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Charity registration number NIC102102 (Northern Ireland)

Company registration number NI032111

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ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

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Trustees MrA Bennett
Dr F Lamrock
MsB Kelly
MsS Fletcher
Ms E Gordon (Appointed 10 July 2025)
Ms F Magee (Appointed 10 July 2025)
Secretary Ms J Davis
Chief Executive Officer Ms Joan Davis
Charity number NIC102102
Company number NI032111
Registered office Glengall Exchange
3 Glengall Street
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT12 5AB
Auditor HM CharteredAccountants
6th Floor East Tower
Lanyon Plaza
8 Lanyon Place
Belfast
CountyAntrim
BT1 3LP
Bankers FirstTrust Bank
11-15 Donegall Sq North
Belfast
BT1 5GB
Solicitors Hewitt & Gilpin
14-16 James Street South
Belfast
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CONTENTS

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Trustees' report 1-16
Independent auditor's report 17-20
Statement offinancial activities 21
Balance sheet 22 - 23
Statement ofcash flows 27
Notestothefinancialstatements 24-35

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The trustees have pleasure in submitting their annual report together with the audited financial statements of the organisation for the year from 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2025.

Relate NI is a registered charity (No. NIC102102) and a company limited by guarantee (No. NI 032111). The company is registered at 3 Glengall Street, Belfast, BT12 5AB. The organisation is governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Trustees of the company consider the result and current financial position to be satisfactory.

The Board of Relate NI

On the date of approval of this report, trustees were:

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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)" (effective 1 January 2019).

Vision, Mission and Values of Relate NI

Vision Statement Relate NI's vision is

"A future in which healthy relationships form the heart of a thriving society"

Mission Statement Relate NI's mission is

"To make expert information and support for healthy relationships available for everyone"

Purpose and Activities of the Charity

The purposes of the charity are:

a) to educate the public and individuals concerning the institution of marriage, civil partnerships and secure couple relationships with particular reference to emotional, physical and sexual relationships and with a view to developing personal responsibilities and enriching family life. b) to promote research into all aspects of marriage, civil partnerships and secure couple relationships and to publish the results of all such research. c) to safeguard, seek to enhance and protect the good health both mental and physical of adults and children d) to encourage conflict resolution and reconciliation and to prevent poverty, hardship and distress caused by the break-up of marriage, civil partnership or other relationship. e) to offer assistance and support to victims of domestic abuse. f) to educate and engage with perpetrators of domestic abuse in order to promote reconciliation and avoid future abuse from occurring. g) to offer psychosexual therapy. h) to offer assistance to individuals interacting with health and social care and the criminal justice systems, and i) to offer guidance and assistance to individuals, couples, groups and families on all aspects of relationships regardless of age, sexual orientation or relationship status.

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The main activities undertaken in relation to these purposes are:

Purpose (a) - Relate NI publishes a range of information in written and video format and on digital platforms for the benefit of the public, individuals, parents and service planners and to facilitate and promote access to our relationship counselling services for families, children and young people.

Purpose (b) - Relate NI undertakes evidence based and action research into a wide range of relationship issues and publishes the results of this research for the benefit of informing the public and to influence public policy on relationship issues.

Purpose (c) - Relate NI provides relationship counselling services throughout NI. We enhance emotional wellbeing in individuals, couples, families and communities by delivering professional counselling and therapeutic services.

Purpose (d) - Relate NI provides a range of counselling services which support individuals, couples, families, children and young people and develops and participates in integrated partnership projects with other organisations which focus on delivering joined up, wraparound services for the benefit of the community.

Purpose (e) - Relate NI provides counselling services to the victims/survivors of domestic abuse.

Purpose (f) - Relate NI provides counselling services to the perpetrators of domestic abuse and delivers awareness and training programmes including our ‘Safety in Relationships' programme to the perpetrators of domestic abuse.

Purpose (g) - Relate NI provides psychosexual therapy to individuals and couples to help address sexual dysfunction and intimacy issues.

