CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report forthe period
From 4 July 2019 Perlod start date To 30 September 2020 Period end date
Charfty name: The Stones Community Trust
Charlty rnglstration number: 1184274
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as 3et out in its
governing document
Pw• 1.17
The Oblectlsl of the CIO are".
al The
promotion
of Communlty
partlclpatlon In healthy recreatlon
w￿h1n Maidstone and Kent by the
provision of facilities for playingfootball
and other sports capable of improvlng
physical health and fitne55.
b) To provide or assist in the provlslon of
facllities In the Interests of soclal
welfare for recreatlon or other leisure
time occupation of IndNiduals who
have need of such facilities by reason of
their youth, age. Infimity or dlsablllty.
financial
hardship
or
socSal
drcumstances wlth object of
improvin8 their conditions of life.
Summary ofthe main
activities in relation to ttrK)se
purposes for the publrc
benefft, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identffied in th•
accounts.
Statement confirming
whelher the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Chanty
Commission on wblic
benefft
Pwa 1.17
1.19
See attached Actlvlty Reports for ye September
2019 and ye September 2020
Parn 1.18
Yes, we hole had reBard to the guldan¢e issued
by the Charity Commission on public benefit
Additional infomiatlon loptional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant abouL'
Policy on grant making
P*a 1.38

PaR 1.3B
PoliGy on soeAal investment
including program relat&J
investment
Pwa 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Achievements and Performance
Summary ofthe main
achievements of the charity,
identfying the differen￿ the
charity's work has made to
the circumstances of tts
beneficiaries and any whjer
beneffts to society as a
whole.
See attached Artivity Reports for ye September
2019 and ye September 2020
PaTa 120
The benefft5 of our or8anisation include
supporting local people in Maidstone to
become more healthy in all aspetts including
physical and mental health as well 05
educational attainment. enabling people to
feel more induded in Society, providing
opportunsties for people to take part
regardless of background or ability. giving
acce5S to those who would not normal￿ have
means to take part in paid activities, creating
savin& stronger more integrated communities.
Supportin8 those most in need using the
unique power that sport has to get people
tO8ether and invofved in artivities.
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choose to indude further statemerts where relevant about
Achievements against
objectives set
Para 1.41
Perfomiance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
P• 1.41

Investrnent perfomance
against of4'ectives
P•ra 1.41
Other
Financial Review
Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the period
Consldering this wa5 the scfs flrst full year of
trading especial￿ duri￿ a national COVID
pandemic, the Trustees are very pleased with
the grants and finan¢lal a55iStance provlded
and artrrfity outcomes. The scr remain in
profit which will be used for addltional
activities that may not achieve complete
fvndin
Whilst the Accounts show some Profft. these
fund5 are planned to be used In full to
undertake other non-fvnded or partial funded
activltie5 such as food for families and the
elderly
£6,281.
The scr have no Ernployees, Accommodatlon
etc so other than Annual Insurance premiums,
there is no requirement to kee
a Reserve
Not Appllcable
ststem8nt 8xplaining the
policy for holding resorv88
stating why they are held
122
Amount of reserrfes held
Reason8 for holdlng zero
reserves
Par¥ 122
P•rn 122
Detai18 of fund materially in
deficit
Explanation of any
uncertainties about tho
charity continuing as a going
concem
1.24
1.23
We do not undertake any actNltles wlthout
ca￿fUl bud8etln8. If we have any un-used
profit. we will use these sums for non-funded
attNities. If possible however. we always try
and obtain funding either from a ￿ognIsed
funding body or by Corporate donatlons. We
have no i55ues wlth the Charity contlnulng as a
ol
concern
Addltlonal Infomiatlon (optlonal)
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hoose to include further statements where relevant al)out:
The charty's principal
sources of funds (induding
any fundraisiNJ)
rn 1.47
Investment policy and
objedives including any
social investment policy
P** 1.48
A descripts.on of the principal
risk$ facin
the tha
Para 1.46

Other
Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts..
Type of goveming document
Paa 125
Bespoke Constitution
How is the charity
constituted?
P•4 125
Charitsble Incorporated Organisation ICIOI
-ated
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
Constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entit
to appoint one or more
Parn 125
Every Charty Tntstee rnu5t be a natural person.
No individual may be appointed as a Charity
Trustee of the CIO:
141 rf he or she is under the age of 16 years: or
lil) rf he or she would autornaticalty ￿ase to
hold office under the provi5ion5 of Clause
12.1{el.
No one is entitled to act as a Charty Trustee
whether on appointment or on any re-
appointment until he or she has express
acknowledged. in whatever way the Charrty
TrU￿ee$ decide. his or her acceptan￿ of the
office of Charity Trustee.
There must be at least 3 Charity Trustees. If the
number falls below this minimum, the
remaining Trustee or Trustees may act only to
call a meeting of the Charity Trustees or appoint
a new Charity Trustee.
The maximum number of Charity Trustees is 12.
The Charity TrU￿ee5 may not appoint any
Charity Trustee if as a result, the number of
Charity Trustees would exceed the maximurn.
Every Charity Trustee can only be appolnted for
a temi of 3 years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the Charrty
Trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
Charity Tll￿ees. the Charity Trustee5 must
have regard to the skills. knowledge and
experien￿ needed for the
effective
administration of the CIO.
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PaA 1.51

Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
The charity's organisational
structure and any wrder
netsvork with which the
chanty works
P*a 1.51
Relationship with any related
parties
Parn 1.51
Other
Reference and Admlnlstratlve details
Charit
name
Other name the Cha .
i8tered cha
number
Charity's principal addre88
The Stones Communlty Trust
nla
1184274
The Gallagher Stadlum
James Whatman Way
Maidstone
Kent. ME14 ILQ

Name8 of the charfty trustees who manage the charfty
Offlc• ary}
Chair
Nam• of p•rnon lor body) •ntltl¢d
an
MKhael Andrew
Littleboy
Oliver Nicholas
je￿MYASh
Michael Frederick
Cogger
Arthur Blalr Gulland
William Thomas
Williams
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
rate tru8tees- names of the directors at the date the re
Dlrector name
rtwasa
Name of trustees holdirvJ title to property t*lorvJing lo the thanty
Tru•tw nam•

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
held in this capacty
Not Applicable
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity's obj'ects
Not Applicable
Details of arrangements for
safe Custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own
assets
Not Applicable
Addttlonal Infommtlon lopuonal)
Names and addrossos of advls•rs (Opfjonal Infommtlon)
Typo ol
Nama
AddrM•
advlsor
Name of chlef •xocutlv• or nam•8 of ￿nIOr staff memborn (Optlonal Infom)allon)
Exemptions from di8cIo8ure
Reason for non*i8d08ure of ke
rgonnel d*ai18
Not Appllcable
Other o
tional informatlon

Declarations
The trustees declare that thoy hav• approved th• trust•o•' report abovo.
Slgned on b•half of th• charlty's trus
Signaturo(s)
Full nam￿$)
Posltion (eg Secretsry,
Chalr, etc)
Michael Andrew Littlel
Chair
26 July 2021

M UFC
NITY
Annual
Report
2018-2019

019
I3AI ITNI
3920
Attendances
22
ProjèctslEvents
1380
Individual Participants
35
Volunteers Used
1600 +
Hours of Delivery

