## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 November 2024 To 31 October 2025**
## **Charity name: Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd**
## **Charity registration number: 1171639**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The relief of financial hardship among
people in Doncaster and the surrounding
area or in other parts of the UK, in such ways
as the trustees from time to time think fit. In
particular the charity provides emergency
food, essential toiletries, and household
items to individuals and families in need and
for distribution
by charities or other
organisations working to prevent or relieve
poverty.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Doncaster Foodbank operates from a
warehouse & office space in the Kirk Sandall
district of Doncaster. Food donated by the
public and by companies is sorted at the
warehouse and prepared for distribution.
The warehouse can store up to 20 tonnes of
food.
The foodbank runs distribution centres on
four days each week, twice weekly at St
James’ Church in the town centre, once a
week at St Paul’s Church in Wheatley and
once a week at the Holmescarr Centre in
Rossington. The foodbank has secured
funding to partner with Doncaster Mind to
provide mental health support at each
centre. In addition, income maximisation
advice and a casework service are provided
in partnership with DIAL Barnsley.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Chair reminds trustees of their
responsibilities to ensure that the charity
operates solely for the public benefit, in
accordance with the guidance of the
Charity Commission. Trustees are asked to
declare any conflicts of interest at the start
of each meeting. No funding is disbursed
except in line with the charity’s stated
objectives, as outlined above. Compliance
with this is monitored at all times by the
Chair and the trustees.|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The charity does not make cash grants|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity’s operations are almost entirely
dependent on volunteers. There are four
paid members of staff, the Project Manager,
an administrator, a warehouse manager and
an externally funded community organiser.
All other work is undertaken by volunteers
under supervision. There are currently
around 70 volunteers working within the
foodbank.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity provides food parcels to families
and individuals that are intended to last for
at least three days. This support can make
a significant difference to clients who might
otherwise have to rely on the goodwill of
friends or relatives, resort to crime, or simply
go hungry.
In addition, signposting to other services
helps clients access further support from
partner agencies.
We benefit from the presence of a
Doncaster Mind mental health specialist at
each
session,
alongside
income
maximisation advice and a casework
service provided in partnership with DIAL
Barnsley.
This support has enabled clients to access
mental health services and claim benefits to
which they are entitled, helping to reduce
their need to rely on the food bank.|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
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## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity has maintained its strong
financial position this year with cash assets
of £166,700 in total.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Reserves Policy sets out the reasoning
used in determining the appropriate level of
reserves.
The policy explains the need for the charity
to maintain reserves in order to:
•
manage its resources responsibly.
•
plan effectively and report its
financial approach clearly to
stakeholders.
•
support funding bids, where a high
bank balance can be clearly
explained to potential funders.
•
ensure that reserve levels are
appropriate to the charity’s needs,
avoiding reserves that are either too
high or too low.
•
explain to beneficiaries why not all
of the charity’s resources are
immediately available to meet
current needs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The charity determines that the minimum
level of reserves is the equivalent of six
month’s operating costs. This is currently
around £80,000|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal sources of funds are grant
income from the Trussell Trust, occasional
grants and donations from other
organisations such as Doncaster Council
and private companies. The Charity
receives regular generous donations from
members of the public.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Charity continues to have to spend
significant sums on the direct purchase of
food. This is due to supermarkets stocking
less food which leads them to giving us
less and to the cost-of-living crisis which
means that individuals who used to donate
food are no longer able to do so. At present
we are able to accommodate this extra
expense with the help of grants, but it is a
continuing concern.|
|Other|||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Articles of Association (Trust Deed)|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Limited Company|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are recruited by invitation of the
Board of Trustees|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The Charity has role specifications for all
trustees and the Chair is responsible for
ensuring that trustees are suitably inducted
into their roles.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity is part of the wider Trussell
Network, from which it receives guidance,
resources and organisational support and
without it the food bank would not be viable|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Other||N/A|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1171639|
|Charity’s principal address|Co Saica Natur
Sandall Stones Road
Doncaster
Postcode
DN3 1TR|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Peter Hymans|Chair|Resigned 05/08/25||
||Ruth Taplin|Chair|10/12/24 onwards||
||Revd Ian Smith||Resigned 10/12/24||
||Mark Snelson||||
||Patricia Jordan||||
||Howard Neil Riley||||
||Anna Dickson||||
||Martin Lamb||21/07/25 onwards||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
|**Director name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**|
|---|---|
|N/A||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**|
|---|---|
|N/A||
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets held in this capacity|None|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are
held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such
assets from the charity’s own assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|None|N/A|N/A|
||||
||||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Mr Keith Rosson (Project Manager)
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
## **Other optional information**
None
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## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** ~~wien~~ **Full name(s)** William Mark Snelson ~~ee ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~[Trustee ] **Date** 12/03/2026 ~~Ss~~
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Registered number: 10443311
**DONCASTER FOODBANK (TRUSSELL TRUST) LTD UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025**
Eyre & Co Accountants 16 Castlegate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QU
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Company Information|1|
|Accountant's Report|2|
|Income and Expenditure Account|3|
|Balance Sheet|4|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Income and Expenditure Account|5|
|Detailed Balance Sheet|6|
**Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Company Information For The Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**Directors**|Ms Anna Clish|
|---|---|
||Mr Peter Hymans|
||The Rev. Canon Ian Smith|
||Mr William Snelson|
||Mr Howard Riley|
||Mrs Pat Jordan|
||Mr Neil Riley|
|**Secretary**|Mr Martin Wileman|
|**Company Number**|10443311|
|**Registered Office**|Saica Natur Sandal Stones Road|
||Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate|
||Doncaster|
||DN3 1TR|
|**Accountants**|Eyre & Co Accountants|
||16 Castlegate|
||Tickhill|
||Doncaster|
||DN11 9QU|
Page 1
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Accountant's Report For The Year Ended 31 October 2025**
In accordance with the engagement letter dated 15 September 2020, and in order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have compiled the financial statements of the company from the accounting records and information and explanations you have given to us.
