## **The Pa** r **ochial Chu** r **ch Council of the Ecclesiastical Pa** r **ish of Uley with Owlpen & Nympsfel** d R **egiste** r **e** d **Cha** r **ity No** . **1190805**
## **T** r **ustees Annual** R **epo** r **t 2021**
## **St** r **uctu** r **e, Gove** r **nance an** d M **anagement**
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. The members of the PCC a re listed below. All those who attend our services a re encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.
PCC members a re responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including how the funds of the PCC a re to be spent. The PCC met nine times during the year, twice face to face and seven times by Zoom. One of the meetings was held in St Giles immediately following the APCM and two were Extraordinary meetings called to discuss matters relating to the St Giles ‘Access for All’ p roject. The Annual Meeting of Parishioners (Vestry Meeting) and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting was held on Sunday 20[th] June in St Giles church, observing social distancing.
## **A** d **minist** r **ative info** r **mation**
St Giles Church, The G reen, Uley – GL11 5SN Holy C ross Church, Owlpen, Dursley – GL11 5BZ St Bartholomew’s Church, Church Street, Nympsfeld – GL10 3UB These churches form the Parish of Uley with Owlpen and Nympsfeld which is part of the Ewelme Benefce together with the parish of Dursley. The Benefce is part of the Diocese of Gloucester within the Church of England.
The correspondence a ddress for these churches is via the Parish Ofce c/o The Rectory, B roadwell, Dursley. GL11 4JE
The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and ra egistered charity, number 1190805.
**PCC membe** r **s** ra e elected annually by all registered on the Parish Electoral Roll. Members who have served at any time f rom 1[st] January 2021 until the date of this report a re:
Ex-ofcio members: Incumbent: The Revd Canon Michael Cozens Assistant p riests: The Revd Ian Gardner The Revd Jane Wood
Churchwardens: Ann Hardy (Vice-chair) Pauline Thomas
Elected members:
John Penley PCC Secretary Prudence Vernon PCC T reasurer
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David Thomas Deanery Synod representative Paula Rix Deanery Synod representative Pat Jones Safeguarding Ofcer Charles Drewett Toby Falconer (until June 2021) Peter Randall Joyce Rymer Elizabeth Rymer
Uley with Owlpen & Nympsfeld Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Revd Canon Michael Cozens, in p romoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is specifcally responsible for the churches of St Giles Uley, Holy C ross Owlpen and St Bartholomew Nympsfeld.
## **Objectives an**
## d **activities**
The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our churches and be part of our community. We t ry to enable o rdinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:
- Worship and rp ayer; hearing about the Gospel, and developing their knowledge and rt ust in Jesus.
- o Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish. o Missionary and outreach work.
- The PCC is also responsible for maintaining the fabric of our three churches.
## **Safegua** rd **ing**
The Parish Safeguarding Ofcer is Mrs Pat Jones. The PCC and the Rector have a duty of care to ensure the p rotection of the vulnerable in our Church Community. During the Coronavirus pandemic we have been available by phone o r email when our churches were closed. Every three years PCC members must complete the basic online safeguarding course.
We consider our awareness of Safeguarding issues in our Parish to be good but would always encourage our congregation to come forward and talk to the Rector or the Safeguarding Ofcer if they have any concerns. Safeguarding is a standing item on our PCC agenda.
## **Achievements an** d **Pe** r **fo** r **mance**
The covid pandemic has had a huge efect on how we can carry out our objectives and activities. Throughout we have followed diocesan d ri ections for use of our church buildings and conduct of services. The churches were closed rf om January to end of March with restrictions lifted for Easter when services were held with socially distanced seating, masked, and no singing inside. ddA itionally Benefce services were live-streamed.
When permitted, restricted ra eas of the churches have been open for rp ivate p rayer during the week. Eleven weddings were held with restricted numbers. The severe restrictions on attendance at funerals and memorial services meant fewer than usual were held in our churches. The benefce now regularly live-streams a Sunday service and records to YouTube, publicising the links through email contacts and the benefce website. Weekday services a re held on Zoom. PCC and other meetings have also been held via Zoom. The positive outcome of Zoom services
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and streaming has enabled us to reach church members who fnd dit ifcult to attend.
Outreach has been maintained with the vulnerable in the parish and with the school, and, when permitted by restrictions, by holding young people’s Holiday Club and other out-door activities.
The parish is a member of Churches Together in Cam and Dursley. We have two representatives on the Wotton Deanery synod.
Numbers on the Electoral Roll for 2021 were 113.
Average attendance when attendance was permitted was 26.
The Village News published monthly in cooperation with the Parish Council had 11 printed de itions distributed, one month was online only. We a re g rateful to our volunteer de itor for compiling the magazine.
The churchyards of St Giles and Holy C ross a re maintained by contractors. St Bartholomew’s is done by volunteers. A nature reserve is being developed in the northwest a rea of St Giles churchyard where in June we held a ‘B’ Hunt (bugs, butterfies & beetles) attended by 25 families.
We have now submitted to H M Land Registry the application to register the title to the allotment land da jacent to the Lower Churchyard.
The Fabric committee had 9 meetings during 2021. The p rincipal a reas of fabricrelated activity included:
## **St Giles, Uley**
R **eo** rd **e** r **ing ‘Access fo** r **All’:** This will improve disabled access externally and inside the church building. Fundraising continues, a contract p rice including fees and VAT of £225,500 was agreed with Chappell & Dix. Work started in October and is expected to be complete by Easter 2022.
**Con** d **ition of chu** r **chya** rd **wall** d **a joining highway:** A p ronounced bulge in the churchyard wall has given cause for concern regarding the stability of the structure. Four rp evious surveys of the wall at monthly intervals identifed no signifcant systematic change of geometry. The Annual survey ~~s~~ have identifed no movement requiring remedial action to date.
## **Exte** r **nal lighting:**
The draft scheme was revised to a ddress observations f rom the Diocesan Lighting Advisor.
## **Inte** r **nal Lighting:**
The scheme is being re-evaluated.
## **Inte** r **net connection:**
A faculty application was g ranted in March 2021 for the installation of an underground telecoms cable to p rovide internet connectivity to the church and adjoining meeting room.
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## **Holy** r **C oss, Owlpen**
## **Bell:**
The PCC agreed to modify the installation so that the bell is fxed and sounded by chiming hammer rather than swung. This will happen in March 2022.
## **St Ba** r **tholomew, Nympsfel** d
## **Chu** r **chya** rd
Work was carried out by volunteers to clear ra eas of the churchyard especially where vegetation was encroaching on the building and perimeter walls.
## **Heating**
The heating system failed during the year and was replaced with a system of electric panel heaters in the pews along with associated electrical work.
## **T** r **ees:**
Two t rees considered to pose a potential safety hazard to an a djacent dwelling have been i dentifed for felling and the necessary permissions and quotations for the work a re now being sought.
We would like to thank all those who have volunteered to help in many diferent capacities over this last year. We have all had to learn new skills. Our churchwardens in particular have had to take on extra responsibility for making our churches covid secure and ensuring they a re cleaned, quarantined and disinfected.
## **Financial** R **eview**
Independent Examiners Report was carried out by Azets.
The PCC is not a custodian t rustee.
## **Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Uley with Owlpen & Nympsfeld Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021**
The PCC is a public beneft entity within the meaning of FRS102. The Financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with Church Accounting regulations 2006 governing the individual accounts of PCCs and with the regulations’ ‘true and fair view’ provisions. It is also the frst year they have been prepared under FRS102 (2016) as the applicable accounting standards and the 2016 version of the Statement of recommended Practise, Accounting and reporting by Charities (SORP(FRS102)).
## **Assets**
Consecrated and benefce property of any kind is excluded from the statutory defnition of ‘charity’ by Section 10(2) (a) and (c) of the Charities Act 2011 so are not capitalised in the churches’ inventories. The parish owns no un-consecrated buildings.
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- Moveable church furnishings are not capitalised or depreciated as insufcient cost information is available. However they are included in the churches’ inventories.
- Tangible Fixed assets costing more than £1,000. None held
- Computers – none
## **Investments**
These are quoted on a recognised stock exchange via CCLA and valued at market value at year end.
## **Short Term Deposits**
These are held on deposit with CCLA or at the bank.
## **Funds**
Unrestricted Funds – these represent the remaining income funds of the PCC that are available for spending on the general purposes of the PCC, including amounts designated by the PCC for fxed assets for its own use or for spending on a future project and which are therefore not including in its ‘free reserves’ as disclosed in the trustees’ report.
Restricted funds
These are income funds that must be spent on restricted purposes and details of the funds held and restrictions provided are shown in the notes to the accounts. Endowment Funds
These are restricted funds that must be retained as trust capital either permanently or subject to a discretion are power to spend capital as income, and where the use of any income or other beneft derived from the capital may be restricted or unrestricted. Full details of their restrictions are shown in the notes to the accounts.
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The Ecclesiastical Charity of Uley with
Balance Sheet 2021 Owlpen & Nympsfeld
Restrict
Re Unrestric ed Endowm Total Total
2021 2020
Fixed Assets f ted Funds Funds ent Funds
26, 9
Investments 8a 26,807 807 7,951
Current Assets
5,
Debtors 8b 5,282 282 5,678
162,2 253, 20
Cash at Bank/in hand 8c 91,182 14 396 3,552
162,2 258, 20
Total Current Assets 96,464 14 - 678 9,230
Creditors due within one 7,
year 9 7,976 976 2,450
162,2 250, 20
Net Current Assets 88,488 14 - 702 6,780
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Total Assets less 162,2 277, 30
Current Liabilities 88,488 14 26,807 509 4,731
F d
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Statement of Financial Activities
2021
Endowm
R Unrestric Restrict Total Total
Income ent
ef ted Funds ed Funds 2021 2020
Funds
Donations & Legacies 2a 45,043 4,923 - 49,966 48,110
Statutory Fees 2b 9,271 - - 9,271 3,010
Fundraising Events 2c 827 294 - 1,121 1,579
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|Investment income
2d|1
2,409
-
2,410
3,590
-
37,004
-
37,004
4,243
82,227
-
82,227
-
-
**137,369**
**44,630**
**-**
**82,227**
**99,772**
**60,532**
36
65
-
101
-
48,143
11,988
-
60,131
46,541
-
66,577
-
66,577
3,960
7,646
3,622
-
11,268
9,405
**55,825**
**82,252**
**-**
**138,07**
**7**
**59,906**
81,544
-
37,622
-
82,227
-
38,305
626
11,083
-
-
11,083
**92,627**
**-**
**37,622**
**-**
**82,227**
**-**
**27,222**
**626**
-
374
374
7,021
92,253
-
37,248
-
82,227
-
27,222
7,647
105,269
199,462
-
304,73
1
297,08
4
**197,522**
**162,21**
**4**
**-**
**82,227**
**277,50**
**9**
**304,73**
**1**|
|---|---|
|Separate Material
Items
2e||
|Other
2f||
|||
|**Expenditure**||
|Raising Funds
3a||
|Charitable Activities
3b||
|Major Work to Fabric
3c||
|Other Items
3d||
|||
|**Net Income/Expenditure**
**before Investment**
**gains/loss**||
|Net Gains on
investments||
|**Net Income/**
**(expenditure)**||
|Transfer between
Funds||
|Other gains
(Investments)||
|**Net Movement in**
**Funds**||
|Total Funds B/F||
|**Total Funds**
**Carried/F**||
|2.
