Community Recycle Cycles CIC
Registered name: COMMUNITY RECYCLE CYCLES CIC
Community Recycle Cycles CIC made £46.9k revenue and a £11.5k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Community Recycle Cycles CIC’s revenue fell 24% to £46.9k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £11.5k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in Crewe; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crewe, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.6k | £46.9k |
| Cost of sales | £61.7k | £51.1k |
| Gross profit | −£83 | −£4.2k |
| Operating profit | −£8.5k | −£11.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£8.5k | −£11.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£8.5k | −£11.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£8.5k | −£11.5k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −13.8% | −24.5% |
| Gross margin | −0.1% | −8.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £15.4k | £11.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.1k | −£2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £23.4k | £11.6k |
| Net assets | £25.6k | £14.1k |
| Current assets | £26.1k | £14.3k |
| Deferred income | £490 | £255 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −24.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −8.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £11.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.9k
- 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
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £14.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £11.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▼48%
- Now £255
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£11.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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