Medisafe UK Limited
Registered name: MEDISAFE UK LIMITED
Part of Steris Public Limited Company groupMedisafe UK Limited made £17.3m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Medisafe UK Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5m profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 Company’s immediate parent undertaking is Medisafe Holdings Limited. The registered office of”
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 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.1m | £23.7m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | £9.4m | £11.6m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £12.1m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | £6.6m | £9.6m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | £6.9m | £9.9m | £6.5m |
| Profit after tax | £5.6m | £7.4m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.6m | £7.4m | £5m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 57 | 57 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 30.8% | 31.2% | 29.2% |
| Gross margin | 48.2% | 51.1% | 50.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £342k | £415k | £303k |
| Profit per employee | £105k | £130k | £88.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.5% | ▼26.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲32.4% | ▼31.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £21.3k | £4.2k | £22.2k |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £9.1m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £12.2m | £17.5m | £13.2m |
| Debtors | £40.3k | £4.8k | £23.6k |
| Deferred income | £180k | £192k | £327k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £303k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £88.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼54%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲434%
- Now £22.2k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▲70%
- Now £327k
- Fixed assets
- ▲29%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Steris Public Limited Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Steris Limited75–100%
- Synergy Health Limited75–100%
- Synergy Health Holdings Limited75–100%
- Medisafe Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Medisafe UK 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 Mar 2025 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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