XP FACTORY PLC
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Cash
£2.8m
+156.2% vs 2025
Net assets
£20m
-18.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,264
-2.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.5m
-217.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-29 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,339,000 | £57,818,000 | £58,647,000 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,097,000 | £1,727,000 | -£527,000 | -130.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£540,000 | -£1,422,000 | -£4,515,000 | -217.5% | |
| Net profit | -£420,000 | -£1,427,000 | -£4,510,000 | -216% | |
| Cash | £3,935,000 | £1,095,000 | £2,805,000 | +156.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,965,000 | £65,229,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £25,004,000 | £24,527,000 | £20,044,000 | -18.3% | |
| Equity | £25,004,000 | £24,527,000 | £20,044,000 | -18.3% | |
| Average employees | 2,054 | 1,291 | 1,264 | -2.1% | |
| Wages | £9,993,000 | £19,817,000 | £20,804,000 | +5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £905,000 | £751,000 | £599,000 | -20.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £26,000 | £22,000 | £46,000 | +109.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £403,000 | £337,000 | £27,000 | -92% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.0% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | -0.7% | -2.5% | -7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 2.6% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.8% | 70.0% | 75.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.49x | 0.45x | 0.52x | |
| Interest cover | 5.02x | 0.54x | -0.13x |
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.
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited (trading as 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 as a going concern.”
Group structure
- XP FACTORY PLC · parent
- Escape Hunt Group Limited 100%
- Escape Hunt IP Limited 100%
- Escape Hunt Franchises Limited 100%
- BBB UK Property Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since the period end, new Escape Hunt sites have opened in Colchester and Wandsworth. The Group continued to invest in growth and has drawn a further £4m of its Revolving credit facility with HSBC.”
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 Raymond Francis | 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 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-19 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-14 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.