Medline Industries Limited
Registered name: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Part of Medline Stellar UK Limited groupMedline Industries Limited made £56.3m revenue and £844k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Medline Industries Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £56.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £844k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 immediate parent undertaking is Medline Stellar UK Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The financial statements can be obtained from Companies House.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £123m | £67.9m | £48.6m | £56.3m |
| Cost of sales | £116m | £62.5m | £41.8m | £49.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £5.4m | £6.8m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £1.3m | £900k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £1.3m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1m | £774k | £844k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1m | £774k | £844k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.3m | £4.6m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 47 | 45 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 5.5% | 8% | 14% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £42.4k | £21.8k | £17.2k | £17.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼44.9% | ▼28.5% | ▲15.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼45.2% | ▼24.4% | ▲9.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▼4.3% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.9m | £6.8m | £6.7m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £7.2m | £7m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £136k | £118k | £103k | £80.8k |
| Current assets | £41.4m | £15.6m | £15.9m | £15.8m |
| Debtors | £33.8m | £7.6m | £7.7m | £10.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £945k | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £80.8k
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
- Medline Stellar UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Medline Industries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Medline Operations LtdRev. £3.2m · Profit £2.1k
- Medline Services UK LimitedRev. — · Profit £266k
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 2024 (profit £844k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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