Ch¥lty v•gi51radon Mmbw 1171391
EVOLVE MUSIC
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDtTED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

EVOLVE MUSIC
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
M Bide
S Thap*￿￿1
C MuN¥a
J Carty-CampWI
Charfty number
1171391
Prfnclpal addrogs
11 Man￿$ Street
Balh
BA1 1JQ
Indgpendont •xamln•r
Mr P J Bart(￿ FCCA
11 Manvw5 StJeet
BA1 1JQ
Bankèrn
BA1 1S4

EVOLVE MUSIC
CONTENTS
Independert exan¥nerfs rwt
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EVOLVE MUSIC
TRUSTEES. REPORT
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Evofve Music ￿ 8 gTasgTocl8 ¢)JIKI* music c*arity baseil in EWarKI. Using sc*Jnd exploration and
improvisation we c04xeate must¢ tmlh o)mmunroes and SUPF#Nt the of music leaders and the wder
¢)Jmmunity music skn. E￿1Ve MUSK believes overyone shrwld have the opp￿tIr￿ty to benefft from partiupaling
in comnwjnity music, a￿1 wè aCh￿￿e this by rerrw ￿lerS to C¢Mnr￿ty music partI￿patiOn experienced by
disabilty or migration.
neurodiverse young awl okler p* thrwgh a portfol￿ ￿ Ixqec*s stret(*ing fmm Balh to Plymouth.
Additiona51y, it has built a &¥ofik as a wovidw of training. r￿1￿￿1.￿j aNI for the o)mmunty
music sector and is o)ntsibuling to the ev1dW￿ Ihal ￿e￿￿)nstr*S the F¥)the imp*As of pa￿l￿PatOry music on
and ￿￿StO￿sUper-marn.
The financAal stste￿￿￿ts have be8n twared in xordanc* *ryth tr* act￿ pc4icaes sel out in note 1 to thfr
financ¥al statwnerts and ¢QFWy wrth Ihe dian￿8 g)¥emry c£rfkn. chaiiti.es 2011 ￿ "Attountin9
4nd RerKJrting by CF*iities.' StslerrMt of R￿￿tr￿d￿j Prakn applKaile to tharilies weparing tr*ir acc(>unls in
aeujrdance vAth the Finanual Rep>ting S&tsd a￿l￿atrAe in ￿ UK avj Ro*Jknlc of IrelarKI (FRS 102).
(effectsve 1 January 2019}.
The obi8¢b"ves of Evolve MUS￿ are to fr4uliL*e to. irryD¥e. al¥￿. rrwntain and educatiM irF th&
arts by providing intreasod Oppor￿n￿e$ of au ages abilibes * tQL*grwrKts to ar£ess ueattve mus
making workthops and by running SLK* nxIs￿*￿#h0P$.
bpnefft
reviewln9 the iJwity'¥ airrts a￿1 de¥isirvJ and sotling for the y￿. the
trustee8 confirm that t￿Y have referred to the guidarts cxyrtain8d in the Charity ComrrMssion'¥ gemral gLMdanLX on
public ljenefft arKI conwied *7th L￿der Sec*on s1715) ofthe ch*￿eS Ac*2011.

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A¢hlgvwMnts and p0rfom￿ne•
s￿rnfi￿ant activrfw and ach￿Vern6nts agav￿t ob￿(ths
This report summarises Evolve Musids aC*Vil￿ frc¥n 2023 to Marth 2024. It h￿￿titS athleV￿nts ac¥oss
Adventurers Il•wton Abbot: In partr￿ship ¥￿h Chihjren ift Need. Evolve MUSK delivwed suco88ful mwc
day to Support thè developrM)t aTrJ W￿l￿"ng of young thbjdrw. Evdve Music trnded valuable mLtsTrC training to
staff at The Caly"n YMCA in Pty￿￿th, equiwn9 Ihwn to intsgrate mu8bC-rrAkrng crfftfthnty inlo their everyday
The tharity also d￿l￿red w(￿kshopS at thè Earfy Yw S¢yJth W98t Strw Pr*b* Hub laurK* 04pnt, sh
Bèyond group Se￿On$, Evdve offerod tsryet•J t￿ 1..1 sessh)ns ts 6 c*ithn at Cabin,
addressing their S$￿￿¢ needs ¥nd fostering a love lur musrc The ¢)Jminaticffl of the progra￿￿￿& was a sharing
Sound Explor*s progry4￿¥rE ¢)n the thildren's devoky
England mU￿C Alliance ￿mA).. These rescKJrres Tmth rn*cal and guidan¢e to uèate
Dad$ Rock: Dads R¢xk ¢ontir¢L*d lo ￿ a resounthng 8ucc*s. expandwNJ it¥ reath ￿lIti wjlar swons atross
caregivers to connect their thildren through mux arml tr￿lId strw btyKts. Ra¢csni%ng the programme's
locations, bringing tythic and (Thneraxm to a wider raThJ8 of familw.