Purpose (h) - Relate NI provides counselling services in partnership with a range of partners in the statutory, voluntary and community sectors to people interacting with the health and social care and criminal justice systems and

Purpose (i) - Relate NI promotes equality of opportunity and good relations and we promote and deliver our counselling services to everyone in the community.

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Public Benefit

Relate NI's Trustee Board has taken due regard of the Northern Ireland Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. The organisation's counselling, information, education and training services further Relate NI's purposes for the public benefit in terms of the following:

a) An understanding, knowledge and awareness by the public of what constitutes positive emotional relationships which contributes to healthy relationships;

b) Increased individual and collective knowledge, understanding and awareness of the health and wellbeing needs of positive relationships which contribute to family policy development in Northern Ireland;

c) Improved emotional, mental and physical health wellbeing and increased capacity to demonstrate resilience by both adults and children;

d) Enhancement of the stability of relationships, relief of the emotional impact of separation due to family breakdown and re-establishment of a level of trust between couples and partners. This enables clients to lead more effective lives through improved relationships, enables them to continue with daily activities and improves their ability to continue in employment or education;

e) Improved emotional and mental health wellbeing, enhanced self-esteem and resilience of the victims and survivors of domestic abuse and violence;

f) Improved behavioural change amongst the perpetrators of domestic abuse which leads to reduced victimisation and a reduction in the frequency and severity of domestic abuse. Improved safety in relationships is also reported by partners and children affected by domestic abuse;

g) Improved sexual function in response to the sexual difficulties experienced by clients;

h) Improved emotional, mental and physical health wellbeing and increased resilience demonstrated by both adults and children;

i) Improved emotional, mental and physical health wellbeing and resilience of individuals, couples, groups and families within an equality and diversity service delivery context.

All of the benefits in purposes (a) to (e) are demonstrated through feedback from our clients through evaluation questionnaires, the use of client outcomes measurement tools, monitoring and evaluation of our services by both statutory health and social care and voluntary funding organisations. These benefits are also demonstrated by independently commissioned evaluations of our services as may be undertaken from time to time.

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Achievements and Performance

Relate NI is the leading relationship support charity in Northern Ireland focused on the promoting the importance of healthy relationships; preventing relationship distress; and protecting people at times of relationship breakdown. We provide a range of high quality and specialist support services to people right across Northern Ireland.

Relate NI services include:

Emerging themes from casework

During 24/25 the emerging themes that have become evident are centered around anxiety, family separation and family difficulties, child and adult safeguarding risks, mental health and addiction/ substance misuse.

There has been an increased need for support because of the escalating demand for health & social care statutory services, reflecting an increase in the complexity of issues and needs that clients are presenting with.

Through internal clinical consults and key findings from clinical practice, the data indicates:

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2024 — 2025 — The year in review

In 2024-2025, Relate NI has continued its mission supporting individuals, couples and families to strengthen relationships through expert counselling, education and advocacy. In a year marked by unique challenges and opportunities, as we entered the merger process ,our team has worked tirelessly to adapt, innovate, and grow our core services to continue to support and meet the increasing and complex needs of our population across the country.

Key Highlights

Relate NI completed CPCAB level 5 couples counselling to increase capacity for couples counselling to meet the high demand. We have also successfully worked with Queens University and Ulster University to provide Placements for Family Systemic therapist and Art and Play therapy.

Reach & Impact of Relate NI in 2024/2025

How much did we do?

How well did we do it?

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How well did we do it? Family Mediation

Testimonials

"Thank you for all the help & support. This has been an excellent service with a very skilled mediator."

“What you do is invaluable”

“Thank you very much deeply grateful”

“Absolutely excellent service. Our mediator was amazing. We could never have come this far without her input. Nothing | can think of to improve. | have been recommending it to friends in similar situation and will continue to do so. The children have not witnessed any arguments since mediation and have seen us working together for their benefit and speaking respectfully about each other’.

