ROPER RHODES LIMITED, BA1 3JF : Companies House Number 01568433

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Shareholders' funds

£49,838,201

Balance sheet as at 2021-07-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is the design, marketing and sale of bathroom equipment.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1981-06-16
Employees: 182 (2021 accounts · was 189 in 2020)
Registered office: Brassmill Lane Trading Estate, Bath, BA1 3JF
Postcode: BA1 3JF
Capital: 119,443 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 9 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Next due by: 2026-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-09-26
Next due by: 2026-10-10

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Nature of business (SIC)

46499 Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) not elsewhere classified
74100 specialised design activities

Officers 3 current · 17 resigned

MR William James STEELE Director

Appointed 2026-07-31

MRS Ann SILLWOOD Director

Appointed 2026-07-31

Leigh Emery LEATHER Director

Appointed 2013-08-05

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

Controlled by SVEDBERGS UK LIMITED — since 2021-12-01

ROPER RHODES TRUSTEES LIMITED Dissolved

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 2

£1,795,000,000 total awarded value where published.

Framework Agreement for Goods and Materials (Planned Maintenance Works)

PROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2023-07-17 £1,087,000,000
Re:allies Framework Agreement for the Supply of Goods and Materials

PROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2018-07-06 £708,000,000

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Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-02-01).

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA231233 (Tier 2), registered since 2017.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Political donations 6

£130,000 in registered political donations since 2001.

Liberal Democrats

£100,000 2019-09-30 Cash
Liberal Democrats

£6,000 2007-11-07 Cash
Liberal Democrats

£6,000 2004-11-19 Cash

Showing the 3 most recent of 6.

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

6%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2026/27

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Contact details

Website: roperrhodes.co.uk
Phone: 01225303900

Innovative and considered, each piece across our collections of bathroom furniture, basins, WCs, brassware and mirrors is designed in Britain and…

Previous registered addresses 4

Address	Changed on
CHARTER HOUSE THE SQUARE, LOWER BRISTOL ROAD, BATH, BA2 3BH, UNITED KINGDOM	2012-07-05
CLEVELAND HOUSE, SYDNEY ROAD, BATH, BA2 6NR	2011-08-22
CARRIAGE COURT, 25 CIRCUS MEWS, BATH, BA1 2PW	2001-06-26
15 QUEEN SQUARE, BATH, AVON, BA1 1EG	1996-03-19

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 18 similar companies in BA

The largest employer among its local peers (182 staff).

The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1981.

Competitors Bath

2. HALF MOON BAY LIMITED

£3,476,650
3. ARMERA LIMITED

£578,606
4. GREATER GOODS LIMITED

£528,014
5. A LUCRE MUSKET LIMITED

£232,058
6. HANNAH TURNER LIMITED

£33,481

This company ranks 1 among wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) not elsewhere classified in Bath.

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The class of 1981

65%

of the 14,493 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 6 titles

Freehold: 3
Leasehold: 3
Most recent registration: 2025-05-14
Where: Bath And North East Somerset (5), North Somerset (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
ST396202	Bath And North East Somerset	Leasehold	2025-05-14	—
AV190028	North Somerset	Leasehold	2016-05-17	—
ST301075	Bath And North East Somerset	Leasehold	2012-09-03	—
ST205179	Bath And North East Somerset	Freehold	2002-05-01	—
ST200509	Bath And North East Somerset	Freehold	2001-11-09	—
AV250687	Bath And North East Somerset	Freehold	1995-07-14	—

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