REGISTERED NUMBER: |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
FOR |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
FOR |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Report of the Directors | 2 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 4 |
Profit and Loss Account | 8 |
Balance Sheet | 9 |
Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 12 |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 June 2024. |
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the provision of rugby facilities and coaching for its members. |
REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
The club had another a successful season with the first team again coming runner-up in National League 1 in season 2023-2024. |
The club continued with its community activities of running senior teams and having over 500 junior members. |
The club also continued outreach activities to promote rugby in schools and universities. |
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS |
The club has set up an associated charity (Rams RFC Foundation) which will enable the club to increase the outreach activities the club is currently undertaking with schools and other organisations. The charity should be operational early 2025. |
The club has accepted a Rugby Football Union invite to express interest in becoming part of the Championship and is in the process of completing the detailed submission requirements. |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 July 2023 to the date of this report. |
Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors 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 directors 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 company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to: |
- | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
- | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
- | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
The directors 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 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 company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Vale & West Accountancy Services Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Rams Rugby Football Club Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 June 2024 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of 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). |
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In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 June 2024 and of its loss for the year then ended; |
- | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
- | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
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 Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company 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 directors' 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 company'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 directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
Other information |
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 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. |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED |
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
- | the information given in the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
- | the Report of the Directors has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Directors. |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
- | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
- | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
- | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or |
- | the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Directors. |
Responsibilities of directors |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, the directors 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 directors determine 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 directors are responsible for assessing the company'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 directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED |
Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements |
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 a Report of the Auditors 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: |
The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud |
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows: |
- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector; |
- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and data protection, anti-bribery, employment,and health and safety legislation; |
- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |
- identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. |
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and |
- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: |
- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
- tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
- assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and |
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. |
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: |
- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |
- reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; and |
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims. |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED |
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. |
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. |
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors. |
Use of our report |
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 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 a Report of the Auditors 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. |
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RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
30.6.24 | 30.6.23 |
£ | £ |
TURNOVER |
Cost of sales |
GROSS LOSS | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Administrative expenses |
OPERATING LOSS | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Interest payable and similar expenses | ( |
) |
LOSS BEFORE TAXATION | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Tax on loss |
LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR | ( |
) | ( |
) |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
BALANCE SHEET |
30 JUNE 2024 |
30.6.24 | 30.6.23 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 4 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks |
Debtors | 5 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 6 |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
7 |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 9 |
Retained earnings | ( |
) | ( |
) |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
BALANCE SHEET - continued |
30 JUNE 2024 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
£ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 July 2022 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Changes in equity |
Issue of share capital | - |
Total comprehensive income | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Balance at 30 June 2023 | ( |
) |
Changes in equity |
Issue of share capital | - |
Total comprehensive income | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Balance at 30 June 2024 | ( |
) |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Rams Rugby Football Club Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales. The registered office is Old Bath Road, Sonning, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 6TQ. |
The principal activity for the period was the provision of rugby facilities and coaching for its members. |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The financial statements are presented in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. |
Conversion to a Company Limited by Shares |
On 24 January 2023, the club converted from a Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 to a Company Limited by Shares. The club activities are continued by the Company and the financial statements for the period are accordingly prepared on a single economic entity basis. The comparative information for the previous period and transactions for the period up to the conversion date are therefore those of the former Society. |
Going concern |
At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future as the shareholders have provided written confirmation to the directors that for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, they will continue to make available funds as needed by the company to ensure its liabilities are met as they fall due. |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Revenue recognition |
Revenue is measured at the fair value of consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company's activities. Turnover is shown net of value added tax, returns, rebates, and discounts. |
The company recognises revenue when the amount can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the company activities. |
Revenue from membership subscriptions, sponsorship agreements and season tickets is recognised in the relevant period and where received in advance is deferred to the relevant future period. |
Match-day income, match-day tickets, hospitality packages and other match-day income, is recognised when the relevant match takes place. |
Trading income from bar, catering and shop sales are recognised at the point of sale. |
Voluntary income such as fundraising and donations is recognised on receipt. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management. |
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: |
Clubhouse improvements | - | 50 years straight line |
Clubhouse equipment | - | 5 years straight line |
Ground and exercise equipment | - | 5 years straight line |
Scrummage and gym equipment | - | 5 years straight line |
The assets’ residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date. |
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Financial assets and liabilities |
Trade and other debtors are initially recognised at transaction price and subsequently remeasured to amortised cost using the effective interest method, less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts except where the effect of discounting would be immaterial. In such cases, the receivables are stated at cost less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. |
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts, when applicable, are shown within current liabilities. |
Trade and other creditors are initially recognised at transaction price and subsequently remeasured to amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial, in which case they are stated at cost. |
Taxation |
Taxation represents the sum of tax currently payable and deferred tax. |
The company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. |
Deferred tax is recognised on all timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. |
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted bu the end of the reporting period. |
Operating leases |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term. |
Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight-line basis over the tease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee’s benefit from the use of the leased asset. |
Leased assets |
Assets obtained under finance leases are capitalised as tangible fixed assets and are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives. Finance leases are those where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership are assumed by the company. Obligations under such agreements are included in creditors net of the finance charge allocated to future periods. The finance element of the rental payment is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of charge on the net obligation outstanding in each period. |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Employee pension benefits |
The obligation for contributions to defined contribution schemes are recognised as an expense as incurred. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independent administered fund. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Ground |
and | Scrummage |
Clubhouse | Clubhouse | exercise | and gym |
improvements | equipment | equipment | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 July 2023 |
Additions |
At 30 June 2024 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 July 2023 |
Charge for year |
At 30 June 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 June 2024 |
At 30 June 2023 |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under finance leases are as follows: |
Plant and |
machinery |
etc |
£ |
COST |
At 1 July 2023 |
and 30 June 2024 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 July 2023 |
Charge for year |
At 30 June 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 June 2024 |
At 30 June 2023 |
5. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
30.6.24 | 30.6.23 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Prepayments |
6. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
30.6.24 | 30.6.23 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans and overdrafts |
Other loans |
Finance leases |
Trade creditors |
Social security and other taxes |
Other creditors |
Accruals and deferred income |
RAMS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 14613862) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 |
7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
30.6.24 | 30.6.23 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans due 2 to 5 years |
Other loans due 2 to 5 years |
Finance leases |
8. | SECURED DEBTS |
The finance leases are secured on the relevant fixed assets. |
Other loans of £51,654 (2023 - £66,655) are secured by way of the personal guarantee of directors. |
9. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 30.6.24 | 30.6.23 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 1,307,006 | 1,010,006 |
297,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each were allotted and fully paid for |
10. | OTHER FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS |
At 30 June 2024, the company had total commitments under non-cancellable operating leases over the remaining life of the leases, as follows: |
30.6.24 | 30.6.23 |
£ | £ |
Within one year | 40,836 | 15,875 |
Between one and five years | 146,320 | 36,000 |
More than five years | 315,000 | 324,000 |
502,156 | 375,875 |
11. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
Related party transactions for the year comprised: |
- | Two directors made donations of £140,500 (2023 - £75,295) and made share subscriptions of £297,000 (2023 - £1,010,006) . The company also received sponsorship of £300,000 (2023 - £250,000) from unconnected companies in which the two directors have a financial interest. |
- | A director advanced a loan of £22,000 which remained outstanding as at the balance sheet date. |