ROMAN ORIGINALS PLC

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

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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.

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 100% · England and Wales · Retail
   2. Frank Usher (UK) Ltd 100% · England and Wales · Retail

Significant events

• “2024 was a year of investment for future growth, £12,020,163 of capital expenditure was invested in warehouse automation, web fulfilment automation and new systems. The implementation of the investment led to disruption and one off costs which drove the 2024 operating loss.”

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

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.

• Turnover

  +3.2%

  £141,028,384 → £145,567,243

• Cash

  -23%

  £12,579,532 → £9,682,186

• Net assets

  -10%

  £32,847,988 → £29,570,424

• Employees

  +1%

  820 → 828

• Operating profit

  -100.7%

  £7,673,564 → -£56,013

• Profit before tax

  -109.8%

  £7,637,361 → -£751,812

• Wages

  +14.8%

  £15,265,499 → £17,524,591

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers