Sterimedix Limited
Registered name: STERIMEDIX LIMITED
Part of Bausch + Lomb Corporation groupSterimedix Limited made £11.3m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sterimedix Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £11.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £11.8m | £13.6m | £13.2m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £5.6m | £6.5m | £5.6m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £6.2m | £7.1m | £7.6m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.9m | £4.2m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £3.1m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | — | 76 | 97 | 96 | 78 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 26.6% | 21.2% | 22.5% | 23.8% | 19% |
| Gross margin | 56.9% | 52.3% | 52.1% | 57.8% | 55.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £156k | £140k | £138k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | — | £33.1k | £31.5k | £32.7k | £27.5k |
| Cash conversion | 77% | 87.7% | 87.2% | 97.8% | 135.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.9% | ▲14.6% | ▼2.7% | ▼14.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲21.4% | ▲2.9% | ▼31.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲27.6% | ▼1% | ▼18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £791k | £780k | £388k | £181k | £341k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.2m | £5m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £931k | £889k | £1.5m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £4.6m | £5.4m | £5m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £828k |
| Deferred income | £472k | £510k | £807k | £686k | £776k |
| Cash from operations | £2.3m | £2.8m | £3.3m | £4m | £3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 135.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲88%
- Now £341k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £776k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bausch + Lomb Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Bausch & Lomb U.K. Limited75–100%
- Sterimedix 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 £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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