Nimble Elearning

What Nimble Elearning does

Nimble Elearning Ltd is a privately-held UK software company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. It provides a cloud-based elearning platform composed of three integrated products: Nimble Author (a web-based, drag-and-drop course creation tool with no software download required), Nimble LMS (a learning management system rebuilt on the Moodle open-source platform, supporting enrollment, analytics, CPD point tracking, and branded certificates), and Nimble Courses (a library of CPD-certified, editable off-the-shelf courses covering compliance, health and safety, safeguarding, mental health, and workplace skills). The Nimble+ bundle combines all three with helpdesk support, and the company additionally resells Totara LMS via its partnership with Learning Nexus. Hosting runs on ISO 27001-certified AWS infrastructure, with courses exportable as SCORM for deployment on third-party LMS platforms.

The company serves compliance-driven organizations and L&D teams across retail, hospitality, healthcare, charities, and logistics, with named enterprise customers including M&S, Aldi, Heathrow, LEGOLAND Windsor, Forest Holidays, DFDS Logistics, and Costa Coffee. It monetizes through annual subscription licenses sized by permitted user count, individual course subscriptions (£13.99–£15 per course with a 15% charity discount), and bespoke professional services. Distribution is hybrid, combining a self-serve website trial and marketplace (nimblecourses.com), direct enterprise sales supported by Customer Success Managers, and event-driven demand generation through Learning Technologies, World of Learning, and the annual Nimble Community Day.

The company is independently owned by co-founders Neil Hyde (Managing Director) and Joe Jarlett, with Alex Hathway as Sales and Marketing Director. Nimble became a Certified B Corporation in May 2025 (score 102) and holds ISO 27001 and GDPR-aligned data practices. With 11–50 employees and thousands of paying customers, the firm operates at sub-scale relative to enterprise LMS peers but has maintained multi-year analyst recognition (Fosway Solid Performer) and strong employee retention.

Name

Nimble Elearning

Legal name

Nimble Elearning Limited

Website

https://nimble-elearning.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nimble Elearning provides a cloud-based elearning platform comprising authoring (Nimble Author), LMS (Nimble LMS on Moodle), and a CPD-certified ready-made course library, sold by annual subscription to UK and international compliance-driven organizations across retail, hospitality, healthcare, and charity sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Learning Management Systems

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114), Computer Training (61142)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools (EDAFAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

eLearning & Microlearning Module Development (EDAGAKAD)

Keywords

• Elearning authoring software
• Learning management system
• Online course creation
• Compliance training courses
• Workforce training platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Stonehouse

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Licenses (Nimble Author, Nimble LMS): Annual subscription licenses for Nimble Author and Nimble LMS tools. Every Nimble LMS annual licence comes with Nimble Author at no extra charge. Pricing based on number of users/permitted users as defined in the Proposal.
2. Ready-made Courses: Individual course purchases from the Nimble Courses marketplace. Courses are sold as subscriptions with one-year license period from commencement date. Prices range from £13.99 to £15 per course, with 15% charity discount available.
3. Professional Services: Bespoke support services including bespoke course development by the Learning Design team, custom development requests, and additional helpdesk tickets beyond the initial allocation of 10 tickets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Nimble Elearning provides an integrated elearning platform comprising three core products: Nimble Author (a web-based drag-and-drop course creation tool with templates, quizzes and SCORM output), Nimble LMS (a learning management system for enroling learners, tracking progress with a traffic-light system, generating analytics and branded certificates), and Nimble Courses (a library of CPD-certified, editable, ready-made courses covering healthcare, health and safety, compliance, safeguarding, and workplace skills). The Nimble+ bundle combines all three products with helpdesk support, enabling organisations to build, deliver, and track online training without technical expertise.

Product overview

Nimble Elearning offers an integrated elearning platform comprising three core products: Nimble Author (course creation tool), Nimble LMS (learning management system), and Nimble Courses (pre-made course library). Nimble Author enables companies to create engaging online courses using templates, drag-and-drop interface, quizzes and surveys with no prior technical knowledge required. Nimble LMS manages learner enrolment, tracks progress through a traffic-light system, generates analytics and compliance reports, and awards branded certificates. Nimble Courses provides CPD-certified ready-made courses that are fully editable and brandable. Nimble+ bundles all three core products with helpdesk support. The company also offers Totara LMS through a partnership with Learning Nexus for customers needing Totara-specific functionality. Courses can be published to Nimble LMS or exported as SCORM for third-party LMS platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nimble Author: A simple, intuitive online course creation tool with in-built page templates, image library, drag-and-drop interface, quizzes, surveys, and interactions. Web-based with no software to download. Courses can be published to Nimble LMS or exported as SCORM for third-party LMS platforms.
• Nimble LMS
• Nimble Courses
• Nimble+
• Totara LMS

