Rua Medical Devices Limited
Registered name: RUA MEDICAL DEVICES LIMITED
Part of Rua Life Sciences PLC groupRua Medical Devices Limited made £3.6m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Rua Medical Devices Limited’s revenue grew 111% to £3.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.5m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies” and is based in Irvine; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Irvine, Scotland
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £3.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£388k | −£416k | −£416k | −£820k |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£141k | £818k | £818k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£166k | £764k | £764k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£166k | £645k | £645k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£166k | £645k | £645k | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 37 | 37 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −10.2% | 38% | 38% | 42% |
| Gross margin | 76.1% | 75.5% | 75.5% | 77% |
| Revenue per employee | £40.6k | £45.8k | £45.8k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.1k | £17.4k | £17.4k | £45.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.3% | — | ▲110.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲132.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.5% | — | ▼10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 42%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.4k
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rua Life Sciences PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Rua Medical Devices Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Aortech International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rua Biomaterials LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rua Structural Heart LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rua Vascular 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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