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2024 — 2025: Service Data Analysis

Who Attends Relate NI Therapeutic Services?

Relate NI services are provided throughout Northern Ireland through the organisation’s premises and a network of out centres. We also deliver our therapeutic services online and via telephone in line with our clinical policies. While Relate NI services are there for everyone to avail themselves of, the different contracts we operate may have restrictions which govern who access services under specific contracts. This is most clearly demonstrated in our school’s counselling contract where the people accessing services will all be primary school aged children.

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In 24/25, the largest number of people who accessed our services were aged between 18 and under.2544 and 45-64-year-olds represent the next largest population of users of our therapeutic services. In particular, the work with children and young people under the age of 18 is driven by the work ongoing in primary schools both through our Full-Service Community Network (FSCN) contract..

Gender profile

Evidence indicates that females are more likely than men to identify issues within a relationship, whether that is a couple relationship, family relationship or social relationships. It comes as no surprise therefore that females represent over half of the people who access Relate NI therapeutic services, a figure which has increased from last year. The number of men seeking relationship support has increased slightly compared to 2024/2025.

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In terms of the geographical breakdown of people accessing Relate Ni services, Belfast represents the home or closest office of those people accessing Relate N/ therapeutic services. The figures for the 24/25 year are broadly in line with the figures from last year. Already, our communications and engagement strategies are seeking to take account of these figures with additional promotion and engagement work being undertaken across locations that are providing less sessions than the others.

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The figure above indicates a growth in the proportion of Relate NI services being provided both to children and young people and adult individuals.

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What Issues Are People Seeking Support On?

Stress Count of Stress
Anxiety 217
Relationship difficulties 206
Family difficulties 182
Communication issues 152
Domestic Violence/Abuse 128
Relationship Breakdown 67
Behaviour 56
sex 54
Low mood 54
PST 52
Bereavement 40
Parental Separation 40
Parental conflict 39
Anger 36
Emotional Regulation 34
Infidelity 32
Trauma 28
Stress 27
Sexual abuse/Assault 23
Depression 20
Self-worth/ Self-esteem 20
Maternai/ Paternal mental health 12
Health (Physical) 11
reactionary behavioural responses 11
anxious school avoidant 11
Bullying 10
porn 8
Problems with friends 7
Problems at school 6
coercive control 5
Self-harm 4
Navigating Relationships 4
DrugAbuse 3
Substance abuse 3
Financial difficulties 2
Problems with sleep 2
Restricted Eating 1
Sexual identity 1
Caring responsbilities 1
online harm 1
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OCD 1

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Relationships experience distress for a range of reasons, when families are exposed to different stressors. Most issues that families experience which drive them to seek the support of Relate NI services are relational in nature. Increase in anxiety, family difficulties; bereavement; separation & divorce, Adverse Childhood Experiences, managing the impact of unemployment and financial worries on family relationships; and parenting are just some of the issues that people have identified when reaching out to Relate NI. However, health and wellbeing presentations also represent a significant portion of our presenting issues. Nuerodivergence, Anxiety, stress and self-worth feature high on the list of health and wellbeing presentations into our services. However, there is also recognition of the linkages between relationship quality and health & wellbeing.

PARTNERSHIP WORKING AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

Department of Health and the Health and Social Care Trusts

Relate NI provides delivers a range of counselling services under contract with the Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG), formerly the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB). Through this contract, we continue to work in partnership with the Department of Health, and the five Health and Social Care Trusts to provide relationship services to families throughout Northern Ireland. Relate NI works closely with social workers and health and social care professionals to facilitate access to our therapeutic services for the benefit of families, children and young people. We continue to participate in the review of the Department of Health's Regional Families Strategy. Over the course of this year and through this contract, we continue to build relationships with family support teams, Sure Start teams, GP Confederation, District Councils and V&S sector to support better joint working, promote access to Relate NI services through effective networks.

