SKILLSOFT U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+63.4% vs 2024
Net assets
-£4M
+25.7% vs 2024
Employees
81
-15.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-5.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SKILLSOFT U.K. LIMITED 2004-04-19 → present
- SMARTFORCE UK LIMITED 1999-10-19 → 2004-04-19
- CBT SYSTEMS UK LIMITED 1992-03-23 → 1999-10-19
- COMPUTER BASED TRAINING LIMITED 1986-09-02 → 1992-03-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,186,489 | £28,515,391 | |
| Operating profit | £1,752,897 | £1,522,452 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,550,630 | £1,462,495 | |
| Net profit | -£841,491 | £1,384,591 | |
| Cash | £2,085,175 | £3,407,116 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£4,556,853 | -£3,350,014 | |
| Net assets | -£5,390,115 | -£4,005,524 | |
| Equity | -£5,390,115 | -£4,005,524 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 81 | |
| Wages | £9,564,008 | £10,045,075 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | -3.2% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -38.5% | -45.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 8.35x | 37.66x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Woods, Delaney and Partners Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis and believe the conditions existing do not represent a material uncertainty on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- SKILLSOFT U.K. LIMITED · parent
- Skillsoft NETg GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-05-15 | — | — |
| BANCE, Darren Richard, Mr. | Director | 2025-06-30 | Aug 1970 | British |
| MURRAY, Ryan Healey, Mr. | Director | 2025-06-30 | Sep 1977 | American |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL, Jennifer | Secretary | 1994-12-15 | 2010-05-19 |
| FORTUNE, John | Secretary | — | 1994-12-15 |
| HAYES, Jack Patrick | Secretary | 1997-06-30 | 2001-09-17 |
| MARSH, Thomas Gerard | Secretary | 1995-08-22 | 1997-06-30 |
| INTERTRUST HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-06-21 | 2014-05-15 |
| AMATO, Anthony Paul | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2017-05-19 |
| DRUMMOND, David | Director | 2001-09-17 | 2002-02-28 |
| FORTUNE, John | Director | — | 1996-01-18 |
| GLASS, Antony Philip | Director | 2016-01-20 | 2018-01-12 |
| HAYES, Jack Patrick | Director | 1997-06-30 | 2001-09-17 |
| HAYES, Jack | Director | 1992-05-06 | 1994-01-07 |
| HENRY, Paul | Director | 1996-10-15 | 2002-12-02 |
| JENKINS, Bobby Gene | Director | 2020-01-14 | 2021-07-09 |
| JR, Jose Alberto Torres, Mr. | Director | 2022-10-17 | 2025-06-02 |
| MCDONAGH, Patrick | Director | — | 1994-12-15 |
| MURPHY, Eric | Director | 1996-01-18 | 2002-12-02 |
| MURRAY, Ryan | Director | 2021-07-09 | 2022-10-03 |
| PELLEGRINO, Michael Anthony | Director | 2017-05-19 | 2020-01-14 |
| ROGERS, Louise Anne | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-11-10 |
| ROSS, James Alexander | Director | 2002-12-02 | 2003-06-26 |
| TODD, John Mark Harold | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-06-30 |
| VON PRONDZYNSKI, Ferdinand | Director | 2010-05-19 | 2010-05-26 |
| WALKER, Richard George, Mr. | Director | 2022-10-04 | 2025-06-30 |
| YOUNG, Kevin Thomas | Director | 2002-12-02 | 2016-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skillsoft Corp. | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2021-06-11 | Active |
| Charterhouse General Partners (Ix) Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-06-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-01 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-17 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+8.9%
£26,186,489 £28,515,391
-
Cash
+63.4%
£2,085,175 £3,407,116
-
Net assets
+25.7%
-£5,390,115 -£4,005,524
-
Employees
-15.6%
96 81
-
Operating profit
-13.1%
£1,752,897 £1,522,452
-
Profit before tax
-5.7%
£1,550,630 £1,462,495
-
Wages
+5%
£9,564,008 £10,045,075
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