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2024-12-31-accounts

CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1202612

Briary Pre-School Unaudited Financial Statements

31 December 2024

PG LEMON LLP

Chartered Certified Accountants 22-26 Bank Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5EA

Briary Pre-School

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 December 2024

Page
Trustees' annual report 1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 6
Statement of financial activities 7
Statement of financial position 8
Notes to the financial statements 9
The following pages do not form part of the financial statements
Detailed statement of financial activities 15

Briary Pre-School

Trustees' Annual Report

Year ended 31 December 2024

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Briary Pre-School Charity registration number 1202612 Principal office Briary Pre-School Greenhill Road West Herne Bay Kent CT6 7RS

The trustees

Katherine James Hayley Benn Carol Smith Katie Smith Claire Kelly Nicola Wheeler Lauren Brooks Independent examiner Maxine Gambrill FCCA PG Lemon LLP 22-26 Bank Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5EA

Structure, governance and management

Governing Document

Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its charity trustees Date of constitution (last amended): January 2023

How is the charity constituted?

An Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Briary Pre-School (The Charity) was held on Thursday 25th November 2021, the proposal and resolutions were voted on by the members.

Trustee selection methods

Trustees were elected as part of the CIO guidelines in our constitution, these include current and past parents and the Manager and Deputy Manager of the pre-school.

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees come from the Incorporation Handbook Information for Trustees.

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Briary Pre-School

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

Objectives and activities

Purposes of the Charity

To advance the education of pre-school children by providing a stimulating, communication rich learning environment to meet the developmental needs of all children. The pre-school will rent premises, employ highly qualified staff, provide high quality equipment and raise money for the association's activities and play an active role in supporting the local community. To be a member of the Early Years Alliance.

The overall aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.

Summary of Main Activities

Offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability. Encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas.

Instigating and adhering to the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Trustees Statement

As charity trustees we have regard to the commissions public benefit guidance, to show that our charity is what it is set up to achieve.

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Briary Pre-School

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

Achievements and performance

"During 2023, post covid the pre-school was within the process of changing over the previous charity (1084445) to a Charity Incorporated Organisation with the new charity (1202612) being registered on the 4th April 2023 and the new registration with OFSTED and transfer of assets on the 1st September 2023.

During 2024 training and development featured as a key aim for our staff. Awards were given to our three staff members who completed the Early Years Professional Development Programme Qualification which they had embarked on in 2023.This qualification has helped our practitioners to extend and support children’s early speech, language and communication, maths skills, personal social and emotional development and their readiness for school.

The Manager and the Deputy and two further senior leaders, continued their senior leader qualification – the National Professional Qualification for Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL) offered free and covering the curriculum and development, SEND, professional development, organisational management and partnership among others.

Other training accessed throughout 2024 to enhance our practice included:

In April, one of our Early Years Practitioner embarked on the Elklan 5 Day training – a comprehensive course designed to enhance the speech, language and communication skills of our children.

Our Early Years Practitioners accessed the Walking in the shoes of giants training – helping to explore how to support two-year-olds through sensory learning, combining theory and practice to create a rich, enabling environment.

Eco Sustainability Training - for our early years staff helps them to promote environmental awareness, responsible citizenship, critical thinking, a sense of responsibility, and lifelong habits, helping to raise a generation of environmentally conscious individuals.

During February and March we were invited to co-deliver Sensory Champion Training with the Specialist Teaching and Learning Service. This was delivered to other early years settings in the district and focused on the importance of understanding sensory processing and how providing a sensory diet for individuals can help to regulate and meet their needs. This invite was extended in recognition of our outstanding practice in meeting sensory needs.

During June we took our Early Years Practitioner Team to the London Alistair Bryce Clegg Conference where practical advice was given on ways to improve our practice and continuous provision.

During 2022 the Manager and Deputy enrolled on the Balanced System for Schools and Early Years Settings. A five-year programme, with an accreditation/centre of excellence opportunity after two years. During 2023 we worked alongside mentors to support us to understand our role to support Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and achieve good outcomes for children and support for families.

