Company Registration No. 01322002 (England and Wales)
OISE LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
OISE LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Director
Mr T Gins
Secretary
Pilgrims Limited
Company number
01322002
Registered office
90 Banbury Road
Oxford
England
OX2 6JT
Auditor
Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
264 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7DY
OISE LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Director's report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 24
OISE LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The director presents the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Business review and future developments
An overview of the OISE group business activity in the period, including future developments, can be seen in the strategic report included in the consolidated financial statements of the company's immediate and ultimate parent, OISE Holdings Limited.
Key performance indicators
The directors of OISE Holdings Limited manage the group's operations on a divisional basis. For this reason, the company's director believes that analysis using key performance indicators for the company is not necessary or appropriate for an understanding of the development, performance and position of the business of OISE Limited. The key performance indicators of OISE Holdings Limited are included in its strategic report.
Matters of strategic importance, financial risk management objectives and policies
Going concern
The company ended the year with net current assets of £2,172,799 (2023: £2,420,231) and recorded a loss for the financial year of £250,526 (2023: profit of £8,158,310). The company provides management services to the OISE group. As such the going concern status of the business is heavily reliant on the performance of the wider group. The director has therefore assessed the company's going concern.
The company is part of the group headed by OISE Holdings Limited ("the group"). The company meets its day to day working capital requirements from its own cash resources and through intercompany funding arrangements with other group companies. Therefore, in light of the operational and financial support provided by the group, the going concern of the company has been made as part of the assessment for the group as a whole. The group ended the year with cash of £2,020,857 (2023: £2,696,306) and net current assets of £281,897 (2023: £704,793).
The directors of OISE Holdings Limited have reviewed detailed forecasts and consider the group is able to continue meeting its liabilities as they fall due in the foreseeable future which is considered to be a period of twelve months from the date of approving the financial statements. In particular, the directors have considered the forecast level of cash held by the group and consider that a sufficient level of cash shall be held for the group to meet its liabilities.
OISE Holdings Limited has confirmed that it will continue to support the company financially for a period not less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Taking into account all of the above matters, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the director continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.
Other matters
There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may affect the performance of the company and its subsidiaries:
A major outbreak of an infectious disease such as coronavirus;
A shortage of teachers post pandemic;
The British Home Office's "hostile environment" which leads to a growing number of visa refusals;
Better language education in the pupils' own country.
The company and its subsidiaries ensure that their exposure to a downturn in a particular trading sector is managed by continuing to broaden their activities by increasing the depth of the education they provide. The company's subsidiaries also have a wide range of customers, which limits exposure to any material loss of revenue from any one specific source.
The financial risk management objectives of the company in relation to financial instruments are set by the board of its ultimate parent company OISE Holdings Limited with a view to minimising the group's exposure to price, credit, liquidity and cash flow risks. The use of derivative instruments is made to mitigate risks or enhance returns, subject to strict control of exposures.
OISE LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Mr T Gins
Director
2 September 2025
OISE LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The director presents their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company is the management of the OISE group.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 8.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The director does not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Director
The director who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements was as follows:
Mr T Gins
Director's insurance
During the year, the group in which the company is a member maintained professional indemnity insurance in respect of its director, officers and senior management.
Auditor
The auditor, Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Statement of director's responsibilities
The director is responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The director is 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. He is 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.
Information included in the strategic report
As permitted by the Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) the company has chosen to set out in its strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the director's report. It has done so in respect of future developments.
OISE LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the director individually has taken all the necessary steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Medium-sized companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
Mr T Gins
Director
2 September 2025
OISE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF OISE LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of OISE Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity 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).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 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.
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 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 director's 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 director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The director is responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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. 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.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the director's report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the director's report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
OISE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF OISE LIMITED
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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 strategic report or the director's report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which 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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of director
As explained more fully in the director's responsibilities statement, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's 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 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.
1. At the planning stage of the audit, we gain an understanding of the laws and regulations which apply to the company and how the management seek to comply with those laws and regulations. This helps us to plan appropriate risk assessments. The most significant laws and regulations that have an indirect impact on the financial statements are The Education (Scotland) Act (1980), Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000, Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, Education (Scotland) Act 2016, and the General Data Protection Regulation (as adopted in the UK by the Data Protection Act 2018).