The Stones Community Trust
The Stones Communty TnLSt is the charltsble arni of Maidstone Utd F￿tball aub that ts
founded on the principle5 of hard rf detemiination, passth arKI integrlty.
The Trust has delivered a range of wogramme5 sirKe its In October 2018 ,that
refl&t its commitsnent to Imwovlng the eduLztion, health vlell. being of ts I￿31
communitie&
Thr(wh our multi*p)rLs programmes. we are ¢)pening dc￿￿ for the exduded aThJ fighting
for a healthiw and more Coh￿ c(Mnmunity.
We rely on fiJr)ding arKI stons¢)r5hlp SUPFM)rt to keep us golng armd enable us to realty make
a dlfference.
We dellver a raNJe of inlbatsves that Inspire people from all walks of life to make posltjve
change happen for themkn arKI thelr communty. The folh)wtng report Shov￿ the
actlvltles thls year arKI the ProJe(ts we have delivered.
What have we done this year?
Governance
We started the year foojslng an recwltlThJ and completlng the trustee s Informatlon as well
as developing all policies and pr(Kedures , an ambitious buslness pkn arKI engjrlng we had
everfhlng In pl￿ to operte arKI alkm us to start the prcKess of becomirKJ a reglstered
Charity. We also realisal qulte early on that furKllrYJ was rrKxe Kcesslble If V￿ had the
charlty registratlon.
We a19) dwjned a Trust Lw, to help us slart to establith a brand of
our chyn .
(DJITY
We lo(*ed at areas of the communlty ljwt n*1￿1 our supwrt the most,
whllst also wsuriNJ ￿ dellvered of lthe tradltional activittes
carried out by the ftM)tball blub pr￿.
ma￿etIng/ Med
We designed a website arKI also stsrted a twits page to l& p* know atthit (xjr
programme5 arKI what the Trust was (k4'rvJ

Frt 4 Life Programme
The Programme is deggned to hdp yourwj pe* wtK) are deaned 'at of entering the
Criminal justi￿ Systsm or being exduded from their pew group as vlctims. We also
supported those yourg people who age￿Ie5 and partners belleve W￿ld LEnefit and change
the dlreLtion of thelr current behavityjr. It is IM￿rtant to note that the programme also
supp)rted t￿se youNJ pe(ple wFK> have
fart0￿, such as slbliros In prison as well as those
living In poverty and v￿￿5d be unable to
partiapate in this sFK)rt.
The programme ts almal at y￿1￿j Fe* aged
11-16 y•JYs who partidpate for a totsl of
mirKlset workshops as well as cThnpkting a newty
Introducej ASDAN quaIrfrali￿ In Fcotball.
The programme was ba*J at the Gallagtrw Sta11um arKI Y￿S dellvwaj by tnjst staff arKI
Safer Kent staff.
Street Soccer
his programme is in partnership with Street Soccer Foundation.
arKI dev￿0￿ c￿lSe (or as mary r* to It as
'expwluKt') for 1&25 year olds (male and fanale) delivered
at The Gall&Jher Stadium, offering selected young
partlopants a fi￿lon of:1) Professlonal Football
Coachlng: 2) GYowthlPosltlve Mlndset Tralnlngj and
3) Skllls & Employablllty Wothps: a spedally crafted
'hat.tric￿ to wwble course particrpants to fundamentslly
improve their mindset and be ready and able to nw)ve Into
WorK Education or Further TralniNJ ￿ successful
graduatlon. The Tnst staff provide the coachirKJ arKf
support the young ￿pIe with r￿1r￿j writtThJ durirvJ
the wortrshop sessions
- We have w￿1 wlth 30
young pecyle this year w
have repxjrted "Itfe changing" differen￿ In their mindset and
, future prospects as a result of the course. Maidstone Utd First
Team pla￿S also suptK)rted the young people by Jolning In

