Registered number
04244235
Oxford Petroleum Research Associates Limited
Unaudited Filleted Accounts
31 July 2025

Oxford Petroleum Research Associates Limited
Registered number: | 04244235
Balance Sheet
as at 31 July 2025
Notes |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024
£ | £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets | 3 |  |  | 1,302 |  |  | 1,663
Current assets
Debtors | 4 |  | 3,099 |  |  | 3,813
Cash at bank and in hand |  |  | 11,870 |  |  | 9,875
|  |  | 14,969 |  |  | 13,688
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 5 |  | (12,347) |  |  | (11,073)
Net current assets |  |  |  | 2,622 |  |  | 2,615
Total assets less current liabilities |  |  |  | 3,924 |  |  | 4,278
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year | 6 |  |  | (3,639) |  |  | (3,483)
Net assets |  |  |  | 285 |  |  | 795
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital |  |  |  | 100 |  |  | 100
Profit and loss account |  |  |  | 185 |  |  | 695
Shareholders' funds |  |  |  | 285 |  |  | 795
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
D W Long
Director
Approved by the board on 8 April 2026

Oxford Petroleum Research Associates Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 July 2025
1 | Accounting policies
| Basis of preparation
| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" of Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
| Turnover
| Turnover represents the value, net of value added tax and discounts, of goods provided to customers and work carried out in respect of services provided to customers.
| Tangible fixed assets
| Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
| Plant and machinery | 20% reducing balance
| Taxation
| A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period.
| Pensions
| Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.
2 | Employees | 2025 |  | 2024
Number | Number
| Average number of persons employed by the company | 2 |  | 2
3 | Tangible fixed assets
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Plant and machinery etc
£
| Cost
| At 1 August 2024 | 16,899
| At 31 July 2025 | 16,899
| Depreciation
| At 1 August 2024 | 15,236
| Charge for the year | 361
| At 31 July 2025 | 15,597
| Net book value
| At 31 July 2025 | 1,302
| At 31 July 2024 | 1,663
4 | Debtors | 2025 |  | 2024
£ | £
| Trade debtors | 2,849 |  | 3,569
| Prepayments | 250 |  | 244
|  |  |  |  |  | 3,099 |  | 3,813
5 | Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 2025 |  | 2024
£ | £
| Other taxes and social security costs | 2,216 |  | 3,480
| Other creditors and accruals | 10,131 |  | 7,593
|  |  |  |  |  | 12,347 |  | 11,073
6 | Creditors: amounts falling due after one year | 2025 |  | 2024
£ | £
| Other creditors | 3,639 |  | 3,483
7 | Other information
| Oxford Petroleum Research Associates Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
| 2 Hinksey Court
| Church Way
| Oxford
| Oxfordshire
| OX2 9SX

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