FSCN Schools Counselling

Over the course of the 24/25 year, the Relate NI team continued to work flexibly to support the school community. This involved working with parents, teachers as well as school children to support wellbeing and adjustment to post pandemic through direct contact as well as through the development of information and video resources through school networks. Access to wider Relate NI services was facilitated where this was agreed by families as being of benefit. Schools Relate NI also developed an emotional wellbeing Programme to be delivered to primary school aged children by our school’s counsellors.

Parentline NI

Relate NI has been delighted to continue our partnership with Children in NI (CiNI) to support delivery of the Regional! Parenting Helpline Service to parents across NI. This work is provided under contract with the Health and Social Care Board. Over the course of this year, the Parentline NI team have been busy continuing to provide much needed support to parents through telephone, web and face to face appointments. Also in this year, a range of workshops for parents was developed and delivered by the Parentline NI Team.

Psychosexual Therapy Services & Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

During 24/25, Relate NI continued to receive referrals from Knockbracken Psychosexual Services for those clients/patients with sexual dysfunctions under a contractual arrangement with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. We also continue to provide psychosexual services to people who refer themselves directly to Relate NI.

BHSCT Primary Care Talking Therapies

Relate NI works in partnership with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust to deliver counselling services to clients experiencing low level anxiety and depression who are referred by GPs.

Northern Ireland Prison Service

We were awarded a new contract to provide counselling work and programme delivery within Maghaberry and Magiligan during this year. Healthy Relationship programme have received excellent feedback from prisoner and prison staff. 280 counselling sessions have been provided to prisoners.

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Family Mediation — Preventing Conflict Escalation and Supporting Family Stability

Family Mediation is a vital early intervention service for families navigating separation and conflict. Specialising in complex, family breakdown cases, the process of family mediation offers a confidential, voluntary space where parents are empowered to resolve disputes themselves—without resorting to costly and adversarial legal proceedings. This not only reduces pressure on the court system and public services,but also supports better outcomes for children by helping parents negotiate practical, child-focused co-parenting plans. By placing children’s needs at the heart of the process and enhancing parents’ communication and problemsolving skills, family mediation helps prevent trauma, supporting parents to parent apart. This service is under contract with Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG), since 2009.

Core Services

Queens University Belfast

Relate NI enjoys an excellent partnership with Queens University Belfast through the MSc in Systemic Psychotherapy. Relate NI hosted placement clinics for a number of students completing their qualification, providing the clinical governance infrastructure and supervision, support and guidance to enable high quality therapeutic work to be undertaken.

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REVIEW OF OTHER ACTIVITIES & FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Governance

In this year of merger with Family Mediation NI (Nov 24) and the appointment of FMNI’S CEO to lead the new merged charity, we have embarked on robust reviews of all governance systems and operational procedures. We have followed through with the organizational review recommendations, to ensure that service delivery processes are streamlined for ease of access for the public. | Many trustees have given freely of their time to enable the organisation to deliver its charitable purpose for thousands of people each year and we wish to publicly acknowledge the Trustees and the Staff of both organisations and celebrate this important milestone in the development of the charity.

Over the past 12 months, the board has dedicated attention to the continued leadership and development of the organization, as a new merged entity. And as the voluntary sector is impacted by the reduction in available funds and restricted by contract roll over, we have focused our attention to sustainability and performance monitoring. This involved the ongoing monitoring of the organisation's strategy, operational plans and annual budget as well as review of policies and maintenance of the wider internal financial systems of control.

Over the 24/25 year we also bade farewell to several trustees, Nikki Armstrong and Natalie Dowey. Natalie had give her time over seven years, and had provided her expertise to various officer roles, finally taking the Chair and guiding the charity through the year long due diligence process in preparation for the merger. We are extremely appreciative of her contribution. The board and staff of Relate NI wish to recognise their commitment to Relate NI. Relate NI continued to seek to attract new board with a variety of skills to help develop the charity’s strategic vision, its services and its funding streams.