2. During the audit, we focus on relevant risk areas and review the compliance with the laws and regulations by making relevant enquiries and undertaking corroboration, for example by reviewing Board Minutes, correspondence with regulatory authorities and other documentation (as detailed further below).
3. We assess the risk of material misstatement in the financial statements including as a result of fraud and undertake procedures including:
a. Reviewing the controls set in place by management;
b. Making enquiries of management as to whether they consider fraud or other irregularity may have taken place, or where such opportunity might exist;
c. Challenging management assumptions with regard to accounting estimates; and
d. Identifying and testing journal entries, particularly those which appear to be unusual by size or nature.
OISE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF OISE LIMITED
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Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's 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 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.
Malik Nayyer Salim
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
2 September 2025
Chartered Certified Accountants
Statutory Auditor
264 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7DY
OISE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
468,000
590,000
Administrative expenses
(765,656)
(832,069)
Exceptional item
4
(915,059)
Operating loss
5
(297,656)
(1,157,128)
Interest receivable and similar income
9
100,531
7,644,710
Interest payable and similar expenses
10
(53,401)
(10,190)
Amounts written off investments
-
(802)
Fair value gains and losses on investment properties
14
1,380,000
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(250,526)
7,856,590
Tax on (loss)/profit
11
301,720
(Loss)/profit for the financial year
(250,526)
8,158,310
The statement of comprehensive income has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
OISE LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
13
3,578
6,672
Investment property
14
4,500,000
4,500,000
Investments
15
230,125
230,125
4,733,703
4,736,797
Current assets
Debtors
17
6,495,259
5,477,350
Cash at bank and in hand
1,840,666
2,448,778
8,335,925
7,926,128
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
18
(6,163,126)
(5,505,897)
Net current assets
2,172,799
2,420,231
Net assets
6,906,502
7,157,028
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
950,000
950,000
Revaluation reserve
1,806,651
1,547,161
Profit and loss reserves
4,149,851
4,659,867
Total equity
6,906,502
7,157,028
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.
The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 2 September 2025
Mr T Gins
Director
Company registration number 01322002 (England and Wales)
OISE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Revaluation reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
950,000
744,962
(2,696,244)
(1,001,282)
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
8,158,310
8,158,310
Transfer in relation to revaluation of investment properties net of deferred tax - as restated
-
802,199
(802,199)
-
Balance at 31 December 2023
950,000
1,547,161
4,659,867
7,157,028
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive expense for the year
-
-
(250,526)
(250,526)
Transfer in relation to movement in deferred tax on the revaluation of investment properties
21
-
259,490
(259,490)
-
Balance at 31 December 2024
950,000
1,806,651
4,149,851
6,906,502
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
OISE Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 90 Banbury Road, Oxford, England, OX2 6JT.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. 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 investment properties at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of its parent company, OISE Holdings Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 90 Banbury Road, Oxford, England, OX2 6JT.
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.2
Going concern
The company ended the year with net current assets of £2,172,799 (2023: £2,420,231) and recorded a loss for the financial year of £250,526 (2023: profit of £8,158,310). The company provides management services to the OISE group. As such the going concern status of the business is heavily reliant on the performance of the wider group. The director has therefore assessed the company's going concern.true
The company is part of the group headed by OISE Holdings Limited ("the group"). The company meets its day to day working capital requirements from its own cash resources and through intercompany funding arrangements with other group companies. Therefore, in light of the operational and financial support provided by the group, the going concern of the company has been made as part of the assessment for the group as a whole. The group ended the year with cash of £2,020,857 (2023: £2,696,306) and net current assets of £281,897 (2023: £704,793).
The directors of OISE Holdings Limited have reviewed detailed forecasts and consider the group is able to continue meeting its liabilities as they fall due in the foreseeable future which is considered to be a period of twelve months from the date of approving the financial statements. In particular, the directors have considered the forecast level of cash held by the group and consider that a sufficient level of cash shall be held for the group to meet its liabilities.
OISE Holdings Limited has confirmed that it will continue to support the company financially for a period not less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Taking into account all of the above matters, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the director continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents rental income from subsidiary companies and income in respect of management charges made by the company to subsidiary companies to cover group running and management costs, and is shown net of VAT.
Income is recognised on an accruals basis reflecting the month in which the property was occupied or the services were provided.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
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:
Fixtures and equipment
10-25% straight line
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 credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
Investment property
Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
1.7
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company 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). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
1.8
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and 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 company 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 company's balance sheet when the company 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.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, 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 business 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.
