FUTURELEARN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-22 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-08
Watchouts
Cash
£444K
-66.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£10M
-116.8% vs 2024
Employees
92
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
+15.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £12,316,259 | £11,063,931 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£6,080,297 | -£4,796,822 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£6,175,811 | -£5,219,514 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£6,175,811 | -£5,219,514 | |
| Cash | £48,225,000 | £37,362,000 | £20,774,000 | £8,589,000 | — | £1,325,338 | £444,048 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | -£4,444,180 | -£9,633,035 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | -£4,444,180 | -£9,633,035 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | -£93,240,342 | -£4,444,180 | -£9,633,035 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | 92 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £8,626,438 | £6,010,295 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £975,975 | £938,332 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
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Turnover
-10.2%
£12,316,259 £11,063,931
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Cash
-66.5%
£1,325,338 £444,048
lowest in 6 filed years
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Net assets
-116.8%
-£4,444,180 -£9,633,035
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Employees
+1.1%
91 92
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Operating profit
+21.1%
-£6,080,297 -£4,796,822
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Profit before tax
+15.5%
-£6,175,811 -£5,219,514
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Wages
-30.3%
£8,626,438 £6,010,295
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -49.4% | -43.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -50.1% | -47.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 136.8% | 49.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.33x | 0.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -44.39x | -11.10x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- FUTURELEARN LIMITED · parent
- Futurelearn Australia Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Since May 2023, capital investment has been directed towards strengthening the platform, enhancing go-to-market capability and broadening the Group's commercial proposition.”
- “This has led to EBITDA* loss narrowing to £3.4m (2024: £4.6m loss), and the business achieving its first EBITDA-positive quarter in Q4, the result of disciplined cost management, operational efficiencies and clearer commercial prioritisation.”
- “Between September 2025 and January 2026 the Company issued 15,459,257 new Ordinary Shares at par to the parent company UK Academic Holdings Limited. The total consideration of £15,459,257 was settled by way of capitalisation of loan balances of £7,860,630, assignment of loans of £1,260,627 and cash of £6,338,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKINGHAM, Julia Clare, Professor Dame | Director | 2025-05-28 | Oct 1950 | British |
| GARCIA, Miguel Angel Blazquez | Director | 2022-12-13 | Jun 1969 | Spanish |
| HOWELL, Ian | Director | 2025-07-15 | Aug 1971 | British |
| JOHNSON, Joseph Edmund | Director | 2023-03-14 | Dec 1971 | British |
| KLOPOT, Vitali | Director | 2022-12-13 | Dec 1988 | Czech |
| MARIN ROMANO, Rafael | Director | 2025-07-15 | Oct 1974 | British,Spanish |
| RACHEVSKY, Elad | Director | 2025-07-15 | Dec 1981 | British,Israeli |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAE, Shinae Kang | Secretary | 2023-04-14 | 2024-05-31 |
| CHEYNE, Brian | Secretary | 2013-01-21 | 2019-04-28 |
| ENGLAND, William James Guy | Secretary | 2019-04-28 | 2023-04-14 |
| BASSINDALE, Alan Richard, Dr | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2016-12-31 |
| BEAN, Martin George | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2016-03-04 |
| COOKE, Justin Alex Edward | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2019-04-28 |
| CRAMER, Stephen John | Director | 2012-12-10 | 2013-01-21 |
| FRASER, Josie Andrea, Professor | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2021-05-25 |
| HANCOCK, Andrew Derek | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2023-03-31 |
| HEDGES, Miles Stuart | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2016-12-31 |
| HILL, Steven John | Director | 2016-01-26 | 2017-08-14 |
| HOLDEN, Laurence James | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2019-04-28 |
| HOLDEN, Laurence James | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2017-07-28 |
| HORROCKS, Peter | Director | 2015-06-11 | 2018-04-26 |
| HUGHES, Colin | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2022-11-30 |
| KALIFA, Rohinton Minoo | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2022-11-30 |
| KELLETT, Mary Cecilia, Professor | Director | 2018-06-13 | 2019-04-28 |
| KODWANI, Devendra Gopaldas, Dr | Director | 2021-05-25 | 2022-11-30 |
| KODWANI, Devendra Gopaldas, Dr | Director | 2019-04-28 | 2020-02-06 |
| MACPHERSON, Agnes Lawrie Addie Shonaig | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2019-04-28 |
| MALLISON, Guy | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2018-03-19 |
| NEALE, Frank Leslie George | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2019-04-28 |
| NELSON, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2020-12-31 |
| NESTER, Joshua Sasha | Director | 2019-04-28 | 2022-11-30 |
| NICHOLLS, Jonathan William, Dr | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2021-07-31 |
| ROBERT-TISSOT, Philip Anthony | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2022-11-30 |
| RYMER, Hazel, Professor | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2019-04-28 |
| SHEPPARD, Christopher David | Director | 2019-04-28 | 2022-11-30 |
| TYDEMAN, Natalie Patricia | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2021-12-31 |
| TYNAN, Belinda Robyn, Professor | Director | 2014-06-09 | 2016-04-30 |
| WOODBURN, Alexander Fraser | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-12-18 |
| ZIMMERMAN, Keith Alan | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2018-07-02 |
| ZUYDAM, David Mel | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2017-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uk Academic Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-31 | Active |
| Gah Education Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-12-19 | Ceased 2024-05-31 |
| Global University Systems B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-11-30 | Ceased 2022-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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.