BLACKBOARD (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-13 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-30
Watchouts
Cash
£58K
-92.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
-82.7% vs 2023
Employees
37
+2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£66M
-2,007.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company continues to operate as a going concern. The directors believe this basis to be appropriate due to ultimate parent Astra Intermediate Holding Corp.'s commitment to continue to provide adequate financial support to Blackboard (UK) Limited for a period of 12 months following the date of approval of the financial statements. However, as explained in note 10, the ultimate parent company is in a net liability position; this indicates there is a material uncertainty related to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLACKBOARD (UK) LIMITED 2006-10-13 → present
- WEBCT (UK) LIMITED 2002-01-21 → 2006-10-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,782,029 | £9,901,735 | |
| Operating profit | £579,643 | -£4,433,086 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,465,898 | -£66,105,015 | |
| Net profit | £2,727,983 | -£66,301,371 | |
| Cash | £787,216 | £58,073 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £80,180,470 | £13,891,816 | |
| Net assets | £80,164,719 | £13,863,348 | |
| Equity | £80,164,719 | £13,863,348 | |
| Average employees | 36 | 37 | |
| Wages | £3,405,378 | £3,704,273 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | -44.8% | |
| Net margin | 19.8% | -669.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.7% | -31.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.44x | 0.07x | |
| Interest cover | 1.24x | -5.99x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company continues to operate as a going concern. The directors believe this basis to be appropriate due to ultimate parent Astra Intermediate Holding Corp.'s commitment to continue to provide adequate financial support to Blackboard (UK) Limited for a period of 12 months following the date of approval of the financial statements. However, as explained in note 10, the ultimate parent company is in a net liability position; this indicates there is a material uncertainty related to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “No material events to the Company have occurred since the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-01-15 | — | — |
| DAHLGREN, Bruce | Director | 2023-11-03 | Apr 1961 | American |
| GUENTHER, Daniel Keith | Director | 2026-03-19 | Apr 1976 | American |
| POHORYLO, Michael Patrick | Director | 2024-10-07 | Nov 1981 | American |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIORDANO, John David | Secretary | 2002-01-21 | 2006-02-28 |
| SMALL, Matthew Harris | Secretary | 2006-02-28 | 2015-06-04 |
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-07-27 | 2018-01-15 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-01-21 | 2002-01-21 |
| BALLHAUS, William Louis | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2021-10-25 |
| BEACH, Michael Joseph, Director | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2010-02-15 |
| BERNSTEIN, Garrick | Director | 2023-11-03 | 2026-03-19 |
| BISIGNANO, Michael | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2015-01-30 |
| DAVIS, William Joseph | Director | 2015-06-04 | 2016-06-30 |
| DAVIS, William, Director | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2013-05-31 |
| ESSEX II, Richard Lee | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-12-09 |
| GIORDANO, John David | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2006-02-28 |
| KINZER, John, Director | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2012-05-18 |
| KUPINSKY, Stuart Howard, Mr. | Director | 2015-06-04 | 2023-11-03 |
| LOGAN JR, Samuel Ernest | Director | 2015-01-31 | 2015-06-04 |
| MAYR, Lisa-Beth | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2018-03-02 |
| MILTON, James Arthur | Director | 2021-10-25 | 2023-11-03 |
| NESSEN, Johan Anders | Director | 2021-10-25 | 2023-03-17 |
| REPETTI, Peter | Director | 2006-02-28 | 2006-09-01 |
| SCHOLTE, Edwin | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2021-10-25 |
| SMALL, Matthew Harris | Director | 2006-02-28 | 2013-05-31 |
| SMITH, Teresa Rene | Director | 2015-06-04 | 2016-06-30 |
| VALLONE, Carol Ann | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2006-02-28 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-01-21 | 2002-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackboard International Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
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Turnover
-28.2%
£13,782,029 £9,901,735
-
Cash
-92.6%
£787,216 £58,073
-
Net assets
-82.7%
£80,164,719 £13,863,348
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Employees
+2.8%
36 37
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Operating profit
-864.8%
£579,643 -£4,433,086
-
Profit before tax
-2,007.3%
£3,465,898 -£66,105,015
-
Wages
+8.8%
£3,405,378 £3,704,273
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