Aidan Bennet stepped into the role of interim chair February 25 following Natalie Dowey’s resignation. Bernie Kelly continues in her role as vice-chair, bringing valuable experience and a fresh perspective to the board's leadership team. Two Board members from the former FMNI Board, John Keers and Patricia Gordon joined the Board November 2024.

Governance and Strategic Development at Relate NI (2024-2025)

Relate NI’s Board of Trustees undertook several initiatives to advance the organisation’s workforce development, operational sustainability, and governance standards.

Replenishing the Board to ensure a mix of skills and experience is a priority in this year to support continuity while creating an opportunity to critically assess the organization’s processes, policies, and structure, paving the way for sustained growth and development. Strengthening senior leadership team and moving forward with organisational review. Recommendations to support staff and ensure contract targets are met were key areas of governance in this year Strategic planning in difficult financial times is key to finding new and innovative means to developing a funding strategy, engaging in stakeholder engagement, ensuring the voices of key partners, funders, and beneficiaries are heard and valued keeps Board connected to the service. Improvement within the internal culture has been part of the work involved in ensuring the merger works for staff, clients and funders. Additionally, client testimonials are collated and analysed from across all our services from schools to prisons and individuals providing honest, firsthand insights into the impact and perception of Relate NI’s services.

This rigorous approach has enabled the organization to build a well-rounded, fair, and transparent understanding of its current state, laying the groundwork for informed and strategic decision-making by the Board, with the SMT in the upcoming 2025-2026 year. The review also facilitated a reassessment of operational priorities allowing the Board to align Relate NI’s objectives more closely with the evolving needs of its service users and stakeholders.

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Workforce Development

Our longstanding partnership with Ulster University (UU) and Queen's University Belfast (QUB) continues Together, we have supported high-quality MSc placements in couples counselling and student placements which have been instrumental in developing a new generation of therapists. This collaboration not only enriched the skills of our workforce but also expanded Relate NI’s capacity to serve clients through a growing team of qualified Therapists.

Family Mediation Foundation Training Programme (approved by College of Mediators) will continue to be offered annually to ensure continuity of capacity building across NI of qualified and supported family mediators.

CPD and Sharing and Learning events are part of staff support and developed and welcomed by operational and professional staff.

Sustainability Efforts

As trustees, we have consistently acknowledged that sustainability remains one of the core challenges facing Relate NI. In the face of evolving financial pressures and increasing demand for services, we are committed to ensuring that the organization remains financially viable while continuing to deliver high-quality relationship support to those who need it most. For that reason it was prudent to begin investigating the sale of an asset, establishing a property sub-group of trustees to explore and recommend options, to support service development and sustainability into the future.

We believe the merger of services will be a pivotal step in ensuring the ongoing viability of Relate NI, both in terms of financial sustainability and the continued quality of the services we provide. This forward-thinking approach to partnerships and mergers demonstrates our commitment to securing the future of Relate NI while continuously improving the breadth and depth of our support for individuals and families across Northern Ireland.

Governance and Risk Management

The Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) playeda critical role, meeting quarterly to oversee risk, safeguarding, and infrastructure readiness. The ARC closely monitored the Corporate Risk Register, safeguarding practices, and financial health, ensuring robust controls and compliance. A focus on quality was evident through reviews of complaints, staffing concerns, and safeguarding self-assessments using Volunteer Now’s tools. Trustees received unqualified audit opinions, reflecting strong fiscal governance.

These initiatives have positioned Relate NI to continue delivering impactful relationship support services while fostering staff wellbeing and ensuring long-term organisational sustainability.

In terms of Strategic Development Relate NI focused on core services of couples, families and individuals, increasing delivery within the Northern Ireland Prison Service and within the Belfast and southern Trust area.