Schools Out Summer Programme
This programme was tunded bv Gokltng Vtsion and Cllr Gary Cooke - via the
We identified an area of Maidstone that neth our help, Path4(MxI, an area with one of
the highest I￿￿S of deprivation. 28.6% are IN iro)me families wilh two thirds of the
d)ildren in those families being aged undex Il>year&
Holiday Hunger has bw a topic in national and local medkl a￿1 can push families into food
poverty and insecurity. Whilst many thildren from low income Pdmilie5 are entitled to free
sttKJoI meals, tsre is vay litde suppcrt for provs1￿ during the holidays
These families were mostty single par￿tt hoUs&￿S. H3viro spoken to some
of these parents we jdertiF￿ that many do not have ￿CesS to school holiday
provisi￿, with many chldren also rttx receivirKJ a healthy lurKth during sthool
holidays due to relying cn fr￿ gJMxA meals.
Our Sch(M)Is programrne aimeAI to address thi5.
The 1kn3ramme ran at Heather House in parkW￿xI on 5th - 16th August 2019,
we deliver￿ a range of SFQrts, gar￿ and activtties and every thild got to
try. cricke¢ tennis, fcM)tball, as wdl as rourth ,fcx)tball tennis, Athleti￿ and
much mre. Each day ￿ a dIff￿t Art5 and Craft theme, rnrrfjing from
Maktng masks, (Teating rockets, making keyrings arKI de￿gnIng artwork
Ipainting superlwoe5i glitter ddls and usirvj (yeative mints.
We tYovhJeil lunch for each chikl that ITKJuded a range of tr*althy fctKI and
snacks.
We had 60 children r￿Jistered with 218 att￿arreS throughout the two
weeks. Having h￿hlIghted Parkwrmxl as an area of establish&1 the
followlNJ:
or all the thiklren re91*e￿I 86% of them lived in ME15 (
Parkwood), this gjpyyts our inibal researth of need in that
area. The parentslcarers feedbad( was that the need in other
areas was 8]ually as great and if we had targeted our
promcthn wider the tske up o)uld easity have !

Walking Football
This project wns weekly and all year round. it is for rr
over 50yrs old, we ￿rrenty have 30 wular players and
they take part in a rarvJe of comFetsbons arKI g)ial events
every year. The average age of parbcipant is 6fvrs old !
Readers Utd
This projert was funded by Cllr Matt Boughton from the Members Community
Grant
I￿r Read￿5 Utd PrrmJram￿* th'ldren that were nrt
reaching the required le￿5 of in dass or vrte disengaged in
reading In wKitirvJ. We wrJrk&l with Greenfiekjs Prtmary SchcK)I to Pllct
ths pr¢)Jramm
Greenfields
We proNryded 12 weeks (( R&idirMJ arKJ Srx)rt for 60 thildren. the Trust
staff read wrth the thildren and dÈsass8J the Ixrfjk and went on to pkiy a range of
skN)rts. We also sUpP)rt￿l the chiklren50 to ￿lte letters to the Maidstone Utd FC players.
At the End of the Prc#Jramme MUFC Pla￿S VISI￿ the d)ildren and prewted the sch(x)I
with some books for the sttttx￿ library.
National League Trust Cup
The scr hosted tvK t￿rnan￿lts for this annual competstson, one eath
for bjys arKJ girls from local primary schwls. We had a total of 176
young pecyle tske part atross the ,
two days. The Two winning sctKoIs
tcKJk part in the Regional Heats held
at Sutton Utd arK1 was also given
9)me valuable coathlrKJ prior to the
Regional Heats from the Trust Coatt&, who ￿t into
their schwls to provide some tactlc ?thI￿ arKJ
National
Leasue Trust

Maidstone Utd FC - -world Cup Tournamenv
We hostad our annual aub T(KJrnament a￿1 themej tt around trE V￿Men$
w￿d cup. eattÈ sthcd vdere given a team arKI they made fiags to represent the
country tfv were.
The Twst ￿lded a new aje range thts year ￿ ￿h￿IS had .
asked LLS to indude yearfs 314 in the event So, we had two
toumaments running alor￿￿de each other for all thildren in
sthcol years 314 arKI 516.
We had a total 180 thildm take parL
Sleep Out- Homeless Awareness
We teamed up with Street Sc(cer Foundation to out at the
Maidstone Utd FC Stadium to raise awareness of homthness and
to promote a brgger in November 20 p&Jple Slept out in the
stsnds all night
Remembrance November 2019
We invited I￿al thildren to come aThJ be part of our remembran￿ matth and
they made ￿ppleS for all players and a poppy wreath for each team to keep.
The children were mascots for the day arKI walked ¢xrt viith the player5 for the
minute silen￿.
Disability Teams
The Stones Communty Trist team&1 up with Gulland's
Solicitors and The Gallaghw GThp tr> pr￿e kit for the
Maid*one Utd Raiders FC. The tearr6 invited to paRde
their rwi kit arouNJ tr* ￿tth at a MUFC TrKKne matth.

