What CALMCLOUD LTD does

CALMCLOUD LTD is a privately held UK partnership that sells CALMcloud, a cloud-based learning management, competency administration, and assessment platform hosted on Amazon Web Services. The product is built specifically to consolidate training records, training materials (PDFs, presentations, videos, documents), and occupational competence tracking into a single system, with modules covering Individual Training Records, Multi-site Organisation management, Occupational Competence Administration (four-level competence cycle), Online Training, Instructor-Led Training, an Assessment Builder with question bank randomisation, and a real-time customisable Reporting module. The founders are practising training and competence consultants, and the platform is positioned as a more accessible and cost-effective alternative to enterprise LMS solutions, particularly for health & safety compliance use cases.

The company operates on a SaaS subscription model with 24/7 cloud access and provides a high-touch implementation service covering discovery, configuration, data population, and launch support (rolling or big bang). Its target customer base spans small companies to large multi-site organisations, with a particular emphasis on health & safety regulated businesses that need to demonstrate employee and contractor competence to regulators such as the HSE. GTM is consultative direct sales with offices in Grimsby (headquarters) and Milton Keynes, and the company claims to serve clients across the UK and globally on a remote or on-site basis.

CALMCLOUD is a micro-enterprise (1-10 employees), owned by four partners (John Reynolds, Karon, Jo Mitchell, Steve Mitchell), with no disclosed external funding, no named customers, no announced partnerships, no published pricing, and no certifications or regulatory accreditations. The product portfolio is otherwise complete for a compliance LMS, with additional-cost modules such as Training Programme & Qualifications (TPAQ) offering an upsell path. The company presents as a bootstrapped, founder-led niche vendor rather than a venture-backed growth business.

Name

CALMCLOUD LTD

Legal name

CALMcloud

Website

https://calm-cloud.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CALMcloud is a UK-based SaaS vendor providing an integrated learning management, competency tracking, and assessment platform for small to large multi-site organisations, particularly those in health & safety regulated industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Grimsby

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Software as a Service subscription model providing cloud-based access to the CALMcloud learning management, competency and assessment platform. The system is accessible 24/7 from any location or device with internet access.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

CALMCLOUD LTD develops and sells CALMcloud, a cloud-based learning management, competency and assessment platform delivered as SaaS on AWS. It enables organisations to manage online and instructor-led training programmes, individual training records, qualifications, occupational competence administration, assessments and reporting through a suite of integrated modules, targeted primarily at multi-site businesses with regulated training needs.

Product overview

CALMcloud is a single, unified SaaS platform that integrates Learning Management, Assessment and Occupational Competency tracking. The core platform centres on the Individual Training Record module, which aggregates all training and competence data per employee. It comprises multiple integrated modules including Online Training, Instructor Led Training, Assessment Builder, Occupational Competence Administration, and Reporting — all storing materials and records in one place. Training Programme & Qualifications (TPAQ) is offered as an additional-cost add-on for building custom internal qualifications. The system is designed for businesses of all sizes from small companies to large multi-site organisations, delivered as a cloud-based SaaS on AWS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CALMcloud Platform Cloud-based SaaS learning management, competency and assessment platform delivered on AWS for organisations that need to manage training, qualifications and occupational competence across multiple sites.
• Individual Training Record Module that maintains a per-learner training and qualification record, providing a single source of truth for each individual's training history and competence status.
• Online Training Module Module for delivering online training content to learners and tracking their progress, completion and results within the CALMcloud platform.
• Instructor Led Training Module Module for scheduling, running and recording classroom or instructor-led training sessions and capturing attendance and outcomes.
• Training Programme & Qualifications (TPAQ) Module that allows organisations to define structured training programmes and qualification pathways and map learners to them.
• Assessment Builder Configurable tool for creating assessments that test learner knowledge and competence as part of training programmes.
• Reporting Module Module that generates reports on training delivery, completion, assessment results and competence status for management and compliance reporting.
• Occupational Competence Administration Module that administers and evidences the occupational competence of staff, supporting compliance with regulatory training requirements.
• My Candidates Learner-facing view that allows candidates to see their own training, assessments, results and upcoming activities.
• My Organisation Organisation-level administration area that provides an overview of training activity, users and compliance status across the customer's business.
• Authorised Trainers Module Module that manages the roster of authorised trainers, their qualifications and the training sessions they are permitted to deliver.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• SafetyCulture: Broader H&S/operations compliance platform (inspections, training, asset management) serving multi-site enterprises globally; competes with CALMcloud in the compliance training and competency layer.
• Cornerstone OnDemand: Large-scale enterprise LMS and talent management suite; one of the 'expensive enterprise LMS solutions' CALMcloud explicitly positions against, with overlapping competency and compliance capabilities.
• Docebo: Enterprise-grade AI-powered LMS with compliance and competency modules, targeting mid-market and enterprise customers globally — a direct competitive reference point for CALMcloud.
• Vector Solutions: Compliance and workforce training platform focused on regulated industries; offers LMS and competency content comparable to CALMcloud's regulated-business positioning.
• Skillsoft: Large compliance and leadership learning provider with deep H&S and regulatory content libraries; competes with CALMcloud for regulated-business training budgets.

Direct peers

• Totara: Flexible LMS targeting multi-site and regulated organizations with competency/professional development features; comparable in niche positioning to CALMcloud, though primarily NZ-headquartered.
• KMI Learning: Compliance and regulatory training platform serving H&S regulated industries with LMS and competency tracking — a close niche peer to CALMcloud's regulated SMB/mid-market focus.
• BIS Safety Software: Provides H&S compliance and training management software for multi-site operators, including competency tracking and reporting — directly overlapping CALMcloud's core compliance LMS use case.

Emerging players

• iSpring Solutions: Mid-market LMS with assessment and compliance training features, often positioned as a cost-effective alternative to enterprise LMS — directly mirroring CALMcloud's value proposition.
• TalentLMS: Lightweight, affordable LMS popular with SMB and mid-market; competes in the same 'accessible enterprise-LMS alternative' segment CALMcloud targets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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