Is Escape Kent Ltd Still in Business? (2026 Update)
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Look for Escape Kent Ltd on AmazonFull story →Escape Kent pitched an escape room business in series 19, with brothers Michael and Christopher Knell after one hundred thousand pounds for twenty-five percent of the company, and Peter Jones and Sara Davies were shown agreeing to the deal on air.
Older accounts describe the business thriving today, though reportedly without the studio investment ever going through.
A Business That Didn't Need The Money To Prove Itself
The brothers had already sunk roughly two million pounds of their own savings into the business by the time they reached the studio, having started out in Canterbury back in 2016 after a trip to a German escape room convinced them to build one of their own, and had opened a second location in Maidstone before ever pitching on television.
A relatively small equity ask from a business that had already proven itself and grown on its own steam usually signals founders after a partner to help them scale faster, not founders who need the cash just to keep the lights on.
Bigger Than The Day It Filmed
Notes on file describe the business performing considerably better now than it was on the day of filming, with the brothers reportedly employing close to a hundred people across a footprint well beyond the original rooms shown on the episode, while also noting that the offer made on camera was one they ultimately turned down.
Two million pounds of the founders' own money had gone in before they ever reached the studio, which is a large part of why turning the offer down was a survivable decision.