School Visits
The trust vi%ted l(x219&Mx4s thro￿hoUt the sea9)n to suptM)rt PE
lewns and other sthcd events induding Careers week arKI %K)rts
Week We took thers into the sttK*)Is to SUPtM)rt the inlttatlves and
tslk to the chlldren
Easter Hospital Wisit
' The trust provid&J Easter treats for thIld￿ in Maidstone Hosp6tal, trust
staff arKJ an MUFC playw FYesent&l the gifts to the thlldm on the
Sports Introduction Day
Thls Is an annual event where thildren from Prfmary S(tthls In Maldstone ty out a range of
dlfferent sports. Over 220 young peor4e tcrf)k part and trie([ 12 different act1Wt￿.
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The Stones
Comm.unity.,;
Trust
Trustee Board Pack

MUFC
Report of Projects
1st October 2019- 30 September 2020
Street Soccer Academy
Our Partnershlp with SS continued with only one of the three planned
academies for the year- due to Covid-19 .We do have one scheduled for Oct
th
14 2020. subjert to funding being confirmed. 14 young people took part In
the programme in Oct 19 we delivered football and mindsevmentoring
sessions overthe 10 weeks. As a result of the course all the young people were
in temporary or permanent accommodation and went on to either
employment, Trainin8, or further
education- Players took part in the
graduation day at the Stadium
Fit 4 Life
Fit 4 Life started on IW October for 10 weeks. 12 young people took part and
for the first time we had 3 females take part. This project targets the hours
between leaving school and getting home as this has been evidenced as the
key offending time for young people, all those that attended showed a positive
turnaround at the end of the course- reports from the referral partners

demonstrated the change and success of this programme, we also added an
ASDAN qualification.
We intended to put have our 2 programme in March 2020 but due to
government restrictions this was put back until October 2020.
National League Trust Tournaments
Two days 2 and IO" Dec- 135 Boys and 1217 Girls took part over the two
days. The tournaments were well attended with 5 NEW schools
taking part. The numbers were slightly less this year due to
date clashes Wlth other school commitments. We had booked
dates for 12 and 15 October 2020, however we have had to
defer this probably until early 2021.
14
The winning schools were
Roseacre Primary for the Girls
and Loose Primary for the Boys,
both schools went on to
represent MUFC at the regional finals in Feb
2020 held at Bromleyfootball club they came 4 and 3 respectively. Each
school was also presented with MUFC playing kit at a school assembly
beforehand by our sponsor Kevin Holliday of CSIS.
Both Teams also got to do a lap of honour at a MLJFC home match and meet
the players.
Sleep Out
The sleep out took place on 24th January 2020 and was well
attended with approximately 65 people taking part. We
raised of £6,000 which we shared with the Street Soccer
Foundation. We also had a £51J) donation to provide
refreshments.
George Elokobi also visited the Event along with the Mayor
of Maidstone

Schools Out
The Feb half Tenn Programme was held at Heather House in
Parkwood. The children that attended were at risk of holiday
hunger. as parents/carers
rely on free school meals
and many on food banks.
We provided a range of
activities including sport,
arts and crafts. games as
well as a healthy lunch and snacks. 175 Children took part over the week and
we had visits from Cllr Gary Cooke. who helped launch the programme in
August 2019 and from George Elokobi.
We had plans to run again at Easter, but this was cancelled due to the soclal
Isolatlon rules.
We delivered our 2 programme over May Half Term and adapted
to adhere to the Social Isolation Rules and gave our food and
activity packs in the park located
outside Heather House in
Parkwood. We handed out over
250 lunches and packs over the
week and the families stayed in the park to
picnic and play with the equipment
provided. Staff were on hand to demonstratel We had Water and Snacks
donated by South Eastern Trains and Footballs donated by Street Soccer
Foundation. Golding Homes funded the lunches and staff.
Our 3, Programme started in July, when it would have been the school
Holidays. We delivered a normal
programme with extra safety measures in
place and was based at Greenfields Primary
School. We planned for 30 children per
day. but demand was so high and exceeded
all our expectations and on one day we 78
children. We quickly adjusted the staffing and programme so that did not turn
people away that really needed supporL We delivered to 1274 young people
throughout the summer.

