Aula (KOMBIT) Due Diligence

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Denmark · owned by KOMBIT (Denmark) · aula.dk · 8 vendors

Aula is a Danish digital communication platform for schools and daycare institutions, connecting teachers, parents, and students. It is operated under KOMBIT, a Danish public-sector IT organization, and serves as the official communication channel between educational institutions and families across Denmark. The platform is publicly governed and funded, providing secure messaging, scheduling, and information sharing for the Danish educational sector.

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Last updated 2026-10-21 · revision 2

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Compliance

9 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

SOC 2 (source) — No public evidence

A SOC 2 report is a common framework for technology service providers to demonstrate the security, availability, and confidentiality of their systems, which is highly relevant for a critical cloud-based platform like Aula.

ISAE 3000 (source) — No public evidence

An ISAE 3000 assurance report, particularly one covering GDPR compliance, is a standard mechanism for a data processor like KOMBIT to provide assurance to the 98 municipalities (data controllers) that its controls are effective.

Webtilgængelighedsloven — Evidence found

The company provides a digital platform and mobile application for public sector bodies (municipalities), which are required to comply with the Danish Web Accessibility Act, implementing the EU directive.

Evidence: https://cobrief.com/en/glossary/udbudsloven/, https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2018/692, https://digst.dk/tilsyn/webtilgaengelighed/lovgivning/, https://videnomhovedpine.dk/webtilgaengelighed

Financials

Three-year financials

Financial Resilience Score: 8/10

KOMBIT A/S exhibits strong financial resilience owing to its unique position as a 100% municipally owned, non-profit IT community serving all 98 Danish municipalities. The entity has a very strong balance sheet with equity ratios consistently in the 72-80% range, no bank debt, and a standby liquidity facility backed by KL (the Association of Danish Municipalities). This essentially captive customer base, politically underwritten by municipal ownership, provides exceptional revenue visibility. Financial performance has inflected sharply positive in the last two years. After a deep loss of DKK -200m in 2023, the company swung to a net profit of DKK 39m in 2024 and DKK 110m in 2025, driven by revenue growth of ~9% annually crossing DKK 1 billion, combined with a sharp drop in amortization (DKK 254m → 97m) as prior capitalized development costs rolled off. Equity has been partially rebuilt from DKK 624m at end-2023 to DKK 713m at end-2025. Key risks include an upcoming re-tendering (genudbud) cycle that will drive renewed capex and future amortization increases, high vendor concentration on Netcompany for Aula delivery, and operational/cybersecurity risks as evidenced by the Aula shutdown on the report date due to a potential security risk in a shared underlying component. However, the municipal ownership structure and standby liquidity facility materially mitigate downside risk.

Key strengths: 100% owned by KL (Association of Danish Municipalities), providing captive customer base of all 98 Danish municipalities, Very strong equity ratio of 74-80% with no bank debt, Standby liquidity facility available from parent KL, Revenue growth accelerated to ~9% in 2024 and 2025, crossing DKK 1 billion, EBIT inflected from DKK -178m (2023) to DKK +124m (2025) as amortization tapered, Portfolio of 30+ nationwide IT solutions with mandatory adoption (e.g., Aula with 750,000+ daily users), Non-profit mandate reduces commercial pressure

Risk factors: Upcoming re-tendering cycle will drive renewed capex and future amortization burden, High vendor concentration on Netcompany for Aula delivery and operations, Operational/cybersecurity risk - Aula shut down on 21 Oct 2026 due to potential security risk in shared component, Three of last five fiscal years (2021-2023) were loss-making, reflecting lumpy project-driven model, Governance/political exposure through municipal ownership structure, Equity still below 2021 peak of DKK 911m despite recent rebuild, Single-country exposure (100% Denmark)

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