Reading Bicycle Kitchen CIC
Registered name: READING BICYCLE KITCHEN CIC
Reading Bicycle Kitchen CIC made £82.9k revenue and £18.1k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Reading Bicycle Kitchen CIC’s revenue grew 21% to £82.9k in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £18.1k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.6k | £63.7k | £68.3k | £82.9k |
| Cost of sales | £4k | £3.6k | £3.3k | £3.8k |
| Gross profit | £57.5k | £60.1k | £65k | £79.1k |
| Operating profit | £32k | £24.8k | £26.6k | £22.9k |
| Profit before tax | £32k | £24.8k | £26.6k | £22.9k |
| Profit after tax | £25.9k | £19.9k | £21.2k | £18.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £25.9k | £19.9k | £21.2k | £18.1k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 42% | 31.2% | 31.1% | 21.8% |
| Gross margin | 93.5% | 94.4% | 95.2% | 95.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.6k | £63.7k | £68.3k | £82.9k |
| Profit per employee | £25.9k | £19.9k | £21.2k | £18.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲7.2% | ▲21.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.3% | ▲6.8% | ▼14.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £96.5k | £115k | £136k | £154k |
| Net assets | £90.3k | £110k | £131k | £149k |
| Fixed assets | £1k | £816 | £653 | £522 |
| Current assets | £96.5k | £115k | £137k | £154k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £479 | £480 | £0 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £149k
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £154k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £522
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £18.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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