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ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC

#00980843 · Active · Incorporated 1970-06-01 (56y 2m) · Last filing 2026-07-13 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 14132 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-06-30 (in 10 months) · Confirmation due 2027-01-26 (in 5 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£8.1m

-16% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£32m

+6.9% vs 2024

Employees

784

-5.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£7.5m

+1,101% first positive since 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-03

Metric Trend 2023-12-302024-12-282026-01-03 Δ vs prior
Turnover £141,028,384£145,567,243£141,974,100 -2.5%
Operating profit £7,673,564-£56,013£7,990,322 +14,365.1%
Profit before tax £7,637,361-£751,812£7,525,525 +1,101%
Net profit £5,795,569-£644,815£5,673,525 +979.9%
Cash £12,579,532£9,682,186£8,132,814 -16%
Total assets less current liabilities £35,636,496£39,035,123£40,306,611 +3.3%
Net assets £32,847,988£29,570,424£31,617,993 +6.9%
Equity £32,847,988£29,570,424£31,617,993 +6.9%
Average employees 820828784 -5.3%
Wages £15,265,499£17,524,591£17,480,898 -0.2%
Directors' remuneration £201,720£196,060£195,975 0%

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 2023-12-302024-12-282026-01-03
Operating margin 5.4%-0.0%5.6%
Net margin 4.1%-0.4%4.0%
Return on capital employed 21.5%-0.1%19.8%
Current ratio 1.99x1.57x1.63x
Interest cover 49.17x-0.07x10.87x

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

  1. ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC 1999-07-15 → present
  2. C.E. & I.GOWNS LIMITED 1970-06-01 → 1999-07-15

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, which is not less than twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. The Directors have prepared projections which the Directors consider appropriate to the current financial position of the Company regarding expected turnover, costs and borrowings. The Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC · parent
    1. Frank Usher Ltd · Activity hived-up to parent company

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CHRISTODOULOU, Peter Euripides Secretary 2006-10-04 — British
CHRISTODOULOU, Erich Director — Dec 1960 British
CHRISTODOULOU, Peter Euripides Director — Apr 1959 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CHRISTODOULOU, Inge Ursula Secretary — 2006-10-04
CHRISTODOULOU, Christodoulous Director — 1999-03-03
CHRISTODOULOU, Inge Ursula Director — 2006-10-04
HOLLAND, Angelica Thalia Director — 2008-12-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Roman Originals Holdings Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-06-04 Active
Mr Erich Christodoulou Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2016-06-04
Mr Peter Euripides Christodoulou Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2016-06-04

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 152 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-03-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-02-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-03-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-19 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2020-03-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-06-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-03-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2018-07-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-06-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2018-05-15 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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