**Income – Unrestricted, restricted & Designated Funds (SOFA**
**layout)**
**Note 2 re Income**
**2021**
**R**
**ef**
**Unrestrict**
**ed Funds**
**Restrict**
**ed Funds**
**Endowm**
**nt Funds**
**Total**
**2021**
**Total**
**2020**|2.
**Income – Unrestricted, restricted & Designated Funds (SOFA**
**layout)**
**Note 2 re Income**
**2021**
**R**
**ef**
**Unrestrict**
**ed Funds**
**Restrict**
**ed Funds**
**Endowm**
**nt Funds**
**Total**
**2021**
**Total**
**2020**|2.
**Income – Unrestricted, restricted & Designated Funds (SOFA**
**layout)**
**Note 2 re Income**
**2021**
**R**
**ef**
**Unrestrict**
**ed Funds**
**Restrict**
**ed Funds**
**Endowm**
**nt Funds**
**Total**
**2021**
**Total**
**2020**|
|---|---|---|
|**Note 2 re Income**
**2021**|**R**
**ef**|**Unrestrict**
**ed Funds**
**Restrict**
**ed Funds**
**Endowm**
**nt Funds**
**Total**
**2021**
**Total**
**2020**|
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Collections & Regular
Giving 19,430 136 19,566 16,662
Gift Aid Recovered 3,901 562 4,463 5,845
Legacies - 1,002 1,002 -
Grants received 20,000 3,223 23,223 21,840
Other Income 1,712 1,712 3,763
Donations &
Legacies 2a 45,043 4,923 - 49,966 48,110
Statutory Fees 2b 9,271 9,271 3,010
Fundraising Income 2c 827 294 1,121 1,579
Deposit Accounts
income 1 111 112 848
Dividend income - 2,298 2,298 2,742
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Investment Income d 1 2,409 - 2,410 3,590
Owlpen Organ Appeal 5 5 676
Uley Access for All 36,999 36,999 3,567
Separate Material
Items 2e 37,004 37,004 4,243
Conversion of -
Endowment Funds 2f 82,227 82,227
-
Total Income 137,369 44,630 82,227 99,772 60,532
Endow
Note 3 re R Unrestric Restrict Total Total
mnt
Expenditure 2021 ef ted Funds ed Funds Funds 2021 2020
Fundraising Costs 3a 36 65 101
Parish Share 25,028 25,028 25,028
Church & Churchyard costs 19,687 9,783 29,470 19,540
Church Activities 1,258 1,258
Youth Work 214 1,816 2,030 500
Donations to charities 52 389 441 83
Newsletter printing 1,904 1,904 1,390
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Charitable Activities b 48,143 11,988 - 60,131 46,541
Reordering Project St
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|Giles||66,577
66,577|
|---|---|---|
|Internal roofng repairs
St Giles extension||3,960|
|**Separate material**
**items**|**3c**|**66,577**
**66,577**
**3,960**|
|Organist||2,706
2,706
2,076|
|Admin & other
expenses||7,646
916
8,562
7,329|
|**Other Items**|**3**
**d**|**7,646**
**3,622**
**-**
**11,268**
**9,405**|
|**Total Expenditure**||**55,825**
**82,252**
**-**
**138,07**
**7**
**59,906**|
## 4. **Analysis of support costs**
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Support Governance Total
Costs Costs
Church Buildings & maintenance 29,470 29,470
Independent Examiner’s remuneration 1,800 1,800
Total 29,470 1,800 31,270
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5. Staf Costs – there were no staf costs
## 5(a) **Related Parties –**
Clergy were paid mileage and other costs incurred while carrying out their duties. No other Related Party payments were made.
## 6. **Analysis of Transfer Between Funds**
The reordering appeal ‘Access for All’ begun in 2020 with a balance of £103, 839 in restricted funds and raised a further £38,623 with grants and donations with further grants anticipated in 2022. The project is estimated to cost £226,000. The PCC decided to realise Endowed Funds, The Pines and Timbrell & Bathe, held for fabric and churchyard of St Giles, Uley, through the Gloucester Diocesan Trust. This was allowed by the Charity Commission and raised £82,227 making a project fund of £224,689. This enabled the PCC to sign the contractor’s tender agreement and work started in October 2021. The PCC agreed that the £82,227 be shown as Designated Funds in the accounts.
## **Analysis of transfers between funds 2021**
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Fund Unrestrict Designat Endowe Restrict Total
ed ed d ed
Organist Fund 2,037 2,037
Timbrell & Bathe - (2,606) (2,60
realised 6)
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The Pines - realised (79,621 (79,6
) 21)
St Giles Fabric Fund (1,663) (1,66
churchyard/fabric costs 3)
Other funds (374) 82,227 81,85
3
Total (374) 82,227 (82,22 374 -
7)
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## 7a. **Fixed Assets: Tangible** – none held
## 8a. **Current Assets**
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Investments – Organist Fund (Restricted)
Market Value Net Gain Market Value
01.01.2021 31.12.2021
CBF CofE Investment 16,029 2,305 18,334
Funds
CBE CofE Global Equity 7,291 1,182 8,473
Fund
Total 23,320 3,487 26,807
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## 8b **Debtors**
Trade Debtors due within 1 year 2,941 Gift Aid recoverable 2,341 **Total 5,282**
## 8c **Cash at Bank**
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2021 2020
Short Term 245,2 199,9
Deposits 17 99
Cash at Bank/in 8,179 3,553
hand
Total 253,3 203,5
96 52
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## 9. **Liabilities**
|Trade Creditors due within 1 year||2,883|
|---|---|---|
|Pastoral Fees to Diocese|1,453||
|Other Creditors
due within 1 year||3,640|
|**Total**|**7,976**||
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10. **Funds**
|10.
