Escapade Cocktail Events Ltd
Registered name: ESCAPADE COCKTAIL EVENTS LTD
Part of Special Catering Holdings Limited groupEscapade Cocktail Events Ltd made £1.2m revenue and £134k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024.
Escapade Cocktail Events Ltd’s revenue grew 37% to £1.2m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £134k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “event catering activities” and is based in Salford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £852k | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £663k | £783k |
| Gross profit | — | £189k | £381k |
| Operating profit | — | −£165k | £134k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£165k | £134k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£165k | £134k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£165k | £134k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −19.3% | 11.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.2% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £582k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £67.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲36.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £4.2k | £4.1k |
| Net assets | £80 | −£165k | −£30.3k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £6.1k | £10.6k |
| Current assets | £80 | £104k | £345k |
| Debtors | £0 | £42.3k | £54.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £582k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £67.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£30.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £4.1k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲75%
- Now £10.6k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Special Catering Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Escapade Cocktail Events Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Heathcote&co Events LtdRev. £282k · Profit £30.7k
- Special Catering Company Warrington LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£8.1k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Class Catering Services LimitedLondon · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £1.3m
- Profit
- £336k
- Staff
- 43
- The Feed Enterprises CICNorwich · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £1m
- Profit
- £25.3k
- Staff
- 38
- Rae Trading LimitedLondon · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £1.5m
- Profit
- £274k
- Staff
- 0
- Abbots Events Catering LtdHuntingdon · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £910k
- Profit
- £2.4k
- Staff
- 12
- Eton College Services LimitedWindsor · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £1.7m
- Profit
- £207k
- Staff
- —
- The Clay Oven UK LimitedNorthwood · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £1.7m
- Profit
- £231k
- Staff
- 18
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £134k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.