ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC

Active
Company number 00980843Public limited companyIncorporated 1970

Key figures

£31,617,993+6.9%
Net assets 2025/26
+6.9%
Average annual growth 2024/25–2025/26
010 m20 m30 m40 m2024/252025/26

† ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 14132

Where the company stands among the 1,179 active companies whose first SIC code is 14132 (Manufacture of other women's outerwear).

Net assets£31,617,993
Higher than 99% · median £2,510
Total assets£64,989,070
Higher than 99% · median £25,933
Cash£8,132,814
Higher than 97% · median £16,752
Employees784
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age56.4 years
Older than 99% · median 6.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ROMAN ORIGINALS HOLDINGS LTD£31.6m
  2. ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC£31.6m
  3. PENTEX LIMITED£22.7m
  4. DAVID NIEPER LIMITED£10.1m
  5. KARA DESIGNS LTD£9m
  6. PARIS KYRI GOWNS LTD£8.8m
  7. HOUSE OF XOTICA LIMITED£8.7m
  8. CRYSTAL MARTIN HOLDINGS LIMITED£7.4m
  9. ASIAN SUITS ONLINE LTD£7.1m
  10. BTX GODSKE GROUP UK LTD£6.5m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 1,179. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC

What kind of company is it?

ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00980843. It was incorporated on 1 Jun 1970. Its status is active. The registered office is in Birmingham (B24). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other women's outerwear (14132), retail sale of clothing in specialised stores (47710).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 3 Jan 2026); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £141,974,100. Profit for the year was £5,673,525. Net assets were £31,617,993, up 6.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £8,132,814. Total assets were £64,989,070 and total liabilities £30,274,660. The company had an average of 784 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,179 active companies whose first SIC code is 14132: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £2,510). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £25,933). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £16,752). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 6.0 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly knitted clothing, woven clothing, knitted fabrics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly man-made filaments, knitted fabrics, man-made staple fibres. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 32 days to pay suppliers, and 24% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows no gap in median hourly pay.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 4 of 7 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 Jan 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Turnover145,567,243141,974,100
Profit for the year-644,8155,673,525
Cash at bank and in hand9,682,1868,132,814
Total assets61,505,05264,989,070
Total liabilities29,828,81930,274,660
Net assets / total equity29,570,42431,617,993
Average number of employees828784

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices28 Jun 2020 – 2 Jan 2021
Average time taken to pay invoices
32 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
24%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 49%
  • 31 to 60 days 40%
  • After 60 days 11%
Earlier periods (4)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
27 Jun 2020
44
37%
20%
28 Dec 2019
17
79%
3%
29 Jun 2019
21
75%
1%
29 Dec 2018
23
74%
3%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
no gap
Mean hourly pay
women 11.1% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter56% womenLower middle100% womenUpper middle78% womenUpper pay quarter78% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 4.2% lower
women 5% lower
2023/24
women 8.8% lower
women 11.9% lower
2022/23
no gap
women 20.8% lower
2021/22
no gap
women 20.8% lower
2020/21
no gap
women 25.5% lower
2018/19
women 7.9% lower
women 38% lower
2017/18
women 10.6% lower
women 32% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: knitted clothing, woven clothing, knitted fabrics, man-made filaments and man-made staple fibres.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: man-made filaments, knitted fabrics, man-made staple fibres, knitted clothing and paper and paperboard.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

8 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £142m, net assets £31.6m, 784 employees
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £145.6m, net assets £29.6m, 828 employees
  3. Roman Originals Holdings Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  4. Mr Erich Christodoulou ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mr Peter Euripides Christodoulou ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Mr Erich Christodoulou registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr Peter Euripides Christodoulou registered as a person with significant control
  8. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.