Cyclescheme Limited
Registered name: CYCLESCHEME LIMITED
Part of Hawk Incentives Holdings Limited groupCyclescheme Limited made £16m revenue and £7.5m profit in the year to 3 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Cyclescheme Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £16m in the year to 3 Jan 2026, with £7.5m profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 3 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £15.4m | £16m |
| Gross profit | £15m | £15.4m | £16m |
| Operating profit | £8m | £8.3m | £8.5m |
| Profit before tax | £9.1m | £10m | £10m |
| Profit after tax | £7.2m | £7.4m | £7.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.2m | £7.4m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 47.9% | 48.2% | 46.9% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.7m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Profit per employee | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲1.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £40.9m | £39.6m | £39m |
| Net assets | £8.7m | £16.1m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £24k | £11k | £0 |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £6m | £6.5m |
| Deferred income | £4.1m | £5.8m | £7.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 46.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 47%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 40.8%
- 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
- ▼47%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £39m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £7.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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
- Hawk Incentives Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cyclescheme Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Blackhawk Network Emea LimitedRev. £184m · Profit £16m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 3 Jan 2026 (profit £7.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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