Cycle Roots CIC
Registered name: CYCLE ROOTS CIC
Cycle Roots CIC made £50.3k revenue and £8.1k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2025.
Cycle Roots CIC’s revenue grew 29% to £50.3k in the year to 30 Dec 2025, with £8.1k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “remediation activities and other waste management services” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 30 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 | 30 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £41.1k | £31.8k | £39.1k | £50.3k |
| Cost of sales | £12.7k | £6.6k | £1.2k | — |
| Gross profit | £28.4k | £25.2k | £37.9k | £50.3k |
| Operating profit | −£9.7k | −£1.8k | −£1.3k | £8.1k |
| Profit before tax | −£9.7k | −£1.8k | −£1.3k | £8.1k |
| Profit after tax | −£9.7k | −£1.8k | −£1.3k | £8.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£9.7k | −£1.8k | −£1.3k | £8.1k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −23.6% | −5.5% | −3.4% | 16.2% |
| Gross margin | 69.1% | 79.3% | 97% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £13k | £25.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£444 | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.7% | ▲23% | ▲28.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12k | £10.5k | £9.9k | £18.6k |
| Net assets | £11.3k | £9.6k | £8.2k | £16.4k |
| Current assets | £12k | £10.5k | £9.9k | £18.6k |
| Deferred income | £705 | £986 | £1.7k | £2.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £25.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- 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
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▲99%
- Now £16.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▲88%
- Now £18.6k
- Headcount
- ▼33%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £2.2k
- 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 30 Dec 2025 (profit £8.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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