Our Story

The StairSteady was first designed by Ruth as part of her GCSE Resistant Materials Course. Initially aimed at stroke rehabilitation, Ruth saw a need for people to remain active and mobile. After her teacher's father suffered a stroke, Ruth was set the challenge of designing a product which would allow people to keep using their stairs, but in a safe environment.

The StairSteady took off when Ruth competed against thousands of applicants to win the Young Engineer for Britain 2006. With the help of Advanced Engineering Techniques Ltd in 2008, Ruth was able to bring the benefits of the StairSteady to the wider marketplace.

Since then Ruth has become internationally recognised for the StairSteady solution and StairSteady Ltd, achieving the accolade of youngest person ever to be on Management Today's '35 women under 35' list and winning the first ever Women of the Future 'Young Star' Award.

StairSteady Ltd is still based around the original StairSteady product and its founding moral core values. The business is still run as a family team but it is now established within the Mobility field. StairSteady now sells to a wide range of customers including: individuals, organisations such as the NHS, local County Councils, Social Services, Mobility Shops, Housing Associations and Schools.

StairSteady now has partner firms within the UK including firms in Bristol and Widnes although we are currently in negotiations with other companies so this network will expand soon.

We are also currently in the process of setting up a Distribution Company within Ireland, the details of this will be announced shortly! We are also in the process of talking with distributors within Europe and the US, again details to be announced!

StairSteady have listened to customer feedback and have acted upon this by developing their new extended range, this will give customers a wide choice of finish options allowing it to completely meet each individuals needs. This will be launched in March 2011.

Economy – The current StairSteady – this has a powder coated rail and handle and has rubber end caps.

Classic – Similar to the Economy but this has higher quality finishing touches including aluminium accents.

Premier – Bespoke custom model, it is not powder coated so the finish will be exposed metal. This will make it an ideal solution to mobility difficulties in a modern building. Price is on application.