted funds
1,126,402
Total funds
1,126,402
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
**Current year**
Fixed assets
Net current assets
Total net assets
**Prior year**
Fixed assets
Net current assets
Total net assets|**Income**
**£**
35,075
35,075
**Income**
**£**
70,183
70,183|**Transfers**
**£**
**£**
( 66,997)
-
( 66,997)
-
**Transfers**
**£**
**£**
( 67,952)
-
( 67,952)
-
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
1,015,484
-
81,227
-
1,096,711
-
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
1,035,080
-
93,553
-
1,128,633
-
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Expenditure**
**Expenditure**|**£**
1,096,711
**At 31 March**
**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||1,096,711|
||||**£**
1,128,633
**At 31 March**
**2022**|
||||1,128,633|
||||**Total**
**funds**
**£**
1,015,484
81,227|
||||1,096,711|
||||**Total**
**funds**
**£**
1,035,080
93,553|
||||1,128,633|
## **12 Analysis of net assets between funds**
## **13 Related party transactions**
The key management personnel of the charity are considered to be the trustees.
Trustees did not receive any remuneration, benefits or reimbursed expenses during the period.
Donations from trustees and related parties to the charity, including gifts in kind, were £3,516 (2022: £39,070) in aggregate. No conditions were attached. There are no other related party transactions to disclose.
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