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Company No. 05084548 · Incorporated 25 Mar 2004

Blink Medical Limited

Registered name: BLINK MEDICAL LIMITED

Part of Patriot Acquisition Bidco Limited group

Blink Medical Limited made £14.2m revenue and £926k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Blink Medical Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £926k profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Status
Active
Location
Cheltenham, South West
Age
22 yrs · since 2004
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£14.2m
Growth ▲6.5%
Profit
£926k
Growth ▼35.3%
Profit margin
6.5%
Gross 50.1%
Employees
81
Change ▲9.5%
Profit / employee
£11.4k
Revenue/employee £175k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£10.3m£11.6m£13.3m£14.2m
Cost of sales£5.3m£5.6m£6.4m£7.1m
Gross profit£5m£6m£6.9m£7.1m
Operating profit£1.6m£1.3m£1.6m£930k
Profit before tax£1.6m£1.5m£1.7m£984k
Profit after tax£1.6m£1.2m£1.4m£926k
Profit (best available)£1.6m£1.2m£1.4m£926k
Staff costs£2.3m£3.2m£3.6m£4m
Employees (average)63717481
Ratios
Profit margin15.4%10%10.7%6.5%
Gross margin48.9%51.6%52%50.1%
Revenue per employee£164k£163k£180k£175k
Profit per employee£25.2k£16.3k£19.3k£11.4k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲12.3%▲15.3%▲6.5%
Profit growth—▼27.2%▲23.7%▼35.3%
Headcount growth—▲12.7%▲4.2%▲9.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.2m£935k£1.1m£724k
Net assets£5.4m£3.2m£4.6m£4.7m
Fixed assets£597k£569k£1.5m£1.2m
Current assets£6.6m£4.9m£5.2m£5.8m
Debtors£1.3m£1.3m£1.5m£1.5m
Deferred income£320k£460k£575k£493k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
50.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£175k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£11.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
8.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
10.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲2%
Now £4.7m
Cash at bank
▼32%
Now £724k
Headcount
▲9%
Now 81
Deferred income
▼14%
Now £493k
Fixed assets
▼18%
Now £1.2m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Patriot Acquisition Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. SSC Intermediateco Limited75–100%
  3. SSC Holdco (UK) Limited75–100%
  4. Surgical Specialties Corporation Limited75–100%
  5. Caliber Ophthalmics (UK) Limited75–100%
  6. Katena Products UK Limited75–100%
  7. Blink Tyler Limited75–100%
  8. Blink Medical Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £926k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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