ESCAPADE GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£584K
+12.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-16.3% vs 2024
Employees
458
+3.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£276K
+61.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ESCAPADE GROUP LIMITED 2022-02-07 → present
- KIDSPACE ADVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED 2012-01-12 → 2022-02-07
- SHOO 551 LIMITED 2011-09-30 → 2012-01-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,786,215 | £15,236,397 | |
| Operating profit | £2,330,894 | £3,176,553 | |
| Profit before tax | -£711,333 | -£276,455 | |
| Net profit | £56,722 | -£909,329 | |
| Cash | £517,884 | £584,077 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,004,362 | £25,106,459 | |
| Net assets | £5,594,865 | £4,685,536 | |
| Equity | £5,594,865 | £4,685,536 | |
| Average employees | 441 | 458 | |
| Wages | £4,883,821 | £5,280,730 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.9% | 20.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.3% | 12.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.73x | 0.60x | |
| Interest cover | 1.68x | 2.06x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RPG Crouch Chapman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group made a loss before tax of £276,455 (2024: £711,333)... The Directors have prepared cash flow projections... shows that the Group has sufficient resources to continue its operations and development plans whilst meeting its debt servicing requirements... secured £15m of loan facilities from HSBC... ultimate controlling party has been and remains supportive... Directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ESCAPADE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Kidspace Adventures Limtied 100%
- Kidspace Romford Limited 100%
- Kidspace Croydon Limited 100%
- Hobbledown Limited 100%
- Hobbledown West London Limited 100%
- Hobbledown Bay Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Group revenue increased 10% in the year to £15.2m, with Site Ebitda for the group up 10% to £5.1m.”
- “investment undertaken over the winter of 2023/24 to develop the play and accommodation at Watermouth Castle, which had been acquired by the group in 2023.”
- “introduction for the first time of the Pumpkin Patch at Hobbledown Heath and a first Scare attraction at Watermouth Castle.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARLEY, Richard | Secretary | 2011-12-21 | — | British |
| DAVIES, Richard | Director | 2019-10-25 | Aug 1960 | British |
| DE CANDOLE, Nicholas Simon Vully | Director | 2012-01-17 | Apr 1969 | British |
| FARLEY, Richard Miles | Director | 2012-01-17 | Jan 1969 | British |
| ROBINSON, Hugo Edward William | Director | 2019-08-08 | Mar 1973 | British |
| TILLMAN, James Oliver | Director | 2019-08-08 | Jan 1980 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-09-30 | 2011-12-21 |
| BEAUMONT, Paul Joseph | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2019-08-08 |
| DE CANDOLE, Mark Andrew Vully | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2019-08-08 |
| GROSS, Mark Daniel | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2016-09-23 |
| KENEE, Steven Michael | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2012-01-17 |
| LEWIS, James Robert Terence | Director | 2015-10-26 | 2016-09-23 |
| SADLER, Sian | Director | 2011-09-30 | 2011-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kpc Ii Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2019-08-08 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Simon Vully De Candole | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-08 |
| Mr Richard Farley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-02-07 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+10.5%
£13,786,215 £15,236,397
-
Cash
+12.8%
£517,884 £584,077
-
Net assets
-16.3%
£5,594,865 £4,685,536
-
Employees
+3.9%
441 458
-
Operating profit
+36.3%
£2,330,894 £3,176,553
-
Profit before tax
+61.1%
-£711,333 -£276,455
-
Wages
+8.1%
£4,883,821 £5,280,730
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