This report is made to the directors in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken to prepare for approval by the directors the financial statements that we have been engaged to compile, to report to the directors that we have done so, and to state those matters that we have agreed to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's directors for our work or for this report.
You have acknowledged on the balance sheet as at year ended 31 October 2025 your duty to ensure that the company has kept proper accounting records and to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view under the Companies Act 2006. You consider that the company is exempt from the statutory requirement for an audit for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit of the financial statements. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the financial statements.
10/03/2025
Eyre & Co Accountants 16 Castlegate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QU
Page 2
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**TURNOVER**
Other income
Cost of raw materials and consumables
Staff costs
Other charges
**NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS**|**2025**
**£**
132,842
17,900
(20,010)
(112,521)
(69,662)
(51,451)|**2024**
**£**
171,532
16,781
(23,478)
(83,109)
(45,114)|
|---|---|---|
|||36,612|
Page 3
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Balance Sheet As At 31 October 2025**
|Current assets
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**RESERVES**|**2025**
**£**
166,710|**2024**
**£**
218,161|
|---|---|---|
||166,710|218,161|
||166,710|218,161|
||166,710|218,161|
||166,710|218,161|
## **Notes**
## 1. **General Information**
Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd is a private company, limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 10443311. The registered office is Saica Natur Sandal Stones Road, Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate, Doncaster, DN3 1TR.
## 2. **Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was: 4 (2024: 5)
## 3. **Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
For the year ending 31 October 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions.
On behalf of the board
Mrs Pat Jordan
Director 10/03/2025
Page 4
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Detailed Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**TURNOVER**
Donations
Charities Aid Foundation
Trussell Trust
Stewardship
Virgin Money
Other
**OTHER INCOME**
Other operating income
**COST OF RAW MATERIALS AND CONSUMABLES**
Foodbank supplies
**STAFF COSTS**
Wages and salaries
**OTHER CHARGES**
Motor vehicle costs
Equipment and workwear
Training and other meetings
Administration
Advertising and marketing costs
Professional fees and insurances
Dial Barnsley/Doncaster Mind
Bank charges
Other costs
**NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS**|**2025**
**£**
**£**
30,689
15,605
83,046
-
45
3,457
132,842
17,900
150,742
20,010
(20,010)
112,521
(112,521)
4,161
2,220
2,915
2,687
475
1,198
52,829
35
3,142
(69,662)
(51,451)|**2025**
**£**
**£**
30,689
15,605
83,046
-
45
3,457
132,842
17,900
150,742
20,010
(20,010)
112,521
(112,521)
4,161
2,220
2,915
2,687
475
1,198
52,829
35
3,142
(69,662)
(51,451)|**2024**
**£**
**£**
48,192
16,926
104,961
421
113
919
171,532
16,781
188,313
23,478
(23,478)
83,109
(83,109)
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
(45,114)
36,612|**2024**
**£**
**£**
48,192
16,926
104,961
421
113
919
171,532
16,781
188,313
23,478
(23,478)
83,109
(83,109)
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
(45,114)
36,612|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||20,010
112,521
4,161
2,220
2,915
2,687
475
1,198
52,829
35
3,142||23,478
83,109
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147||
|||150,742
(20,010)
(112,521)
(69,662)||188,313
(23,478)
(83,109)
(45,114)|
||||||
|||(51,451)||36,612|
Page 5
**Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Detailed Balance Sheet As At 31 October 2025**
|**Bank & Cash**
Bank current account
Cash in hand
**NET ASSETS**
**CAPITAL AND RESERVES**
Profit and loss account|**2025**
**£**
**£**
166,692
18
166,710
166,710
166,710
166,710
166,710|**2025**
**£**
**£**
166,692
18
166,710
166,710
166,710
166,710
166,710|**2024**
**£**
**£**
218,143
18
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161|**2024**
**£**
**£**
218,143
18
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||166,710||218,161||
|||166,710||218,161|
|||166,710||218,161|
Page 6
Registered number: 10443311
**DONCASTER FOODBANK (TRUSSELL TRUST) LTD UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025**
Eyre & Co Accountants 16 Castlegate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QU
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Company Information|1|
|Accountant's Report|2|
|Income and Expenditure Account|3|
|Balance Sheet|4|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Income and Expenditure Account|5|
|Detailed Balance Sheet|6|
**Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Company Information For The Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**Directors**|Ms Anna Clish|
|---|---|
||Mr Peter Hymans|
||The Rev. Canon Ian Smith|
||Mr William Snelson|
||Mr Howard Riley|
||Mrs Pat Jordan|
||Mr Neil Riley|
|**Secretary**|Mr Martin Wileman|
|**Company Number**|10443311|
|**Registered Office**|Saica Natur Sandal Stones Road|
||Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate|
||Doncaster|
||DN3 1TR|
|**Accountants**|Eyre & Co Accountants|
||16 Castlegate|
||Tickhill|
||Doncaster|
||DN11 9QU|
Page 1
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Accountant's Report For The Year Ended 31 October 2025**
In accordance with the engagement letter dated 15 September 2020, and in order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have compiled the financial statements of the company from the accounting records and information and explanations you have given to us.