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Stakeholder Engagement, Policy Development and Communications

Relate NI believes that access to services is essential for people who are experiencing relationship distress or who are interested in preventative maintenance of their relationships. Action, such as access to high quality services at the individual or family level is a key building block to our vision of healthy relationships at the heart of a thriving society. At a societal level, access to information and effective public policy are also key cornerstones of that vision. To that end, Relate NI continues to engage with partners and stakeholders to build understanding of the challenges experienced by people and families across NI and to ensure that relevant public policy areas are influenced and shaped by the experiences of people who access Relate NI services.

Relate NI are proud to have worked with the NIO Executive Office, alongside others in the Community and Voluntary sector on the co- design process of the Ending Violence against Women and Girl's strategic framework. We are delighted that ‘healthy, respectful relationships’ are now ingrained in the seven year Ending Violence strategy and that we are one of the eight delivery partners working in schools and community groups to Ending Violence against Women and Girls.

We also continue to engage with partners in the third sector to share information, create organisational linkages in the best interests of the people we work with and to support the development of Relate NI and its team. Over the course of this year, we have also commented publicly on a range of issues relevant to the development and maintenance of healthy relationships and continue to ensure that public debate about the fundamental importance of healthy relationships to our health and wellbeing, physical and mental, continues to be included in relevant policy initiatives within government departments.

Financial Review

Relate NI seeks to comply with best practice in managing the finances of the charity and as outlined in the Reserves Policy should aim to hold adequate reserves to cover no fewer than three months and no greater than six months full running costs of the charity.

The balance sheet as at the 31 March 2025 reflected cash at bank and in hand of £8,853. The Net Assets at 31 March 2025 were £622,084. The board will be considering appropriate actions over the year ahead to ensure the charity's policy of 3 months general unrestricted funds is achieved.

Reserves Policy

The Trustees review the reserves policy Considering the variable income and fixed commitments required to allow the charity to be managed effectively and to provide a buffer for uninterrupted services, the Board, has agreed that the organisation should aim to hold adequate reserves to cover no fewer than three months and no greater than six months full running costs of the charity. In this year, following on from the withdrawal of the DOH Core Grant Funding in 2023, we are considering the sale of an asset to ensure reserves can again meet the reserve policy criteria.

Risk Policy

In tine with the organisation's risk management strategy, the Trustees who served during the year have undertaken an analysis of the work of the charity and identified the major risks to which the charity is exposed. The Trustees are satisfied that appropriate policies, practices and procedures are in place to mitigate those risks.

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Structure, Governance and Management

Relate NI is constituted by way of a Memorandum and Articles of Association and is both a registered charity and a registered company limited by guarantee. The Directors who are non-executive, represent a diverse range of relevant experience including management, administrative, education, health, law, property and family services.

The Directors of the charity are its trustees for the purposes of charity law. The Directors who served the charity during this financial year 24/25, are noted on Page 2.

The Board meets at least six times during the financial year with additional meetings called if necessary. Board members do not receive any remuneration in respect of their services to the charity. Receipted expenses are reimbursed when incurred. An Audit and Risk Committee meets and reports to Relate Ni's Trustee Board.

The Board delegates the day-to-day management of Relate NI to an executive senior management team which comprises the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Services, Clinical lead .

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also directors of Relate Northern Ireland for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Disclosure of Information to Auditors

To the knowledge and belief of the trustees, there is no relevant information that the charitable company's auditors are not aware of, and the trustees have taken all steps necessary to ensure the trustees are aware of any relevant information, and to establish that the charitable company's auditors are aware of the information.

Small Company Provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies’ regime under the Companies Act 2006.

The Trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.

