Circle IT Solutions Limited
Registered name: CIRCLE IT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Arrow Communications Holdings Limited groupCircle IT Solutions Limited made £27.2m revenue and £4.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Circle IT Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £27.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.4m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.5m | £20.9m | £28.4m | £24.9m | £27.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £10.9m | £16.6m | £14.7m | £17m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £10m | £11.8m | £10.2m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £503k | £3.7m | £5.3m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £502k | £3.7m | £5.3m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £372k | £3.4m | £5.2m | £3.5m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £372k | £3.4m | £5.2m | £3.5m | £4.4m |
| Staff costs | £909k | £5.4m | £5.6m | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 97 | 94 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 16.4% | 18.5% | 14.1% | 16% |
| Gross margin | 45.1% | 47.7% | 41.6% | 40.9% | 37.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.2k | £215k | £302k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £35.3k | £55.7k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲36.1% | ▼12.3% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲53% | ▼33.1% | ▲24.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼3.1% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £2.4k |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £9.1m | £14.3m | £17.8m | £20.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.1m | £99.7k |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £11.6m | £17.6m | £20.5m | £26.6m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.4m | £3.9m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £20.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £2.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼95%
- Now £99.7k
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
- Arrow Communications Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arrow Communications Group Limited75–100%
- Arrow Business Telecoms Limited75–100%
- Arrow Business Comms (UK) Limited75–100%
- Arrow Business Communications Limited75–100%
- Circle IT Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fabric IT LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Arrow Business Communications (Scotland) LimitedRev. £14.5m · Profit £4.3m
- Altinet LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arrow Business Communications PS LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arrow Business Communications Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arrow Energy Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bruhan LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pulse Business Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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