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A North West provider of energy management services that was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has been taken private in a deal led by its co-founders. Learnd, which has bases in Greater Manchester and London, helps to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions from non-residential buildings.
The company helps customers to save as much as 20 per cent on their energy and costs, utilising a combination of traditional business management system services, alongside an overlay of technology.
The company was founded in 2020 and was publicly listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in January 2023 through a business combination. However, on September 3 2025, it was reported that the company’s stock had dropped 33 per cent over the previous 30 days, capping a 73 per cent share price decline over the past year.
The company has now been taken private again, under the majority ownership of co-founders John Clifford (above, right) and Simon Wood (above, left). In a stock exchange update, learnd SE announced that learnd Arrow Limited, which is indirectly controlled by Chief Executive John Clifford and COO Simon Wood, had acquired a 50.5 per cent stake in operating subsidiary learnd Limited. The deal is expected to close over the coming days, subject to customary closing conditions and approvals.
In a statement on LinkedIn, the company said that, in under six years since it was founded, learnd had grown from just two people to more than 400 and “established itself as the UK and Ireland market leader and delivered continued revenue and profit growth year-on-year.”
In accounts for the year to December 31 2023, learnd Limited reported turnover of £32.1 million, up from £30.4 million a year earlier, and gross profit of £12.8 million, up from £11.5 million. While the firm reported a pre-tax loss, this was cut from around £1.6 million in 2022 to slightly under £450,000.
At the time, its fixed assets were valued at £4.9 million and current assets at £11.7 million, with net assets standing at just over £56,000.
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