Ostomed Limited
Registered name: OSTOMED LIMITED
Ostomed Limited made £22.7m revenue and a £446k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Ostomed Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £22.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £446k and 65 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.5m | £22.6m | £22.2m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £16.3m | £19.1m | £18.5m | £19.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | −£21.6k | £163k | £121k | −£184k |
| Profit before tax | −£29.2k | £143k | £119k | −£499k |
| Profit after tax | −£34.3k | £107k | £83.1k | −£446k |
| Profit (best available) | −£34.3k | £107k | £83.1k | −£446k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 69 | 67 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | −2% |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 15.5% | 16.6% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £327k | £332k | £350k |
| Profit per employee | −£512 | £1.5k | £1.2k | −£6.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −528.9% | 852.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▼1.5% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼22.2% | ▼636.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | ▼2.9% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £587k | £1.4m | £253k | £312k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £943k | £895k | £845k |
| Current assets | £5m | £5.8m | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.9m | £4m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £186k |
| Cash from operations | −£727k | −£861k | £1m | −£122k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £350k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £312k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £186k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £845k
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 Sep 2025 (profit −£446k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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