article relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . february 2014 ryman ltd type private limited company industry retail founded london 1893 1893 headquarters ryman house savoy road crewe cheshire uk 1 number of locations 220 2 key people henry j ryman founder theo paphitis chairman kypros kyprianou ceo 2 products stationery office and home office supplies revenue 131.0 million 2015 16 owner theo paphitis website www.ryman.co.uk ryman north end road fulham london ryman fulham road chelsea london 2016 ryman new street huddersfield 2010 ryman is a uk stationery retail company with over 220 outlets nationwide in the uk . the website and stores provide a wide range of stationery and office supplies for homes and businesses with its headquarters in crewe cheshire . contents 1 history 1.1 formation 1.2 theo paphitis 2 stores and products 3 sponsorship 4 charity 5 references 6 external links history edit formation edit henry j ryman founder of ryman opened his first store in london in 1893 on great portland street a store that is still there today . originally henry started as a book printer however this business was short lived . 3 the business was successfully owned and managed by the ryman family for several generations with mr jack ryman succeeding henry in 1931 until 1951 when he passed it on to his own sons desmond and nicholas . from 1912 til 1995 the business traded as h. j. ryman retail limited . 4 5 in the 1970s the business was sold from the family and passed through several different owners including the burton group terence conran jennifer d abo and pentos . 6 in 1995 it was acquired by chancerealm ltd which changed its name to ryman group limited . ryman group joined the theo paphitis retail group where theo paphitis is the chairman and kypros kyprianou is the group chief executive . other directors include ian childs malcolm cooke simon lakin and richard towner . 7 in 2001 chancerealm acquired the stationery retailer partners with 86 stores and subsequently in 2007 purchased 61 stationery box stores . the businesses were combined together in october 2008 to build the national stationery retail chain under the ryman name . theo paphitis edit theo paphitis a british entrepreneur best known for his time on bbc s dragons den acquired ryman in 1995 . he introduced the ryman direct mail order catalogue in 1996 the ryman website in 1998 and has turned ryman into a successful and profitable business comprising 232 stores with a turnover of more than 120m . as well as ryman he is the owner of the homewares specialist robert dyas and lingerie retailer boux avenue . stores and products edit ryman stationery currently operates over 230 shops mainly found in england scotland and wales . it has been a leader in product innovation throughout its history . ryman was the first to introduce the concept of colour to filing with both cabinets and folders . today ryman stationery stock a wide range of inkjet cartridges printers pens paper envelopes office essentials filing presentation materials diaries and back to school supplies . sponsorship edit ryman are sponsors of the english football isthmian league known as the ryman league which in its 19th year is currently the longest running sponsorship in uk football . in addition ryman also sponsors cricket through the surrey championship charity edit ryman is an official partner of comic relief raising over 2million for the charity through the sale of exclusive comic relief pens in its shops and online as well as other fundraising activities . references edit ryman contact us . retrieved 2016 01 15 . a b ryman about us . retrieved 2016 01 15 . treaty of peace between russia and esthonia published by h j ryman ltd. printers . retrieved 2016 01 15 . companies house hayes retail limited . retrieved 2016 01 15 . geni henry ryman about . retrieved 2016 01 15 . web archive ryman brochure . archived from the original on january 15 2016 . retrieved 2016 01 15 . cs1 maint unfit url link companies house ryman group limited officers . retrieved 2016 01 15 . external links edit official website media related to ryman at wikimedia commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ryman & oldid 744494893 categories stationers of the united kingdomretail companies of the united kingdomoffice supply companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1893hidden categories cs1 maint unfit urlarticles needing additional references from february 2014all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediacommons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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