Ciret Limited
Registered name: CIRET LIMITED
Part of Storch-Ciret Holdings Gmbh groupCiret Limited made £11.2m revenue and a £399k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ciret Limited’s revenue was £11.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £399k and 37 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Havant; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Havant, South East
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1960
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent is Storch-Ciret Holdings GmbH, incorporated in Germany.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £13.1m | £11.2m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.2m | £9m | £7.4m | £7.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £4.2m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | −£616k | £231k | −£286k | −£478k |
| Profit before tax | −£711k | £154k | −£313k | −£525k |
| Profit after tax | −£583k | £134k | −£232k | −£399k |
| Profit (best available) | −£583k | £134k | −£232k | −£399k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.1% | 1% | −2.1% | −3.6% |
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 31.6% | 34.1% | 33.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £365k | £375k | £311k | £302k |
| Profit per employee | −£15k | £3.8k | −£6.4k | −£10.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −806.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▼14.5% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼273.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.3% | ▲2.9% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £730k | £532k | £339k | £306k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £193k | £181k | £320k | £365k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £5.4m | £5.9m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.2m | £923k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£496k | −£1.9m | £955k | £365k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £302k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼15%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £306k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £365k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Storch-Ciret Holdings Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ciret Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£399k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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