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What were operating expenses for our UK subsidiary last quarter?
Scope: UK subsidiary, Primary book, Q1 2025 (Jan to Mar). I ran the Income Statement report filtered to that subsidiary and period and got operating expenses of 412,800 GBP. I did not include the intercompany lines, which the report lists separately. Source: Income Statement, Primary book.