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Rua Life Sciences PLC

The RUA Life Sciences group was created in April 2020 when AorTech International plc acquired RUA Medical Devices Ltd. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 29 years old · 1,457th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1990s

Company numberSC170071
StatusActive
Incorporated21/11/1996
Accounts last made up to30/09/2025
Next accounts due31/03/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier213800BMVB22PVOJ9Z28

Registered office

2 DRUMMOND CRESCENT, RIVERSIDE BUSINESS PARK, IRVINE, AYRSHIRE, KA11 5AN

GLEIF records a different headquarters address: 2 DRUMMOND CRESCENT, IRVINE, KA11 5AN. A registered office is where filings are served, which for a large group is often its lawyers or company secretary rather than where the business is run.

Online

Website rualifesciences.com

News and announcements on their own site

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Filing history

This company has 289 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 24/02/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 15/10/2025.

Filings: officer changes26
Filings: resolutions21
Filings: accounts16
Filings: share capital11
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: annual returns6

The most recent filings

Resolution filed 23/03/2026
Group accounts 24/02/2026
Confirmation statement 15/10/2025
Registered office changed 30/04/2025
Change account reference date company current extended 05/11/2024
Group accounts 23/10/2024
Confirmation statement 15/10/2024
Resolution filed 29/08/2024
Director resigned 08/02/2024
Share capital change 19/12/2023

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 7 current officers and 32 who have resigned.

Lachlan Arthur Smith Secretaryappointed 01/11/2023
Ian Leslie Ardill Directorappointed 18/01/2021
Geoffrey Alan Berg Directorappointed 08/06/2018
William Donald Brown Directorappointed 21/10/2011
John Louis Ely Directorappointed 08/06/2018
John Mckenna Directorappointed 31/10/2016
Lachlan Arthur Smith Directorappointed 31/03/2022

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 2 registered charges, of which 0 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Floating charge
Robert Mitchell
Fully satisfied, created 23/10/2012
Floating charge
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Fully satisfied, created 15/06/1999

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

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Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 1,457th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1990s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)