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# THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
07544187 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 28 February 2026

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 1 March 2025

## End date: 28 February 2026

# THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2026

Profit and loss |
Balance sheet |
Additional notes |
Balance sheet notes |
Community Interest Report |

# THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 28 February 2026

| 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Turnover: | 36,847 | 22,619
Cost of sales: | ( 2,180 ) | ( 4,776 )
Gross profit(or loss): | 34,667 | 17,843
Administrative expenses: | ( 34,150 ) | ( 16,937 )
Operating profit(or loss): | 517 | 906
Profit(or loss) before tax: | 517 | 906
Tax: | ( 49 ) |
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | 468 | 906

# THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Balance sheet

As at 28 February 2026

| Notes | 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 20,499 | 33,847
Total current assets: |  | 20,499 | 33,847
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: | 3 | ( 17,146 ) | ( 30,962 )
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 3,353 | 2,885
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 3,353 | 2,885
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 3,353 | 2,885
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 3,353 | 2,885
Total members' funds: |  | 3,353 | 2,885

The notes form part of these financial statements

# THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 28 February 2026 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

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

This report was approved by the board of directors on 19 June 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Helen Osborn
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2026

- ## 1. Accounting policies

  Basis of measurement and preparation

  These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

# THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2026

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2026 | 2025
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 0 | 0

# THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 28 February 2026

## 3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

| 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Taxation and social security | 105 | 56
Accruals and deferred income | 16,017 | 30,546
Other creditors | 1,024 | 360
Total | 17,146 | 30,962

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### THE NATURE EFFECT COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

### Company Number: 07544187 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 28 February 2026

Company activities and impact

Key projects this year were connecting people to nature 1. Inside Out - a project with Bullingdon Prison - creating therapeutic gardens for both the visitor centre and within the main prison in the substance free living unit. Both gardens are flourishing and we have funding to continue stewardship for 2025/26 2. Further Upgrade of Kate’s Place project at Florence Park with monthly community days facilitated by associates and supported by a new Kate’s Fund 3. Story Museum planters and care - ongoing 4. People, Plants and Place a shared project with Barracks lane community garden supporting young unaccompanied asylum seekers as part of their First Steps programme at Oxford Spires Academy. 5. Outreach via Festivals at Wood and at Wilderness spread the word and raised donations for our social justice project

Consultation with stakeholders

Our stakeholders are our beneficiaries and our associates as well as local communities we serve through our projects. The NaturEscape project in Florence Park continued to have wide engagement with many stakeholders including local residents, nursery parents, staff and the wider community of Flo's - The Place in the Park and Oxford City Council. Community engagement has been very strong, with working parties and fundraising activity.. The Inside Out project has been a collaboration with staff at Bullingdon Prison, Staff from PACT charity and with prisoners and their families at design stage and subsequently through the stewardship of the gardens We have supported a new project with Iffley Fields Residents association - inspired by Kate’s Place and led by new trustee Usha Waygood. The garden we built at St Francis School, designed by our wonderful director Laura Burt, has been nominated for an award from the Society of Garden and Landscape Designers! Through the project we transformed a plastic grass space into a immersive natural garden, providing play, shelter and food areas to suit both the children and wildlife.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received by directors for their services as directors. However some of the directors are also contractors of the company and have received remuneration for direct delivery of services as self employed, or sole traders, or company contractors. They are all registered for payment of Tax and indemnified separately for this work for The Nature Effect represents only a small amount of their independent income. Directors and Associates all give hours of our unpaid time each year to the administration of the company and in developing the direction of services, raising funds, volunteering in projects etc.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
27 May 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Helen Osborn
Status: Director