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.10
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.11
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date 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 is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.12
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
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 company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.13
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.14
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Rental income from operating leases is recognised on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the director is 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.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Valuation of investment properties
The fair value of the investment properties have been arrived at on the basis of valuations carried out by the directors as at the year end. The revaluations were made on an open market value basis (which is considered to be a true reflection of fair value) by reference to comparable recent transactions for similar properties.
3
Turnover and other revenue
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Management charge income
468,000
590,000
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
468,000
590,000
2024
2023
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
100,531
63,551
Dividends received
-
7,581,159
4
Exceptional item
2024
2023
£
£
Expenditure
Intercompany loans written off
-
(915,059)
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 17 -
5
Operating loss
2024
2023
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Fees payable to the company's auditor
59,820
42,850
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
3,094
10,706
Operating lease charges
12,168
11,534
6
Auditor's remuneration
2024
2023
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the group
59,820
42,850
Fees payable to the company's auditors for the audit of the company's financial statements reflect audit fees for the company, its parent company and its fellow subsidiaries in the United Kingdom.
7
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Administrative
9
8
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
312,310
312,180
Social security costs
34,277
35,235
Pension costs
29,416
29,582
376,003
376,997
8
Director's remuneration
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
69,863
67,763
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 18 -
9
Interest receivable and similar income
2024
2023
£
£
Interest income
Bank interest received
100,531
63,551
Income from fixed asset investments
Dividend income
7,581,159
Total income
100,531
7,644,710
10
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£
£
Other interest on financial liabilities
53,401
10,190
11
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(301,720)
The actual charge/(credit) for the year can be reconciled to the expected (credit)/charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(250,526)
7,856,590
Expected tax (credit)/charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.52%)
(62,632)
1,847,914
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
2,594
216,529
Group relief
62,486
(260,702)
Other permanent differences
470
Fixed asset differences
(2,448)
1,783
Income from group companies not taxable
(1,783,130)
Movement in fair value of properties not taxable
(324,584)
Taxation charge/(credit) for the year
-
(301,720)
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 19 -
12
Impairments
Impairment tests have been carried out where appropriate and the following impairment losses have been recognised in profit or loss:
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
In respect of:
Fixed asset investments
15
-
802
Recognised in:
Amounts written off investments
-
802
The impairment losses in respect of financial assets are recognised in other gains and losses in the profit and loss account.
13
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and equipment
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024
105,598
Disposals
(63,446)
At 31 December 2024
42,152
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
98,926
Depreciation charged in the year
3,094
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(63,446)
At 31 December 2024
38,574
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
3,578
At 31 December 2023
6,672
14
Investment property
2024
£
Fair value
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
4,500,000
The fair value of the investment property reflects the director's valuation, on an open market value basis, by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties.
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
14
Investment property
(Continued)
- 20 -
If investment properties were stated on an historical cost basis rather than a fair value basis, the amounts would have been included as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
Cost
3,117,817
3,117,817
Accumulated depreciation
(1,641,434)
(1,580,389)
Carrying amount
1,476,383
1,537,428
The company's investment properties and related fixtures and equipment are let to other group companies under operating leases for which rental income is received. Rent has been waived during recent years following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
15
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
16
230,125
230,125
16
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
16
Subsidiaries
(Continued)
- 21 -
Name of undertaking
Country
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
and address
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Instill Education Limited 90 Banbury Road, Oxford, England, OX2 6JT
UK
Language tuition
Ordinary
100.00
-
OISEsuisse SA (formerly L'Europeene de Sejours Linguistique SA) Avenue de beauregard 1, C/O BfB Fiduciaire SA, 1700 Fribourg
Switzerland
Language tuition
Ordinary
100.00
-
OISE Etude Linguistiques SAS 95, Rue Seine, 75006 Paris
France
Language tuition
Ordinary
0
100.00
OISE Sprachtraining (Deutschland) GmbH Poststrasse 48, 69115 Heidelberg
Germany
Language tuition
Ordinary
0
100.00
OISE Italy SRL Via Molino delle Armi 25, 20123 Milan
Italy
Language tuition
Ordinary
0
100.00
OISE - Intensywna Nauka Jezyków Za Granica sp.z o.o. UI. W. Hermana 7/32, 02-496 Warszawa
Poland
Language tuition
Ordinary
0
100.00
ACE Consultores de Idiomas SA Calle Zurbano no. 45, 1a, 28010 Madrid
Spain
Language tuition
Ordinary
0
100.00
Canadoise Inc Bureau 1610, 999 Blvd de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, H3A3L4
Canada
Language tuition
Ordinary
0
100.00
Central School of English Limited (in liquidation) 93 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4BA
UK
Dormant
Ordinary
100.00
-
Basil Paterson Limited 66/67 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 IJX
UK
Dormant
Ordinary
100.00
-
Pilgrims Limited 90 Banbury Road, Oxford, England, OX2 6JT
UK
Dormant
Ordinary
0
100.00
Regent Language Training Limited 90 Banbury Road, Oxford, England, OX2 6JT
UK
Dormant
Ordinary
0
100.00
The Edinburgh School of English Limited 66/67 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 IJX
UK
Dormant
Ordinary
0
100.00
On 1 January 2025, Basil Paterson Limited began trading, the nature of business is language tuition.