**Funds**|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Charity Funds Held|and|movements during|||||||
|2021|||||||||
||Typ||Bal|Inco|Expendit|Transf|Gain/L|Bal|
|Fund Name|e|Purpose & Restrictions|B/F|me|ure|ers|oss|C/F|
|||Maintenance of|||||||
|Organ Fund|PE|organs &
remuneration of|23,32|669|-669||3,487|26,80|
|||organists|0|||||7|
|||||||-|||
||PE|Maintenance of St|72,25|||79,62|||
|The Pines Fund||Giles Church Uley|9|||1|7,362||
||PE|Maintenance of St|||||||
|Timbrell & Bathe||Giles Churchyard|2,372|||-2,606|234||
||R||22,10|2,16||||21,68|
|St Giles Building Fund||Maintenance of Fabric|2|3|-916|-1,663||6|
||R||39,97|||||39,97|
|Bequest (Parish)||Maintenance of Fabric|3|||||3|
|Access for All Appeal
2020|R|Reordering St Giles &
improvement of|103,8|38,6|-64,569|||77,89|
|||disabled access|39|23||||3|
|Organist Fund Deposit|R||||||||
|a/c||Organist|1,682|669|-2,706|2,037||1,682|
||R||||||||
|Holy Cross||Fabric and Organ|9,254|58||||9,312|
|St Batholomew's|R||14,43||||||
|Nympsfeld||Fabric|1|7|-9,783|||4,655|
||R||||||||
|Youth of Uley||Young people|9,140|4|-1,000|||8,144|
||R|Holiday Club|456|650|-816|||290|
||R|Donations to be
remitted|-
1,415|383|-389|||-
1,421|
||U|||55,1||81,85||88,48|
|Other Funds|||7,318|42|-55,825|3||8|
||||304,7|98,3||||277,5|
|||Total Funds|31|68|-136,673|-|11,083|09|
|PE=Permanent Endowment, R=||Restricted,|||||||
|U=Unrestricted|||||||||
## 12. **Summary of Assets by Fund**
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Unrestric Designa Restric Endowm Total
ted ted ted ent 2021
Investments 26,807 26,807
Liabilities falling due (7,976) (7,976)
within one year
Current Assets 14,237 82,227 162,214 258,678
Balance 6,261 82,227 162,21 26,807 277,509
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## **13. Previous Year Comparative SOFA**
|**13.**
**Previous Year Comparative SOFA**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Statement of Financial Activities for Year ended 31.12 2020||||
|Unrestrict|Restrict|Endowme|Total|
|ed|ed|nt|2020|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||||
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|Voluntary Income
22,388|119||22,507||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Activities for generating funds
14,627|13,035||27,662||
|Income from investments|159|3,432|3,591||
|Church activities
4,405|2,367||6,772||
|TOTAL INCOME
41,420|15,680|3,432|60,532||
|EXPENDITURE|||||
|Church Activities
45,059|14,847||59,906||
|TOTAL EXPENDITURE
45,059|14,847|-|59,906||
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) BEFORE
INVESTMENT GAINS
-3,639|833|3,432|626||
|NET GAINS ON INVESTMENTS||7,021|7,021||
|-|||||
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
3,639|833|10,453|7,647||
|TRANSFER BETWEEN FUNDS
1,356||-1,356|-||
|-|||||
|NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
2,283|833|9,097|7,647||
|Total funds brought forward
9,601|196,553|90,930|297,084||
|Total funds carried forward
7,318|197,386|100,027|304,731||
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Charity Funds Held and movements during
2020
Fund Name
Typ
e
Purpose & Restrictions
Bal
B/F
Inco
me
Organ Fund
PE
Maintenance of
organs &
remuneration of
organists
21,12
0
The Pines Fund
PE
Maintenance of St
Giles Church Uley
67,59
1
Timbrell & Bathe
PE
Maintenance of St
Giles Churchyard
2,219
St Giles Building Fund
R
Maintenance of Fabric
70,97
8
11,9
56
United Benefce Residual
Bequest
R
Maintenance of Fabric
79,94
5
Final Residual Bequest
for United Benefce
R
Maintenance of Fabric
13,00
0
Access for All Appeal
2020
R
Reordering St Giles &
improvement of
disabled access
-
3,56
7
Organist Fund Deposit
a/c
R
Organist
1,683
652|r
R
r
R
d
behalf by the
ecto , the
ev
Expendit
ure
Transf
ers
Gain/L
oss
Bal
C/F
2,200
23,32
0
4,668
72,25
9
153
2,372
-10,753
-
50,07
9
22,10
2
-
39,97
2
39,97
3
-
13,00
0
-
100,2
72
103,8
39
-2,076
1,423
1,682||||
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