delivwy of Da(1$ Rock se88￿nS.
nt Youn
Comnwtted lo providing indusive cl)p)r￿es, Evc4ve IAUSK delrvered Lab Sessi￿5 for young P8OKAe
with neurodiwsittes BANES and Frome. FU￿ by Fmme T(A¥n Cour￿. the wyamn* wovided a safe
8UPPOrtive space for thesè Y￿ThJ pwwe to elplore nm￿1& fostwing Self*x[￿eS￿n. Scmyal interao*on and a se
reach of Sound Lab, enwng its p)$￿Ve on a vnder ofyrAJng Fe¢We.
Fiwlher expandiThJ ts reath, Evol¥a Music F*jn(*￿ wular n￿SiC *iNItM fty with ￿arnI￿j dlsabilthès in
pather3hip wilh The HL*• in Yeovil. This irthtsbE ¢atered lo a ￿￿1￿. (￿￿nItIeS for mu$i¢x
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people in North Somersel, fxrfnmisSKN￿1 by UIEIAA. This COU￿ a talle￿1 ap￿Trath. (xtering to the
unKiue rt•Ys ar#J learThwJ styes of t￿ ytw parbcwts.
Music Leader CPD.. RecA)9ni8irwJ the imp*NIai￿ of ￿"ThJ W0fw￿al its n¥Jsic leaders. Evolve
platfomi for knI￿ledge sharirg. peer and oftest years music education.
Building Sktlls and Confidenc•: To frJrfh8r eqw> r(￿ le*kn V•ilh e$8enlia E¥ol¥o Music launc*8d
valuable insights 8nd praL*(xl strategres to gAfFWWt VEdnerablè partKA'pants and ttoate Ir￿￿81￿ musical
Makaton Training: In response to rgwests from mux fe*kn. Ebthe ￿l￿1C is FknThng a Makaton tralnlro
dIffi￿ltieS.
olo
Fundorn & Fundrai8ing: are to ewyonèth) has to Evc*4e klusicthroW Ihe ye￿.
Play It Forwa￿." A ￿ndra￿ing In￿ that inbrytes d￿11¥, rAch8kn. rxyiwimffj grow ensemble8 in
thè South West to'donate. (me ofth8ir ctKKerts to EvLh* Music (￿nb.rn￿.
Fln•ncJal r•vl
This year was or* of very 8trixwJ gTry4rth. TAilh ixom& ri￿r0 frcth W2.000 In thè pre¥iou8 year to just over
£250,000. a 27N uplift. C0nfvlatic￿ go to knette Burghes and Ihe tèam ¢xrtstanding athievemenl.
Close lo half of the income relat8d to th& ffin￿n9 of the dirt0* o)sts of SFwfic proiets. recerved frr*7) a range of
funders. inc4uding The Arts c￿¥1 {£54,000). By Loitery, Br￿ Cty CWAI {thfj,ry)o), crN"Idren in Need, CFaire
Milne Trust, Early Years Strw. Postcol8 LfAkny. NIEMA * Maus Charitat4e Tnot (£16.orJ)). The Trustees
would like to express thw"r sirwe gTrti1￿le to tr* (￿ganiSati￿$ *IiL* gewW supptyted tho c*arrty w)d ils
WO￿ duriNJ the ￿.
The substantial intrease in in¢))m& i￿¥1* to a laTrJe in aclivity. vAlh Oxxres￿M￿ irKreases in ￿$ts..
s￿￿ rx)sts, whith repr8serrt the bulk ofthè tharbty's operabrbj crAts, grv•i by arDund 60% to È62.500. Aftw all direct
and indireca c￿. the clwrity recortl&J a rpt suwus of al￿￿1 £83.000. a mapxity of vknith related to pr(4￿1
ftJThYing rc41ing into the next finants31 year, rp¥trKa8d of £66.098 were ￿led f￿ward 8t the yw end. *iih
total resou￿ of dose to £120.ON).
The trustees revi￿ the reserves at *ast arKm￿lFM. of matsFial in tho tharity's
acllwties. Under the reserves p￿ICy. the c*wity Seeks to maintain a wfficaent ba￿3￿ crf unrestrided Trserves to
cover 6 to 8 n￿ntr+S of plarmed CAxe exk*ThJitiJre. ID ensuft firmn)￿ sl*"lty and xt ay a safeguard agalr￿t
sts of delivering proje(ts. At the end of the fin¥￿1 year 2023r24 LmreSti￿ resffts were £69,336. wFN¢*
Mafi)rrisks
appropriata plans to mrtigate risks.

