Ciphr Benefits Limited
Registered name: CIPHR BENEFITS LIMITED
Part of Bletchley Topco Limited groupCiphr Benefits Limited made £4m revenue and £757k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ciphr Benefits Limited’s revenue was £4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £757k profit. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | −£550k | −£593k | −£593k | −£813k |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £558k | £564k | £564k | £867k |
| Profit before tax | £564k | £571k | £571k | £867k |
| Profit after tax | £444k | £433k | £433k | £757k |
| Profit (best available) | £444k | £433k | £433k | £757k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.7% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 19.1% |
| Gross margin | 78.1% | 77.8% | 77.8% | 79.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.5% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.4% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.5%
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bletchley Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bletchley Midco Limited75–100%
- Bletchley Bidco Limited75–100%
- Ciphr Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ciphr Group Limited75–100%
- Ciphr Benefits Group Limited75–100%
- Ciphr Benefits Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Ciphr Benefits Systems LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit £147k
- Fair Care Childcare Vouchers LimitedRev. £131k · Profit £45.4k
- Avantus HR LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avantus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avantus People Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avantus Resources LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £757k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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