Products and services

• Nimble Author A simple, intuitive web-based online course creation tool with in-built page templates, drag-and-drop interface, image library, content blocks, interaction types, quizzes and surveys. Requires no training and no software download, and works on desktop, tablet or mobile. Courses can be published to Nimble LMS or exported as SCORM output for third-party LMS platforms.
• Nimble LMS A Learning Management System that enables organisations to enrol learners onto courses, track results via a traffic light system, manage courses and learners, generate detailed analytics, evidence training and compliance, track CPD points, and award branded certificates.
• Nimble Courses A growing library of CPD-certified off-the-shelf and fully editable courses written by subject matter experts using Nimble Author. Topics include data protection, mental health, customer service, health and safety, healthcare, legislation and compliance, safeguarding, security, and workplace skills. Courses are brandable and editable.
• Nimble+ The best value all-inclusive package that bundles Nimble Author, Nimble LMS, the full library of Nimble Essentials Courses, and helpdesk support into a single subscription.
• Professional Services (Bespoke Course Development)

Quantifiable outcome

• B Corp B Impact Assessment score of 102 (certification threshold is 80)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MoodlecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Moodle, a certified B Corp, provides the foundational platform for Nimble's new WCAG-compliant Nimble LMS. This is a strategic technology partnership where Moodle's open-source learning platform underpins Nimble's proprietary LMS solution, aligning with Nimble's commitment to ethical and environmentally sound technology partners.
• Randall & PayneminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Local certified B Corp accounting firm selected as Nimble's accountants, demonstrating commitment to ethical partnerships across the business supply chain.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Primary hosting and infrastructure provider. AWS provides ISO 27001-certified infrastructure for hosting Nimble's platform. Nimble transitioned to a dynamic AWS ecosystem ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable environment while reducing overall AWS usage by approximately 35% through dynamic asset management.
• Together GloucestershireminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Nimble joined Together Gloucestershire to champion local procurement and offer services to shareholders, supporting the local business community.
• B Local GloucestershireminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Nimble participates in B Local Gloucestershire and 'BCurious' events to help raise the county's profile and champion the B Corp movement locally.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Litmos: Enterprise LMS from CallidusCloud/Adobe with content authoring, video, and compliance training capabilities. Broader incumbent with a larger product footprint, overlapping Nimble LMS and Nimble Courses offerings.
• Absorb Software: Enterprise LMS provider serving mid-market and large organizations with AI features and analytics. Competes with Nimble LMS at the upper end of Nimble's addressable market, though Absorb targets larger enterprises.
• Docebo: Public enterprise LMS platform with AI-powered learning, serving large global enterprises. Overlaps with Nimble LMS in the LMS category but is significantly larger, broader in scope, and targets the enterprise segment Nimble is growing into.
• Adobe Captivate: Adobe's legacy elearning authoring tool with VR and responsive design capabilities. Direct authoring-tool competitor but part of Adobe's broader creative software portfolio rather than specialized for L&D ease-of-use.

Direct peers

• Articulate: Global leader in elearning authoring tools (Storyline 360, Rise) with a large user base. Directly comparable to Nimble Author as the dominant SaaS course creation platform, serving similar L&D professionals and instructional designers.
• LearnDash: WordPress-based LMS plugin widely used by SMBs and training businesses. Competes with Nimble LMS in the SMB and self-hosted LMS segment, though Nimble's hosted model and integrated authoring differentiate it.
• Elucidat: UK-based enterprise elearning authoring platform specializing in scale, collaboration, and AI-assisted course creation. Direct competitor to Nimble Author in the UK and European mid-market L&D segment.
• TalentLMS: Cloud-based LMS targeting SMBs and mid-market with subscription pricing, course marketplace, and ease-of-use positioning. Comparable to Nimble LMS in target buyer profile and platform economics.
• Open LMS: Moodle-based LMS provider offering hosted Moodle solutions to enterprises and educators. Highly relevant given Nimble's new LMS is built on Moodle, making Open LMS both a technology peer and a direct competitor for Moodle-based LMS customers.
• iSpring Solutions: Provider of iSpring Suite (authoring toolkit) and iSpring Learn (LMS), closely mirroring Nimble's integrated Author + LMS offering. Targets L&D teams and corporate trainers with comparable ease-of-use positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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