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Plans for fthrn p•iloth
The vision of Evolve tr￿18￿ 15 thal the Styjlh ha5 to barefft fr￿n
P8rtic>patTrThJ in cornmunty Th¥Jsio To athie¥e this. tr*e Ch• Seeks to fer￿Ve bwriers to o)nNnunty music
people and eommunitres to benefft from yew. Our fwr Strateg￿ obiw*ves over the next
th￿e years a￿ lo:
investmènt in parbcipatory rwsic adivities.
It 18 the intsntion oftrE twstees to share thi5 Flan thrylh s1akth01de￿. fty ex•e as part of an indLmJiC￿ prO￿S
athi¢wng the amlxknons laKI in tr* plan be tr* trustoes through wuiar Executive Commtttee
m*tings and Brjard r￿ets.￿js. Tr Fdan *ryll be ￿lated on an arnual t3a&5 axl whw8 wxsary in response to
Evolv8 Mu&¢ is a Charita￿8 Inwornw (WW.8￿10n CCIO? by its dateAI 4 AMI 2023. The
tharity vrds originally registered in J￿￿*ry 2017 uThJ8r an AsscKaakn PAodel CIO. on 4 %)23, early in thr3
finanoal year. at an Extraordinwy C*rwal Meeliry ts nwnLws Lé the wAnvrnusly to i*an9e
o)n8tstulion to a Fwndabon Modd CIO: urthr its w (mtttitth. a(Wed the date. the eh8rity is
no. 1171391. The Bo*d of tru5ts08 g￿rtarty to [knn￿n￿ •Jainst sirategic and finanrial
C lQng
M Bide
S ThaFwnall
C Mu14va
T McNoughtrReynofds
J Carly£ampbel
P Rouse
trustees are appointed for an inibal le￿ of year& In apw"nts"rwJ InJ5teos. the Boartl of trustees has regartl to
the $kills. k￿]WIed96 and eXwIen￿ needgj for effe￿r￿ maroJwwrt of ctsnty. trustees take in an
induclion proc•8s, during whic*t they reC￿e ￿leS of ts thariW$ o)nstttutiM arbJ trustee's handbcok. are fijlly
developments in the s¢c*or to tae atrdnlage of wcwate trainmg OPFxknJnihes a¥￿lable from variou$

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quarterty ￿ the Exe￿tiVe tlrethr piMY to eath tru5te8 ff*ding. The C(mmiite8 works the
8UPPOrt and management for the Execaibve Dir&*or and staff team, reo>Jnising the llnNtati"¢￿S in ¢apaaty of that
Equity, Dlv•rnity and Inclwlon". Evc4b* Music rwxwises tr* T￿￿k1 * wuat a)d e¥Wy￿ has the same
opport(rftty to participate in and lo lite of t*Jhere ty INe. Ive we to pron￿￿TrJ
equty of opportunty in our wcrfkirw wac*ices and ow gyrwThmity prograrrrn. This rneans wa havè
culbjral **or. and that all ￿r athi1*s are awssible and renThe the bani&s ¢0 ¢rntive parbupab.on experiewl
by many.

EVOLVE MUSIC
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF EVOLVE MUSIC
ended 31 Mard] 2024.
R￿po￿ltillitle9 bMi8 of
the rewmrements ofthe ChwiliesAd2011 (ts 2011
I report in re$Fect of my eX￿in¥b"On ofthe d•'s finwKial SI*m￿ ￿rrIed wt under ￿tion 145 ofthe 2011
under section 145151{b) oflh& 2011 Ad.
sin￿ the c*arity'8 gross inwne exr**d £250.OCO y￿r nwJ8t t* a a body listed in ￿¢*Oft
145 of th$ 2011 Act. I c¢nfirm that l am qualified to U￿1￿￿ke the examlnaiion berause l am a n￿nb￿ of the
and Reporbng by CharFtw prepariThJ ts"f 8Q))Jrts sn a¢a￿dance tpAth Ihe Finanua ReForbng StsI￿rd applicable
In the UK and R8publs¢ of Ireland {FRS 102} in to tsAc¢¥xrting and RewtsThJ by Charibes: Ststement
l understand that this has b88n dcfft in txder for finaThial st*eM￿￿ to ￿lde a true aTrJ fair v*w in acD)rdance
I have completed my examInatic￿. I confirm that r#) matters haT4* Lyme to ry atknticn in a]nn*#I￿ wrth the
examinati¢Jn giwng me cause to belwe that ￿ any material r8spty*
atxounting rg¢0rf8 not kerl in resped ofts ￿rity a# rerywred tr/ ¥eo*cffi 130 ofthe 2011 Art
arxThJFts set out in the Charitse8 lknnts Repcwts) Regulatif￿$ 2008 rttwthan any requirement that the
sht)uld be dravm In this reptyt in orderto enatAe a Fryer ￿ders￿Ir￿j of ts financaal ststem8nts to be reacw.