17
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
6,391,217
5,383,549
Other debtors
230
Prepayments
103,812
93,801
6,495,259
5,477,350
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 22 -
18
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
102,193
100,203
Amounts owed to group undertakings
4,438,218
3,977,532
Corporation tax
629
629
Other taxation and social security
38,295
32,533
Other creditors
1,523,268
1,337,976
Accruals
60,523
57,024
6,163,126
5,505,897
Group bank borrowings are secured by a composite company unlimited multilateral guarantee given by the company, OISE Holdings Limited and Instill Education Limited.
The debenture includes a fixed charge over all present freehold and leasehold property, first fixed charge over book and other debts, chattels, goodwill and uncalled capital, both present and future; and first floating charge over all assets and undertaking both present and future.
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
29,416
29,582
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
Contributions of £6,034 (2023 - £4,998) were outstanding at the year end and are included in other creditors. The contributions were paid after the year end in accordance with the agreed timetable.
20
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of 5p each
19,000,000
19,000,000
950,000
950,000
The company's ordinary shares, which carry no right to fixed income, carry the right to one vote at general meetings of the company.
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 23 -
21
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
Assets
Assets
2024
2023
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
-
-
13,782
16,230
Tax losses
-
-
605,636
863,934
Revaluations
318,311
577,801
-
-
Other short term timing differences
-
643
613
-
318,311
578,444
620,031
880,164
There were no deferred tax movements that impact the statement of comprehensive income in the financial year. However, as noted in the summary above, there has been a reassessment of the deferred tax liability with respect to the revaluations. This has in turn reduced the deferred tax asset recognised on the tax losses. This movement has resulted in a further transfer between the profit and loss reserve and the revaluation reserve.
The deferred tax asset and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the company has a legally enforceable right to set off the tax asset against the liability should the liability be crystallised the relevant balances have been netted off in the accounts.
The net deferred tax asset of £301,720 (2023: £301,720) represents tax losses to be sold to fellow group entities which has been recognised within the intercompany debtor.
22
Related party transactions
During the year, the company paid pension contributions of £17,000 (2023 - £17,000) on behalf of a director of OISE Holdings Limited. No amounts were outstanding at the end of the current or previous year.
At the year end, the company owed £2,325 (2023: £2,718) to the director. The relevant amount is interest free and repayable on demand.
At the year end, the company owed £1,517,234 (2023: £1,330,190) to Lanleya Limited, a company with a common director. The loan is interest bearing at 1.45% below base rate. Interest of £53,401 (2023: £10,190) was paid during the year. The relevant loan is repayable on demand.
During the year, the company operated out of a property owned by Lanleya Limited but no rent was charged.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption available under Section 33 of FRS 102 and has not disclosed details of transactions or balances with other wholly-owned companies in the OISE Holdings Limited group.
23
Events after the reporting date
On 27 June 2025, the company received a dividend totalling £2m from its subsidiary, Instill Education Limited.
On 27 June 2025, the company declared a dividend of £4 million to its parent company.
OISE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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24
Ultimate parent company and controlling party
The immediate and ultimate parent company is OISE Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales.
OISE Holdings Limited heads the largest and smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are drawn up. The consolidated financial statements of OISE Holdings Limited are available from its registered office, 90 Banbury Road, Oxford, England, OX2 6JT.
The ultimate controlling party is Till Gins who owns 71.62% of the issued share capital of OISE Holdings Limited.
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