During 2024 we supported five children on Special Educational Needs Incluson Fund. On our Additional Educational Needs (AEN) register we supported two children on Child Protection Plans.

Two of our SEND Practitioners completed the Level 2 Autism Awareness Training.

The SENCo completed 5 Educational and Health Care Needs Assessment Plans (EHCP).

We have worked with a range of professionals including Health Visitors, Social Workers, Paediatricians, Portage Workers, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Specialist Teachers and Educational Psychologists.

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Briary Pre-School

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

On the 9th July 2024 the pre-school was awarded Centre of Excellence for the Balanced System in Schools and Settings, in recognition of two years of hard work in supporting children’s speech, language and communication development. We were one of only 4 early years settings in Kent to be awarded Centre of Excellence.

We have worked closely with our families and local community during 2024:

The work the charity has delivered over this time period has had a significant positive impact on the members of the pre-school, the children and families and the local community.

Financial review

The charity had a total turnover for the year of £261,695 and incurred expenses totaling £243,114, resulting in a total net income of £18,581. The charity holds sufficient funds for the cover of operational costs and 6 months working capital. The charity operates from a log cabin that has been funded by grants received.

The insurance value of the property is £275,000, including contents of £65,000. The charity has sufficient insurance cover to replace their assets.

There are currently no funds in deficit and no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern.

Principal Sources of Funds

Our principal source of funds is from our local authority, Kent County Council and from parent/carer fees.

Our charity fundraises and we also fundraise with the charity Friends of Thornden Wood, we jointly collaborate to raise joint funds for both the pre-school and the primary school on the annual Summer Fair and Christmas Fair.

Principal Risks facing the Charity

Sustainability and increased running costs, which are not matched by fair funding increases from the local authority. Year on year minimum wage increases that are not matched by funding increases.

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Briary Pre-School

Trustees' Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

Other Information

Our charity organisation Briary Pre-School has been through a process of change. Our old charity 1084445 changed and was re-registered on the 4th April 2023 to our new charity 1202612.

The CIO was registered with OFSTED on the 1st September 2023 and this is reflected in the accounts that are uploaded as part of this submission. The charity assets were held by the old charity until the 1st September 2023.

This submission for this period 1 January – 31 December 2024 was delayed due to our accountancy firm going into liquidation and not being able to audit our accounts, this was communicated to us on the 20th October. We are quickly rectifying the situation and have appointed a new accountant who are in the process of preparing the accounts and checking. The Charity Commission was contacted about this situation via email on the 23rd October 2025 and again via telephone on the 28th October 2025, I was advised by the customer service agent Liz to add an explanation on this report, as extensions are no longer given.

The trustees' annual report was approved on 17 December 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Hayley Benn Trustee

Carol Smith Trustee

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Briary Pre-School

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Briary Pre-School

Year ended 31 December 2024

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Briary Pre-School ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements 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

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

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 charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements 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.

Maxine Gambrill FCCA Independent Examiner

PG Lemon LLP 22-26 Bank Street Herne Bay Kent CT6 5EA

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Briary Pre-School

Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31 December 2024

Period from Period from
4 Apr 23 to
Year to 31 Dec 24 31 Dec 23
Unrestricted
funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £
Income and endowments
Receipts 4 261,695 261,695 85,717
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Total income 261,695 261,695 85,717
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Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds:
Direct costs 5 220,539 220,539 64,465
Costs of other trading activities 6 22,575 22,575 8,214
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Total expenditure 243,114
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72,679
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Net income and net movement in funds 18,581 18,581 13,038
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 111,272 111,272 98,837
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Total funds carried forward 129,853 129,853 111,875
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements.

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Briary Pre-School

Statement of Financial Position

31 December 2024

2024 2023
Note £ £ £
Current assets
Debtors 10 1,535
Cash at bank and in hand 129,091 111,875
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130,626 111,875
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 11 773
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Net current assets 129,853 111,875
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Total assets less current liabilities 129,853 111,875
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Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds 129,853 111,875
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Total charity funds 12 129,853
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These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on ........................, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Carol Smith Trustee

The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements.

