The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Interactive World Wide Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Buchanan House, 30 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HS.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

Interactive World Wide Limited is an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Global University Systems Holding B.V. and the results of Interactive World Wide Limited are included in the consolidated financial statements of Global University Systems Holding B.V. which are available from Passeerdersgracht 23, 1016 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directortrue believes to be appropriate for the following reason.

At the year end, the company had net liabilities of £6,836,184. The company is reliant on the support of other group companies as a result of the way that the group is financed. Global University Systems Holding B.V. (the first point of consolidation and parent) has provided a letter of support to the director which confirms that it will provide sufficient financial support to the company to enable the company to continue to trade and to meet its liabilities as they fall due, for a period of at least one year from the date of signature of the audit report for the year ended 31 July 2025. In the same letter, Global University Systems Holding B.V. further confirms that it will not seek repayment of the amount owed by the company to Global University Systems Holding B.V. of £6,623,533 until such time as the company is able to repay it without compromising its ability to continue to trade and to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

As a result, having assessed the response of the directors of Global University Systems Holding B.V., in light of its support and on the basis of his assessment of the company's financial position and Global University Systems Holding B.V.'s financial position, the Director has a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for at least 12 from the date of the signing of these accounts and continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Revenue comprises the fair value of the sales of ebooks, net of discounts. Revenue is recognised in the month in which the ebook was electronically delivered the customer.

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life. The policies have been set cut as follows:

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

The company does not enter into any transactions that can be classified as other financial assets, including equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments and the company did not enter into any such transactions that can be classified as other financial liabilities.

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

A penalty liability of £174,630 has been recognized within Court and Late Payment Fees in the current period. This follows a determination by HM Revenue & Customs that historical Corporation Tax return submission conditions were not met, resulting in the revocation of a previous suspension with no further right of appeal.

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense.

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the director is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

Separate company financial statements are required to be prepared by law. Consolidated financial statements for Global University Systems Holding B.V. are publicly available.

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 July 2025 are as follows:

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:

In our opinion the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 July 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The company acts, along with other group companies, as guarantor on a lease held by Interactive Pro Limited, a group company. The directors consider that no material exposure arises as a result of the guarantee.

In 2018 HMRC opened an enquiry into historic VAT treatments applied by certain entities in the Global University Systems group, including Interactive World Wide Limited. The Board are of the view that directives relating to the application of VAT as it applies to education services is open to varying interpretations by HMRC, tax tribunal and the courts. As at the year end, appeals were continuing and so no final resolution had been reached in respect of the enquiry. Therefore the director considers the outcome of the enquiry, which could include interest and penalties in addition to any assessed additional VAT liability, to be uncertain.

At year end and at the date of approval of the financial statements, an HMRC enquiry into corporate interest deductions within the wider Global University Systems group is ongoing. The enquiry may result in additional corporation tax, plus interest, becoming payable. However, the enquiry is ongoing and the Director considers that the outcome is uncertain.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed in FRS 102 Section 1A and has not disclosed details of related party transactions with 100% owned entities within the group.

The immediate parent undertaking is Global University Systems Holding B.V., a company incorporated in The Netherlands.

The ultimate controlling party is The Heritage Trust, registered in Guernsey.

The smallest group into which the entity is consolidated is Global University Systems Holding B.V., a company registered in The Netherlands. The largest group into which the entity is consolidated is Academic Bridge B.V., a company registered in The Netherlands. The registered office of both parent companies is Passeerdersgracht 23, 1016 XG, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

In a prior year, the company settled a commercial dispute for £4,000,000. During the year £ 800,000 of the settlement was paid (2024: £1,210,000 ) and outstanding liabilities of £nil (2024: £800,000) remained at the year end.