Company registration number 09957392 (England and Wales)
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr T Moore
Mrs Y Moyse
Secretary
Gateley Secretaries Limited
Company number
09957392
Registered office
Nuffield College
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1NF
Auditor
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
9 Appold Street
London
EC2A 2AP
Bankers
Barclays Bank PLC
1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP
Solicitors
Gateley Plc
www.gateleyplc.com
One Eleven
Edmund Street
Birmingham
B3 2HJ
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1 - 2
Balance sheet
3
Statement of changes in equity
4
Notes to the financial statements
5 - 9
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of carrying out its duties as a member of OXWED LLP.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Mr T Moore
Mrs Y Moyse
Auditor

Moore Kingston Smith LLP were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report 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:

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 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 directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

Small companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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On behalf of the board
Mr T Moore
Director
11 December 2025
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
5
680,718
680,718
Current assets
Debtors
7
4
4
Cash at bank and in hand
136
10,853
140
10,857
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
8
(9,121)
(9,225)
Net current (liabilities)/assets
(8,981)
1,632
Net assets
671,737
682,350
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
9
4
4
Profit and loss reserves
671,733
682,346
Total equity
671,737
682,350

The notes on pages 5 to 9 form part of these financial statements.

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

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 11 December 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr T Moore
Director
Company registration number 09957392 (England and Wales)
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2023
4
693,455
693,459
Year ended 31 March 2024:
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
(11,109)
(11,109)
Balance at 31 March 2024
4
682,346
682,350
Year ended 31 March 2025:
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
(10,613)
(10,613)
Balance at 31 March 2025
4
671,733
671,737
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Nuffield College Developments 1 Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Nuffield College, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1NF.

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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

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. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

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.

 

Nuffield College Developments 1 Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuffield College and the results of Nuffield College Developments 1 Limited are included in the consolidated financial statements of Nuffield College which are available from the Nuffield College website - www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, and having regard to the company's existing working capital position and ability to raise potential financing, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

 

At the year end, the company had net current liabilities, principally due to the accrual for fees for the preparation and audit of these accounts, the directors do not consider this to impact the going concern status of the company because these fees will be settled with funds made available by the parent entity, and accordingly have continued to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

1.3
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities 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.

An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.

Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.

NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
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.

1.5
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.

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.

1.6
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.

1.7
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors 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
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
2
3
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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4
Auditor's remuneration
2025
2024
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company for the current year
3,498
3,300
Audit of the financial statements of the company for the prior year
134
240
3,632
3,540
5
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Investment in joint venture
680,718
680,718
6
Joint ventures

Details of the company's joint ventures at 31 March 2025 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Registered office
Interest
% Held
held
Direct
OXWED LLP
St Thomas House, 6 Becket Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX1 1PP
Member
50.00

During the period ended 31 March 2025, OXWED LLP made a loss of £2,628,157 (2024 - £2,987,428). As at 31 March 2025, OXWED LLP had net liabilities of £8,343,193 (2024 - net liabilities of £5,715,036).

7
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Unpaid share capital
4
4
8
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
-
0
600
Accruals and deferred income
9,121
8,625
9,121
9,225
NUFFIELD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENTS 1 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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9
Called up share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and not fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
4
4
4
4
10
Audit report information

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:

Senior Statutory Auditor:
Luke Holt
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
11
Parent company

Nuffield College Developments 1 Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of The Warden and Fellows of Nuffield College in the University of Oxford (Nuffield College), New Road, Oxford, OX1 1NF.

 

The parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Nuffield College. These financial statements are available on the Nuffield College website.

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