Medela UK Limited
Registered name: MEDELA UK LIMITED
Medela UK Limited made £16.8m revenue and £259k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Medela UK Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £16.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £259k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores (not incl. hearing aids)” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Medela Holding AG, being incoporated in Switzerland. The registered office address is Olle Larsson Holding AG, Rigistrasse 1, CH-6300 Zug, Switzerland.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £15.9m | £15.7m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £11m | £11m | £12m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £4.9m | £4.7m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £975k | £390k | £286k | — |
| Profit before tax | £955k | £341k | £286k | £325k |
| Profit after tax | £805k | £261k | £206k | £259k |
| Profit (best available) | £805k | £261k | £206k | £259k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 33 | 34 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 35.9% | 30.7% | 30% | 28.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £439k | £482k | £461k | £508k |
| Profit per employee | £23.7k | £7.9k | £6.1k | £7.8k |
| Cash conversion | −154.4% | −183.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼1.4% | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.5% | ▼21.2% | ▲25.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲3% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.1m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £195k | £134k | £109k | £132k |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £6.4m | £6m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £3.4m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £61.5k | £36.3k | £36.3k | £27.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£716k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £508k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £27.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £132k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £259k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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