Ciphr Benefits Systems Limited
Registered name: CIPHR BENEFITS SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Bletchley Topco Limited groupCiphr Benefits Systems Limited made £1.9m revenue and £147k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ciphr Benefits Systems Limited’s revenue was £1.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £147k 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
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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.
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) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£37.1k | −£36.2k | −£36.2k | −£205k |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £234k | £245k | £245k | £171k |
| Profit before tax | £234k | £245k | £245k | £171k |
| Profit after tax | £202k | £159k | £159k | £147k |
| Profit (best available) | £202k | £159k | £159k | £147k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.6% | 11.4% | 11.4% | 7.6% |
| Gross margin | 97.1% | 97.4% | 97.4% | 89.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.6% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.1% | — | — |
| 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
- 7.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89.3%
- 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
- —
- 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 Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Avantus Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Myworkpal LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Ciphr Benefits LimitedRev. £4m · Profit £757k
- 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 £147k), 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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