D2L EUROPE LTD
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Cash
£9.1m
+38.4% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£24m
+1.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
59
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£490k
+5.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,861,281 | £14,416,581 | £15,483,806 | £16,346,217 | +5.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | £329,591 | £426,762 | £911,361 | £643,768 | -29.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £325,361 | £432,497 | £464,514 | £490,387 | +5.6% | |
| Net profit | — | £212,275 | £268,506 | £379,443 | £168,899 | -55.5% | |
| Cash | £3,580,392 | £8,606,577 | £8,605,812 | £6,576,223 | £9,104,598 | +38.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £963,107 | £1,428,524 | — | £23,131,187 | £23,566,572 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £963,107 | £1,428,525 | £1,833,013 | £23,131,187 | £23,566,572 | +1.9% | |
| Equity | £963,107 | £1,428,525 | £1,833,013 | £23,131,187 | £23,566,572 | +1.9% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 46 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | £4,218,250 | £5,085,071 | £5,168,849 | £5,561,355 | +7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.0% | 3.0% | 5.9% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 23.1% | — | 3.9% | 2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 89.8% | 90.5% | 45.9% | 46.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.89x | 0.70x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | 77.92x | 74.41x | 6.15x | 4.00x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- D2L EUROPE LTD 2014-07-31 → present
- DESIRE2LEARN UK LTD 2011-02-24 → 2014-07-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, he continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- D2L EUROPE LTD · parent
- D2L EU B.V. 100%
- H5P Group AS 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 December, 2025, Connected Shopping Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of D2L Europe, was dissolved, as part of an internal legal entity simplification.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRICK, William | Secretary | 2011-04-07 | — | British |
| BAKER, John | Director | 2011-04-07 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-02-24 | 2011-04-07 |
| BURSBY, Richard Michael | Director | 2011-02-24 | 2011-04-07 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-02-24 | 2011-04-07 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-02-24 | 2011-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Baker | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-03 | Active |
| John Baker | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-01 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-28 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-01-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.