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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Relate Northern Ireland (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the statement of Trustees’ responsibilities, the Trustees, who are also the directors of the charity for the purpose of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2008 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

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We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may havea direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

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This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with section 391 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's 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 members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Angela Craigan (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of HM Chartered Accountants

Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor

6th Floor East Tower Lanyon Plaza Belfast County Antrim BT1 3LP 19 December 2025

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 20252025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 20252025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 20252025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 20252025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 20252025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 20252025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 20252025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 20252025
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Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Resiricted Total
funds funds funds funds
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024
Notes £ £ £ £ £ £
Income from:
Donations andlegacies
Charitable activities		 4
3		 586,573
179,601		 115,738
-		 702,311
179,601		 434,578
228,350		 179,321
.		 613,899
228,350
Othertrading activities
Investments		 5
6		 66,023
-		 -
-		 66,023
-		 74,031
249		 -
-		 74,031
249
Total income 832,197 115,738 947,935 737,208 179,321 916,529
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities		 7 1,079,052 115,738 1,194,790 857,275 202,131 1,059,406
Total expenditure 1,079,052 115,738 1,194,790 857,275 202,131 1,059,406
Netexpenditure (246,855) - (246,855) (120,067) (22,810) (142,877)
Transfers to reserves 22,661 . 22,661 - - -
Net movement in
funds		 8 (224,194) - (224,194) (120,067) (22,810) (142,877)
Reconciliation offunds:
Fund balances at 1 April 2024 846,278 - 846,278 966,345 22,810 989,155
Fund balances at 31 March
2025		 622,084 - 622,084 846,278 - 846,278

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

AS AT 3131 MARCH 2025 AS AT 3131 MARCH 2025 AS AT 3131 MARCH 2025 AS AT 3131 MARCH 2025 AS AT 3131 MARCH 2025 AS AT 3131 MARCH 2025
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2025 2024
Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 13 626,993 653,585
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand		 14 153,254
8,853		 139,828
127,384
162,107 267,212
Creditors: amounts falling due within
oneyear		 16 (163,384) (60,887)
Net current (liabilities)/assets (1,277) 206,325
Total assets less current liabilities 625,716 859,910
Creditors: amounts falling due after
morethan oneyear		 17 (3,632) (13,632)
Net assets 622,084 846,278
Income funds
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds 18 626,993 653,585
General unrestricted funds (14,383) 183,219
Revaluation reserve 9,474 9,474
622,084 846,278
622,084 846,278

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BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED) AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025, although an audit has been carried out under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the charity keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 19 December 2025

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Company registration number NI032111

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Charity information

Relate Northern Ireland is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in Northern Ireland. The registered office is Glengall Exchange, 3 Glengail Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT12 5AB.

1.1. Basis of preparation The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act 2006 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

At the year ended 31 March 2025, the Statement of Financial Activities resulted in a deficit of £224,194 and there were net current liabilities of £1,277. The trustees have considered the charity’s cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3 Charitable funds Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Endowment funds are subject to specific conditions by donors that the capital must be maintained by the charity.

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the charity has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, net of discounts, VAT and other sales related taxes.

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1.5 Expenditure Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Freehold land and buildings 2% straight line Office equipment 20% straight line Fixtures and fittings 10% straight line Computers 25% reducing balance The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities. 1.7 Impairment of fixed assets At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

1.8 Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.9 Financial instruments The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. NN————

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a 1Accounting policies (Continued)

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.10 Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.11 Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

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2025 2024
Notes £ £ £ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash absorbed by operations 21 (136,493) (109,489)
Investing activities
Purchase oftangible fixed assets - (17,043)
Investment income received - 249
Netcash used in investing activities - (16,794)
Financing activities
Repayment ofbank loans (10,000) (10,000)
Netcash used in financing activities (10,000) (10,000)
Netdecrease in cash and cash equivalents (146,493) (136,283)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning ofyear 127,384 263,667
Cash and cash equivalents atend ofyear (19,109) 127,384
Relating to:
Cash at bank and in hand 8,853 127,384
Bank overdrafts included in creditors payable
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2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

3 Income from charitable activities

Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2025 2024
£ £
Charitable activities
Counselling income 179,601 228,350

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4 Income from donations and legacies

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5 Income from other trading activities

