XP FACTORY PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£24M
Equity attributable
Employees
2,646
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- XP FACTORY PLC 2021-12-03 → present
- ESCAPE HUNT PLC 2017-05-02 → 2021-12-03
- DORCASTER PLC 2016-06-13 → 2017-05-02
- DORCASTER LIMITED 2016-05-17 → 2016-06-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,339,000 | £57,818,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,097,000 | £1,809,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£540,000 | -£1,246,000 | |
| Net profit | -£420,000 | -£1,251,000 | |
| Cash | £3,935,000 | £1,095,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,965,000 | £65,229,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,004,000 | £23,783,000 | |
| Equity | £25,004,000 | £23,783,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,054 | 2,646 | |
| Wages | £9,993,000 | £9,817,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.7% | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.8% | 70.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.49x | 0.35x | |
| Interest cover | 5.02x | 4.08x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“There has been no material uncertainty identified which would cast significant doubt upon the Group’s ability to continue going as a going concern. As such, the Directors considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the Group’s financial statements.”
Group structure
- XP FACTORY PLC · parent
- Escape Hunt Group Limited 100%
- Escape Hunt IP Limited 100%
- Escape Hunt Franchises Limited 100%
- Escape Hunt Innovations Limited 100%
- Escape Hunt Limited 100%
- Escape Hunt USA Franchises Ltd 100%
- BGP Escape France 100%
- BGP Entertainment Belgium 100%
- BBB Franchise Limited 100%
- BBB Ventures Limited 100%
- BBB UK Trading Limited 100%
- Boom BB One Limited 100%
- BBB Six Limited 100%
- BBB UK Property Limited 100%
- BBB Eleven Limited 100%
- BBB Twelve Limited 100%
- BBB Thirteen Limited 100%
- BBB Fourteen Limited 100%
- BBB IP Limited 100%
- Boom East Limited 100%
- Boom Battle Bar Cardiff Limited 100%
- BBB Chelmsford Limited 100%
- BBB Ealing Limited 100%
- BBB Five Limited 100%
- BBB Liverpool Limited 100%
- Boom Battle Facilities Management Services LLC 100%
Significant events
- “Since the year end the Group has closed its Escape Hunt site in Birmingham Central and its Boom Battle Bar in Swindon. New Escape Hunt sites have opened in Canterbury and Birmingham Resorts World, whilst a new Boom site has opened in Reading.”
- “The Group continued to invest in growth and has drawn a further £4.5m of its Revolving credit facility with Barclays to fund new sites and other capital expenditure. These events do not give rise to adjustments for the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Joanne Katherine | Secretary | 2022-12-16 | — | — |
| HARPHAM, Richard John | Director | 2017-05-03 | Oct 1980 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Philip Anthony | Director | 2022-06-29 | Nov 1962 | British |
| SHUKER, Martin | Director | 2022-06-29 | Aug 1962 | British |
| VAN DEN BERGH, James Gereard | Director | 2026-01-30 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Graham John | Secretary | 2020-03-02 | 2022-12-16 |
| HARPHAM, Richard John | Secretary | 2016-05-25 | 2016-06-15 |
| RAE, Alistair Kynoch | Secretary | 2016-06-15 | 2019-07-31 |
| BACH, Karen | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2021-06-29 |
| BIRD, Graham John | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2026-04-01 |
| CHADWICK, Stephen Kenneth | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2016-05-25 |
| HARPHAM, Richard John | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2016-06-15 |
| JONES, Adrian Paul | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2020-05-31 |
| JONES, Karen Elisabeth Dind | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2017-04-12 |
| RAE, Alistair Kynoch | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2019-07-31 |
| ROSE, Richard Sidney | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2026-02-24 |
| STORY, John Edward | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2021-08-02 |
| VAN DEN BERGH, Hubert Gerard Patrick | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2017-05-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-03-28 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-03-28 | CERT21 | capital | Certificate capital cancellation share premium account | |
| 2025-03-28 | OC138 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-12 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-11 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-06 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 8
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31