Learndirect Digital Holdings Limited
Registered name: LEARNDIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Learndirect Digital (Jersey) Limited groupLearndirect Digital Holdings Limited made £33.6m revenue and a £4.5m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2024.
Learndirect Digital Holdings Limited’s revenue was £33.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with a loss of £4.5m and 195 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Bournemouth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Receivership
- Location
- Bournemouth, South West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Learndirect Digital (Jersey) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £33.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£15.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £17.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£654k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£4.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | −£1.5m | −£4.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | −£1.5m | −£4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 195 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | −13.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 52.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £172k |
| Profit per employee | £292k | −£301k | −£22.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼202.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3800% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £31.1k | £35.9k | — |
| Net assets | £804k | −£674k | — |
| Fixed assets | £369k | £1.1m | — |
| Current assets | £27.3m | £26.5m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £165k | £63.6k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £172k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3800%
- Now 195
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Learndirect Digital (Jersey) Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Learndirect Digital Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Learndirect Digital Group LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit −£4.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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