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7 Charitable activities

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9 Support costs Support
costs
£		 Governance
costs
£		 2025
£		 Support
costs
£		 Governance
costs
£		 2024
£
Staffcosts 189,287 . 189,287 179,855 - 179,855
Depreciation 26,592 - 26,592 27,649 - 27,649
Repairs and
maintenance		 11 - 11 95 - 95
Office expenses and
servicecharge		 69,041 - 69,041 29,257 - 29,257
Printing and computer
costs		 34,704 - 34,704 41,555 - 41,555
Sundryexpenses 21,114 - 21,114 26,204 - 26,204
Accountancy
Legal and professional		 40,885
63,340		 -
-		 40,885
63,340		 36,090
35,094		 -
-		 36,090
35,094
Bank charges and
interest payable		 2,559 - 2,559 3,956 - 3,956
Audit fees - 4,800 4,800 - 4,800 4,800
447,533 4,800 452,333 379,755 4,800 384,555
Analysed between
Charitableactivities		 447533 4,800 452,333 379,755 4,800 384,555

10 Trustees

None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.

11. Employees

The average monthly number of employees during the year was:

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2025 2024
Number Number
Charitable activities 20 21
Administration 18 18
Total 38 39
Employment costs 2025 2024
£ £
Wages and salaries 604,035 646,471
Social security costs 42,369 46,727
Other pension costs 14,485 16,787
660,889 709,985
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11 Employees

(Continued)

The total amount of employee benefits received by key management personnel was £144,136 (2024: £147,972). The charity considers its key management personnel comprise of the Chief Executive Officer, Business Services and Performance Manager and Professional Services Manager.

There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.

12 Taxation

The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.

13 Tangible fixed assets

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15 Loans and overdrafts

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The long-term loan and overdraft facility are secured by fixed charges over the assets of the charity.

16 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

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Included within accruals and deferred income in an amount of £74,870 received in advance in relation to funding from the TEO. Due to late uptake in the service as well as change in staffing both within Relate and TEO the amount is deferred into the 2025/26 financial year, where a reprofile of the project along with vouching of work undertaken to date will allow the organisation to have an accurate understanding of the monies to be allocated as income.

17 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

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18 Unrestricted funds

The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.

At 1 April
2024		 Incoming
resources		 Resources
expended		 Transfers At31 March
2025
£ £ £ £ £
Fixed asset fund 653,585 - - (26,592) 626,993
General funds 192,693 832,197 (1,079,052) 49,253 (4,909)
846,278 832,197 (1,079,052) 22,661 622,084
Previous year: At 1 April
2023		 Incoming
resources		 Resources
expended		 Transfers At31 March
2024
£ £ £ £ £
Fixed asset fund 664,190 - - (10,605) 653,585
RSE 52,664 - (52,664) . -
General funds 249,491 737,208 (804,611) 10,605 192,693
966,345 737,208 (857,275) - 846,278

The fixed asset fund has been set up to assist in identifying thus funds that are not free funds and it represents the net book value of tangible fixed assets which have been funded by unrestricted income.

19 Restricted funds

The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust for specific purposes:

Movement in funds
Balance at Incoming Resources Balance at
1 April 2024 resources expended 31 March
2025
£ £ £ £
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety - 81,982 (81,982) -
Community Foundation - Golden Threads - 33,756 (33,756) -
- 115,738 (115,738) -

Restricted funds are funds received for specified purposes within the overall aims of the charity

20 Related party transactions

There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none).

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FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 2025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 2025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 2025 FOR THE YEAR ENDEDENDED 31 MARCH 2025
m=
21. +Cash generated from operations 2025 2024
£ £
Deficit fortheyear (224,194) (142,877)
Adjustments for:
Investment income recognised in statement offinancial activities		 . (249)
Depreciation and impairment oftangible fixed assets 26,592 27,648
Movements in working capital:
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors		 (13,427)
74,535		 14,450
(8,461)
Cashabsorbedbyoperations (136,494) (109,489)

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