ROMAN GROUP TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-10 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-26
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£39M
-2,043.2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£40M
-21,709.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
These events or conditions as noted above indicate that there is a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £187,380 | -£40,492,501 | |
| Net profit | £143,307 | -£40,543,211 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,984,335 | -£38,558,876 | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,984,335 | -£38,558,876 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These events or conditions as noted above indicate that there is a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- ROMAN GROUP TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Roman Bidco Limited 100%
- Banner Limited 100%
- Blue Max Limited 100%
- Stag Knitwear Company Limited 100%
- Sportswear International Limited 100%
- Orion Schoolwear Limited 100%
- Orion Teamwear Limited 100%
- William Turner & Son (Stockport) Limited 100%
- William Turner (Shanghai) Import & Export Co. Ltd 100%
- Tie Club Limited 100%
- Blue Max Group Limited 100%
- Banner (North) Limited 100%
- Banner Holdings Limited 100%
- Blue Max Banner Limited 100%
- F.R. Monkhouse Limited 100%
- Early Years Schoolwear Limited 100%
- Gridline Enterprises Limited 100%
- Forrester Sports Limited 100%
- Peak Sports Limited 100%
- Initially Yours Embroiderers Limited 100%
- Total Promotions Limited 100%
- John McHugh (Stretford) Limited 100%
- Sussex Uniforms Limited 100%
- Elite Uniforms Limited 100%
- S. Simmonds & Son Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the company has completed impairment reviews which has resulted in investments being impaired by £1 and group debtors by £40,695,339.”
- “Management has engaged with its banking partners and majority shareholders and in December 2025 have agreed term sheets for revised bank financing arrangements which will be formally concluded in early 2026.”
- “The updated agreement includes revised covenants based on the current forecasts and an extension of the 'A' Term Loan from October 2026 to October 2027.”
- “The Directors have also considered a longer assessment period taking into account the term loans (£25.6m at year end) that expire in October 2027, some 22 months from the date of signing these accounts.”
- “amounts written off fixed asset investments includes the company's interest in a former subsidiary Banner EBT Trustee Limited which was dissolved on 14 May 2024.”
- “The principal activity of Sussex Uniforms Limited, Elite Uniforms Limited and S. Simmonds & Son Limited was previously retail, but these companies hived up their trades into F.R. Monkhouse Limited on 31 January 2024 and have not traded since that date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKMAN, Heather Frances | Director | 2025-03-14 | Feb 1963 | British |
| FREELAND, Bruce Royston | Director | 2016-07-27 | Jan 1967 | British |
| LEWIS, Paul | Director | 2024-06-03 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSBORNE, Nigel Richard | Secretary | 2016-01-20 | 2018-06-30 |
| PLENDERLEITH, Nigel Brindley | Secretary | 2015-07-10 | 2016-01-20 |
| ADAMS, George Andrew | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2021-10-27 |
| BROOKS, Roderick Hilary | Director | 2016-01-20 | 2021-10-27 |
| JOHAL, Balbinder Singh | Director | 2015-06-26 | 2016-01-20 |
| JONES, Luke Daniel | Director | 2015-06-26 | 2021-10-27 |
| LEECH, Glenn Peter | Director | 2017-09-04 | 2025-03-14 |
| OSBORNE, Nigel Richard | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2018-06-30 |
| PLENDERLEITH, Nigel Brindley | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2017-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Laura Anne | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2017-10-31 |
| WEBB, Ian John | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2024-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cbpe Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-27 | Ceased 2021-10-27 |
| Trowbridge Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-10-27 | Active |
| Mml Capital Europe Vi Equity Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-11-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-09 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2021-11-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-11-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-09 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2021-11-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-21,709.8%
£187,380 -£40,492,501
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