Alr P J Barton FCCA
ART Accountsnts Limlw
Ground Fk¢Jr
11 MwvwB Streat
BA1 1JQ
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EVOLVE MUSIC
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivrriES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE AccouKr
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2024
Tolal
2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
Income from:
Donation$ and legwies
Charitable actiwtio¥
Other trading athvili
Investments
85,239
42,817
678
2.C67
122,436
207.675
42.817
678
2.1￿7
44271
45.812
1,083
1.481
441
1,481
441
Tolal In¢omo
130.801
122.436
2S3237
46,193
45,812
92,005
Exp•nd￿r¥ on:
Charitabfe Xtwibes
J.149
80.091
170.240
38.313
45,818
83,931
Total •Y￿ndItur9
.149
80.091
170.240
38.313
45.618
83.931
Ngt incom•
40.652
82,997
7.880
194
8.074
fi￿r￿S
13.977
(13.977)
Not movement
funds
40,652
81997
21.857
{13.7831
8,074
RO￿ncIlIation of fund8:
Fund balan¢es st 1 hyll 2tr23
23.753
52.437
6.827
37.S36
44.303
Fund balan¢08 at 31 March
2024
89.338
135.434
23.753
52.437
The statement of finan￿￿ adiwbes al gains ￿ h)$8es re¢wiised in the y￿. M income and expe￿lit￿*
deri￿ from ￿ntI￿L￿n9 aC*vit￿S.

EVOLVE MUSIC
BAIANCE SHEET
ASAT31 MARCH 2024
2024
Fixod assets
Tangible assets
13
814
Debtors
Cash at bank arKI in hand
14
23.299
118.229
56.924
141,528
57.976
Cf•dltorn: amount• tslling due Mthln
ono year
Is
(6.908)
(6.146)
134.620
51.830
Total auotslots curront Ilablllti6•
135.434
52.437
Not8Mots •xcludlng p•n￿on Ilablllty
135.434
52.437
The funds of ￿ ¢hllrity
Restrided inconx fiw
Unre81ricted fvnds
16
23.753
28.684
69.336
135,434
52,437
C KirvJ
P Rou8e

EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATE1￿￿rs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
AcMunting
Charlty information
2023.
Chaiiknes Ac¢ 2011, FRS 102 Tr Financaal Re￿11￿ Standard appkat4e in the UK ¥nd Republ￿ of Ireland"
I'FRS 102") the Charities SORP "AcctsJnlin9 Rewbng by Chwthes. Stateffi￿ of ReC{¥￿￿￿rKtsJ
Pra¢tice a￿tca￿e lo charrties their Hl aC£￿da￿ wilh the Firwwl Rwting Standard
appFicable in the UK a￿1 Reputlic of Irela￿￿ IFRS 102)" (effethe 1 J¥rtAary 2019). Th8 ttt8rity is a Publi¢
B¢n¢fft Entity as defiwj by FRS 102.
Cash Fkn
The financial s*Thnts have depated from ts CFwities (hr£wnis ￿ RekThJtsl Regulat￿3 2008 only to
the exterrt required to wovide a true and fair view. Ths dtrpwbjre has the Stslement of
Recommended Pradic* for dwrrbes aFth"ry FRS 11Y2 fdthw than thè Version of the Statement of
1.2 Golno con¢orn
1.3 Chritable
0tr4'8c*ives.
Restricted fijnds are 8ubie(I to $pwific dc￿5 or grantLYS as to lThf be used. The
1A Incon
rdation to dOnatic￿$ received under GiftAid ord*Js of u)vwsnt is rgcognFsed at the tim& of the donation.
Legacles 8ffj recognised on recei[* or ottw•rise rf thE charity been no11f￿ of èn irrwithng distributicm,
th8 amount is knrywn, and rgtyrrt 15 expected. M the is ncrt knvMI. the is treated as a
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EVOLVE MUSIC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
A¢¢ounllng poII¢
{C¢nlinuedl
1.6 Ex￿dI￿r9
Expendsiure 1$ recognised orKe there is a leg* obligab￿l to tr8nsfer economi¢ benefit to a
third paty. it is wobabfe that a tsnsfer ofec(￿￿ be reQ￿re¢ On adderr￿[ and the amount of
Expenditu￿ is dassified by x*vity. Tre uJ8ts of eath up of ts totsl of drr&X o)sts and
shared costs, indLKling support costs In¥￿1¥￿￿ in uThJert8kirnJ ac*vtty. tlir&# L))8ts attritxrtat4e to a single
a¢tiwty are alloc*ed direcly to thal ac*vity. Shared rJJBts fAmtritr￿ to rrK)re than one ao*vty and
sistent wrth th& use of re9Jurc4s. Central staff ¢%Jsts are allocated ￿ the ba&8 of time SFenL and
1.6 Tanglble fix•d as￿￿
Tangible assets are itwbalty at a)st and at CtsBt or wal￿tion. net of
depreciation and any imwmprt k)s8e5.
Depreaakn trs recDJnised so as to off the u>st LY ValU•tic￿ of as88ts I￿5 their r•8idual values ovtr their
usefvl INe3 on the foll￿￿ng base&.
F￿ll￿86 and fftlings
The gain or10ss ari￿n9 disposal ofan asset 1$ detemwned as the bthEen the sale wc*xl8
1.7 1mpa1rn￿Tht of fixgd as8•ts
whether there is any indicatton that those asséts have suffered an impatrnrEnt loss. If any suth Indi¢￿tion
ss rsi any).
1.8 Cuh and ca8h oqm¥l•nts
Cash and o5h eqLMvaknts indLhYe cash wi harnj. d8pwts hekl at (a Twith banks. Its 8hcrt.temi hquid
W•ithin boffthMrb3s in curr￿* liabtlibes.
and assumptions atKJUt the arr￿n1 of assets arKI babilili8S that are not readily apparent iyom other
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coNfiNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
fund
2024
fvnd•
2024
2023
2023
DonalK)ns and gifts
Granls
40.773
44.466 1Z2.436
25.569
64.514
166.9)2
18,7
4S.812
85239 122.4&8 207.675
44271
45.812
.083
funds
2024
funds
2023
Musk a¢tS¥lti8
Programme delivery and
42.817
Incomo from (rfI￿r tradlng adivities
funds
2023
2024
Fee8 from individuals and ow1￿10r
678
1,481
funds
2023
2024
2.£￿7
441
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (coHfiNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2024
2024
2023
Dlr•¢t costs
Paymants to freelance n￿SiC l•adwB
61.194
62.552
36,797
3,223
Other projec* costs
Hire of moms
38.715
9,950
114
183.766
78,725
Sh•re of SUP￿ •nd govwnm co818 {*•• not• 8)
Supwt
570
540
170.240
83.931
Anatysls by fund
Unrestrithd fvnds
90.149
80.091
38,313
45.618
170240
83.931
2023
Depr8¢iation
Subscriptson5 and fees
271
47
203
16
624
Insuranc
657
1.428
874
180
173
Èbsite and markebr•J
Computer expor
profess￿ fees
Bank tharg8S
Bookke8ping
Trnining
315
70
73
120
570
6.474
5.2C
Music acti¥￿e8
6.474
5.2C
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2024
2023
271
203
10 TnMt•88
tharity thring the year.
11 Employo
2024
2023
Nurnber
Total
12 Taxatlon
13 Tanglble fixad a8••ts
At 1 April 2023
Addthon$
1.651
478
At 31 Mar¢h 2024
2.129
At 1 Awl 2023
271
At 31 Mortrt 2024
1.315
Canying amount
At 31 Mart* 2024
814
At 31 Ilarth 2023
807
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEPAEKrs (coKriNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2024
2024
2023
Trade deb
23.299
1.000
1,052
15 Cr•dltorJ: amounts falling du• ￿Tthin on•
2024
2023
Trade ¢J8ditors
ACc￿alS and d￿or￿d ino)rr
5.726
420
570
6.146
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATE￿￿rs (coKriNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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At 1 Aprll Incmlng Transf•rn At 31 March
2023
2024
Genera funds
130.801
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89.338
Pr•vlous y•ar:
At * Aprfl InMmlw Ro•wr¢a Tr*n•fBrn At 31 March
2022
2023
46.193
(38.313)
13.977
28,684
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2024
2024
At 31 March 2024:
Tangible assets
Current assets1(￿at￿lItres)
814
814
134.620
135.434
2023
2023
At 31 March 2023:
T8nglble 8s8ets
CU￿￿*t assetsl{li*iktres>
607
51.830
28,07T
23.753
23,753
52.437
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