TRULIFE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
+35.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.2m
+17.7% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
63
-7.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.5m
-18.7% first positive since 2020
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Our short-form breakdown of TRULIFE LIMITED's latest filing
Sheffield medical-device maker Trulife turned over £13.7m this year, but foreign exchange swings took a bite out of the bottom line.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,664,163 | £6,802,571 | — | £13,874,780 | £13,875,112 | £13,672,503 | -1.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£452,176 | £348,905 | — | £1,232,131 | -£1,888,787 | £1,544,591 | +181.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£452,176 | £348,905 | — | £1,205,111 | £1,888,787 | £1,534,646 | -18.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £856,277 | £1,354,830 | £1,087,747 | -19.7% | |
| Cash | £295,157 | £754,026 | £554,774 | £2,227,384 | £1,131,787 | £1,536,716 | +35.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,458,544 | £3,799,684 | £4,135,910 | £4,988,483 | £6,339,334 | £7,456,594 | +17.6% | |
| Net assets | £3,394,298 | £3,629,984 | £3,940,352 | £4,796,629 | £6,151,459 | £7,239,206 | +17.7% | |
| Equity | £3,394,298 | £3,629,984 | £3,940,352 | £4,796,629 | £6,151,459 | £7,239,206 | +17.7% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 61 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 63 | -7.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,117,033 | £1,888,675 | £1,916,382 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £170,590 | £118,238 | £105,277 | -11% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £5,000 | £36,888 | £5,006 | -86.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -8.0% | 5.1% | — | 8.9% | -13.6% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 6.2% | 9.8% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.1% | 9.2% | — | 24.7% | -29.8% | 20.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.5% | 17.3% | 34.8% | 50.4% | 38.0% | 25.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.44x | 2.03x | 3.12x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TRULIFE LIMITED 1991-09-02 → present
- TRU-LIFE LIMITED 1983-07-20 → 1991-09-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO Ireland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGDEN, Helen Kate | Secretary | 2016-12-14 | — | — |
| KENNEDY, Ultan | Director | 2023-10-02 | Oct 1987 | Irish |
| LONGDEN, Helen Kate | Director | 2017-05-10 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVINE, David | Secretary | 1996-12-21 | 2008-09-29 |
| GREHAN, Helen | Secretary | — | 1996-12-21 |
| RYAN, Noel | Secretary | 2008-09-29 | 2010-06-30 |
| BROGAN, Ben | Director | — | 1992-05-29 |
| BURKE, Eher | Director | — | 1992-05-29 |
| CASLIN, Shirley | Director | 1997-04-24 | 1998-08-28 |
| COLLIER, James Jack | Director | 2012-12-11 | 2016-12-14 |
| COOKE, Alan | Director | 2010-12-09 | 2015-02-23 |
| DEVINE, David | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2008-09-29 |
| GREHAN, Helen | Director | — | 1992-05-29 |
| LOUIS, Marita | Director | — | 1995-04-14 |
| MURPHY, Noel John | Director | 2004-04-30 | 2023-07-26 |
| MURPHY, Noel John | Director | — | 1998-08-28 |
| O'DOWD, Jacqueline | Director | 1995-04-14 | 1997-04-24 |
| PURNELL, Kay Marie | Director | 2008-09-29 | 2012-12-11 |
| RYAN, Noel | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2010-06-30 |
| TWOHIG, Jean | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2004-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Noel John Murphy (Estate Of) | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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