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Briary Pre-School

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 December 2024

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is Briary Preschool, Greenhill, Greenhill Road, Herne Bay, CT6 7RS.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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)) and the Charities Act 2011.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Transition to FRS 102

The entity transitioned from previous UK GAAP to FRS 102 as at 4 Apr 23. Details of how FRS 102 has affected the reported financial position and financial performance is given in note .

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome. The key assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Briary Pre-School

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

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Briary Pre-School

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.

Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

4. Receipts

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Receipts
Kent County Council Funding 162,960 162,960 65,576 65,576
Fees from Parents 54,653 54,653 14,938 14,938
Trips 798 798 10 10
Donations 1,449 1,449 65 65
Fundraising 3,935 3,935 166 166
Uniform 332 332 148 148
Voluntary Contributions 120 120 40 40
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)
Funding 12,964 12,964 1,349 1,349
Misc 1,366 1,366
Special Educational Needs Inclusion
Funding (SENIF) 24,109 24,109 2,059 2,059
Interest 375 375
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261,695 261,695 85,717 85,717
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Briary Pre-School

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

5. Direct costs

Direct costs
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Direct costs 220,539 220,539 64,465 64,465
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Costs of other trading activities
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Premises costs 13,637 13,637 4,496 4,496
Administration costs 8,938 8,938 3,718 3,718
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22,575
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6. Costs of other trading activities

7. Independent examination fees

Period from Period from
Year to 4 Apr 23 to
1
3
Dec 24 31 Dec 23
£ £
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements 600
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8. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

Period from
Year to 4 Apr 23 to
1 Dec 24
3
31 Dec 23
£ £
Wages and salaries 212,221 62,213
Other employee benefits 786 228
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213,007 62,441
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The average head count of employees during the year was 21 (2023: Nil).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).

9. Trustee remuneration and expenses

Two trustees (Carol Smith & Nicola Wheeler) have been paid remuneration or received other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity totaling £31,604.92 for the accounting period ended 31 December 2024. Two trustees has been paid remuneration or received other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity.

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Briary Pre-School

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2024

10. Debtors

2
024
2023
£ £
Other debtors 1,535
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11. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2
024
2023
£ £
Social security and other taxes 773
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12. Analysis of charitable funds
Unrestricted funds
At At
1 January 2024 Income Expenditure 31 December 2024
£ £ £ £
General funds 111,272
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261,695
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(243,114)
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129,853
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At
At 4 April 2023 Income Expenditure 31 December 2023
£ £ £ £
General funds 98,837 85,717 (72,679) 111,875
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13. Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024
£ £
Current assets 130,626 130,626
Creditors less than 1 year (773) (773)
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Net assets 129,853 129,853
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Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2023
£ £
Current assets 111,875 111,875
Creditors less than 1 year
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Net assets 111,875 111,875
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Briary Pre-School

Management Information

Year ended 31 December 2024

The following pages do not form part of the financial statements.

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Briary Pre-School

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31 December 2024

Period from
Year to 4 Apr 23 to
3 1 Dec 24 31 Dec 23
£ £
Income and endowments
Receipts
Kent County Council Funding 162,960 65,576
Fees from Parents 54,653 14,938
Trips 798 10
Donations 1,449 65
Fundraising 3,935 166
Uniform 332 148
Voluntary Contributions 120 40
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) Funding 12,964 1,349
Misc 1,366
Special Educational Needs Inclusion Funding (SENIF) 24,109 2,059
Interest 375
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261,695 85,717
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Total income 261,695 85,717
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Expenditure
Direct costs
Resources 8,318 2,252
Wages and salaries 212,221 62,213
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220,539 64,465
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Costs of other trading activities
Fundraising 476 22
Welfare 786 228
Rent 3,700 1,400
Rates and water 1,626
Light and heat 2,727 1,652
Repairs and maintenance 4,446
Insurance 131
Cleaning 1,090 443
Travel 583
Accounts 1,418 518
Phone and computer 1,505
Printing, postage and stationery 268 243
Uniform 1,111 1,836
Training (1,311) (1,340)
Sundry 928 401
Independent examination 600
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22,575 8,214
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Total expenditure 243,114
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Net income 18,581
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