This report is made to the directors in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken to prepare for approval by the directors the financial statements that we have been engaged to compile, to report to the directors that we have done so, and to state those matters that we have agreed to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's directors for our work or for this report.
You have acknowledged on the balance sheet as at year ended 31 October 2025 your duty to ensure that the company has kept proper accounting records and to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view under the Companies Act 2006. You consider that the company is exempt from the statutory requirement for an audit for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit of the financial statements. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the financial statements.
10/03/2025
Eyre & Co Accountants 16 Castlegate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QU
Page 2
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**TURNOVER**
Other income
Cost of raw materials and consumables
Staff costs
Other charges
**NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS**|**2025**
**£**
132,842
17,900
(20,010)
(112,521)
(69,662)
(51,451)|**2024**
**£**
171,532
16,781
(23,478)
(83,109)
(45,114)|
|---|---|---|
|||36,612|
Page 3
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Balance Sheet As At 31 October 2025**
|Current assets
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**RESERVES**|**2025**
**£**
166,710|**2024**
**£**
218,161|
|---|---|---|
||166,710|218,161|
||166,710|218,161|
||166,710|218,161|
||166,710|218,161|
## **Notes**
## 1. **General Information**
Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd is a private company, limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 10443311. The registered office is Saica Natur Sandal Stones Road, Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate, Doncaster, DN3 1TR.
## 2. **Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was: 4 (2024: 5)
## 3. **Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
For the year ending 31 October 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions.
On behalf of the board
Mrs Pat Jordan
Director 10/03/2025
Page 4
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Detailed Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**TURNOVER**
Donations
Charities Aid Foundation
Trussell Trust
Stewardship
Virgin Money
Other
**OTHER INCOME**
Other operating income
**COST OF RAW MATERIALS AND CONSUMABLES**
Foodbank supplies
**STAFF COSTS**
Wages and salaries
**OTHER CHARGES**
Motor vehicle costs
Equipment and workwear
Training and other meetings
Administration
Advertising and marketing costs
Professional fees and insurances
Dial Barnsley/Doncaster Mind
Bank charges
Other costs
**NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS**|**2025**
**£**
**£**
30,689
15,605
83,046
-
45
3,457
132,842
17,900
150,742
20,010
(20,010)
112,521
(112,521)
4,161
2,220
2,915
2,687
475
1,198
52,829
35
3,142
(69,662)
(51,451)|**2025**
**£**
**£**
30,689
15,605
83,046
-
45
3,457
132,842
17,900
150,742
20,010
(20,010)
112,521
(112,521)
4,161
2,220
2,915
2,687
475
1,198
52,829
35
3,142
(69,662)
(51,451)|**2024**
**£**
**£**
48,192
16,926
104,961
421
113
919
171,532
16,781
188,313
23,478
(23,478)
83,109
(83,109)
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
(45,114)
36,612|**2024**
**£**
**£**
48,192
16,926
104,961
421
113
919
171,532
16,781
188,313
23,478
(23,478)
83,109
(83,109)
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
(45,114)
36,612|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||20,010
112,521
4,161
2,220
2,915
2,687
475
1,198
52,829
35
3,142||23,478
83,109
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147||
|||150,742
(20,010)
(112,521)
(69,662)||188,313
(23,478)
(83,109)
(45,114)|
||||||
|||(51,451)||36,612|
Page 5
**Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Detailed Balance Sheet As At 31 October 2025**
|**Bank & Cash**
Bank current account
Cash in hand
**NET ASSETS**
**CAPITAL AND RESERVES**
Profit and loss account|**2025**
**£**
**£**
166,692
18
166,710
166,710
166,710
166,710
166,710|**2025**
**£**
**£**
166,692
18
166,710
166,710
166,710
166,710
166,710|**2024**
**£**
**£**
218,143
18
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161|**2024**
**£**
**£**
218,143
18
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||166,710||218,161||
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