FIREFLY LEARNING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-23 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£390K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£18M
Equity attributable
Employees
58
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FIREFLY LEARNING LIMITED 2016-05-01 → present
- FIREFLY LEARNING 1 LTD 2016-04-10 → 2016-05-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,722,045 | £4,472,472 | |
| Operating profit | -£821,898 | -£1,289,171 | |
| Profit before tax | -£836,213 | -£1,289,031 | |
| Net profit | -£836,213 | -£1,289,031 | |
| Cash | £316,198 | £390,041 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,831,882 | £17,549,370 | |
| Net assets | £18,831,882 | £17,542,851 | |
| Equity | £18,831,882 | £17,542,851 | |
| Average employees | 54 | 58 | |
| Wages | £3,062,906 | £2,236,515 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -14.4% | -28.8% | |
| Net margin | -14.6% | -28.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.4% | -7.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.75x | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | -57.41x | — |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider the Company to be a going concern, and the financial statements have been prepared on this basis. Management regularly produces and reviews forecasts, considering both internal and external factors and conditions. Management have prepared forecasts covering the period to 31 January 2027 and no cashflow shortfalls or working capital issues have been identified.”
Group structure
- FIREFLY LEARNING LIMITED · parent
- Firefly Learning PTE Limited 100%
- Firefly Learning Pty Limited 100%
- Epraise Limited 100%
- Empetus Limited 100%
- Conifer HoldCo Pty Limited 100%
- Conifer BidCo Pty Limited 100%
- Digistorm Group Pty Limited 100%
- Digistorm Operations Pty Limited 100%
- Digistorm Pty Limited 100%
- Digistorm LLC 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, Epraise and SchoolPost played a key role in driving new sales and customer acquisition.”
- “Exceptional items relate to staff redundancy and other restructuring costs for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRIVICKAS, Joseph | Director | 2023-01-31 | Mar 1962 | American |
| RANDOM, Amelia | Director | 2023-01-31 | Jul 1986 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLNER, Christopher Charles | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2022-09-29 |
| BELL, Howard Ashley | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| CALVER, Simon John | Director | 2016-11-15 | 2023-01-31 |
| COCKBURN, Laura Frances | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2022-01-13 |
| EDIS, Luke Jonathan | Director | 2020-03-24 | 2023-01-31 |
| FOX, Isabella | Director | 2022-11-11 | 2023-01-31 |
| HAY, Simon Joseph Edward, Dr | Director | 2016-04-10 | 2023-01-31 |
| JONES, Glenn John | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| LEWIS, James Robert Terence | Director | 2019-01-10 | 2019-10-31 |
| MATHEWSON, Joseph Jack | Director | 2016-04-10 | 2023-01-31 |
| ROSE, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2022-09-29 | 2023-01-31 |
| VEALE, Stuart Michael | Director | 2017-01-26 | 2020-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefly Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-31 | Active |
| Mr Joseph Jack Mathewson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-10 | Ceased 2023-01-31 |
| Dr Simon Joseph Edward Hay | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-10 | Ceased 2023-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-08-18 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-06-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31