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Rua Life Sciences plc

Age29 years
older than 93% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom2,989live companies · 215th oldest
In Irvine1,050live companies · 2 in the same activity
At this address6live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2025group accounts, made up to 30 Sept 2025

In brief

Rua Life Sciences plc is a public limited company incorporated in Scotland on 21 November 1996. At 29 years old it is older than 93% of the 2,989 live companies whose main activity is manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies. Its registered office is in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland, at an address shared with 5 other live companies. 2 live companies in Irvine share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 30 September 2025 and filed as group accounts. It was previously called Aortech International plc, a name it changed on 16 June 2020.

Register details

Registered nameRUA LIFE SCIENCES PLC
Company numberSC170071
Company typePublic Limited Company
Registered office2 Drummond Crescent, Riverside Business Park, KA11 5AN Irvine
JurisdictionScotland
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)32500 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)C · 32 Other manufacturing

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upGroup accounts
  • Name changedPreviously Aortech International plc
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due31 March 2027
Accounting reference date30 September
Next confirmation statement29 October 2026
Last confirmation statement15 October 2025
Charges registered2
Outstanding · satisfied0 · 2

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 32500: 2,989 in total, median age 6 years, 362 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 2,989 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
05001,0001,5002,0001920s: 21920s1930s: 31930s1940s: 61940s1950s: 141950s1960s: 171960s1970s: 401970s1980s: 611980s1990s: 1211990s2000s: 3272000s2010s: 7582010s2020s: 1,6402020s
Incorporated per year, still live
02004006008002011: 4920112012: 552013: 7320132014: 672015: 7120152016: 642017: 8820172018: 1192019: 13120192020: 1662021: 14620212022: 1962023: 21320232024: 2492025: 39320252026: 277

Location

Registered office in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

Irvine
Live companies in Irvine1,050
Same activity in Irvine2
Live companies in North Ayrshire3,945
New in Irvine, past 12 months153

Also registered at this address

5 other live companies share this registered office.

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.