This course was funded by CSIS,
Kent Community Foundation. Safer
Kent, The FA and SCT Masks sales.
We also submitted a bid to Children
in Need to support Schools Out for
every school holiday. but this was
put on hold due to the pandemic and we can revisit for 2021
Greenfields Mentoring Programme
This was a weekly programme of Football and mentoring support for
Greenfields primary school children to encourage more regular attendance in
school and interact with their peers. The young people we worked with were
disengaged In school and were regularly absent. We worked with 20 children
per week over a 10-week period.
Sport Rellef
On the 13 March Trust staff support the Kent Pollce and
Crime Commissioners Penalty Shoot Out Challenge we
teamed up with the staff from the Street Soccer Foundation
and our team won on the day- scoring penalties against
the Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott. Over
£2,000 was raised for Sport Relief on the day
The Last Mile
We helped launched an initiative in partnership wlth
MUFC. Wellbeing People and The Mason Foundation
to encourage fans to
walk the last mile to the stadium, this is to help
families get fitter and part of our Healthy Stadia
plans for the future. The First Mile was on
March and was attended by approximately 58 Fans

George Elokobi and Noah Chesmain helped usto launch the initiative and
walked with us on the day.
Player Visits
We have had player visits to Schools, Schools Out Holiday Camps, Meet and
Greet at Stadium, Tournaments, The Last Mile and had many more scheduled
from March which have been cancelled due to Social Isolation rules
Covld-19 Support Work
PPE for Key Workers - The Trustees agreed in April
that the trust should try and sUPPOrt the demand for
PPE.
We a8reed to look Into ways of makin8 and dlstrlbutln8
to those that needed ft the most. The response on
Social Media requestsfor helpwere ovenvhelmin8 and
we managed to harness the community spirit and really provide the
much-needed items.
Recipients included. Care homes. hospitals, emergency response units and hospi￿$.
The distrlbution is ongoing but at tlme of writing we have:
Donated Over 2(￿ pieces of PPE
Had Over 50 people donate materials

80 sewers and inventors making mask5. visors, and scrub bags
We have also been able to provide Child Friendly vi50rs for stsff
in chlldren wards with Disney and Cartoon Chararters
Colourlng Packs
We dlstrlbuted on- Ilne colouring packs for chlldren to do durln8 lockdown and display In
their windows
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## **The Stones Community Trust** 

## **P and L for Charity Commission Audit from 4 July 2019 to 30 September 2020** 

## **Profit and Loss Account as at 30 September 2020** 

|||**Totals**|
|---|---|---|
|**Income**|||
|National League Trust||£28,185.00|
|Street Soccer Academy||£1,000.00|
|Street Soccer Sleep Out||£5,370.38|
|CSIS||£2,400.00|
|Golding Homes||£6,585.00|
|Safer Kent||£3,456.00|
|National Pride||£500.00|
|Kent Community Foundation||£5,000.00|
|Mask Sales||£2,253.00|
|Kent County Council||£1,500.00|
|Funds from Disability Section||£1,000.00|
|Donations||£1,418.95|
|**Total Income**||**£58,668.33**|
|**Expenditure**|||
|Community Development Officer||-£23,625.00|
|Pitch/Room Hire||-£3,425.00|
|Street Soccer||-£2,250.19|
|IT costs||-£515.40|
|Coaching||-£15,882.50|
|Kit/Medals||-£4,130.00|
|Resources||-£2,558.34|
|**Total Expenditure**||**-£52,386.43**|
|**2019/2020 Profit**||**£6,281.90**|
|**RECONCILE CASH POSITION**|||
|Actual Cash Position at Bank as at 4 July 2019|£|-<br>|
||||
|Actual Cash Position at Bank as at 30 September 2020|£|6,281.90<br>|
|Less Monies Yet to be Paid|£|-<br>|
||£|6,281.90<br>|
|**Balance:**|**£**|**6,281.90**<br>|