Red Engine unveils expansion plans amid ‘record-breaking’ Q4

Red Engine, the hospitality group behind Flight Club and Electric Shuffle, has unveiled its 2025 global expansion plans as its Q4 sales increased 24% to £25.3m. Its sales combined with its franchise partners reached £38.4m, up 23% year-on-year, with like-for-like sales increasing by 4%. Building on this success, Red Engine’s expansion plans for 2025 includes targeting a portfolio of 39 venues by year-end – six new Flight Club locations and two new Electric Shuffle venues. Red Engine stated that Q4 was a quarter of “record-breaking moments for Red Engine, with every company-owned venue achieving its best-ever weekly sales performance”. Flight Club Glasgow and Flight Club Edinburgh (venues opened in Q4 2023) also saw year-on-year sales growth of 39% and 42% respectively. Even Flight Club Shoreditch, the group’s longest-running site, surpassed its previous weekly sales record. In 2024, Red Engine opened four new sites: Flight Club Liverpool and Oxford, and Electric Shuffle Manchester and New York. Its Australian Flight Club franchise partner opened two more venues, one in Sydney and one in Melbourne. These 2024 openings took the total global Flight Club and Electric Shuffle estate to 31 venues - 24 Flight Club and 7 Electric Shuffle. Red Engine stated that, in 2025, its franchise partners will continue to drive international growth for Flight Club, with further venues planned in the United States, Australia, and Ireland. Just four weeks into the year, Red Engine’s franchise partners have already opened Flight Club venues in Dublin, introducing Ireland to the Social Darts phenomenon, Washington D.C. and St Louis. Flight Club Philadelphia and a second Sydney venue are slated to open later in the year. Red Engine is now set to open Electric Shuffle King’s Cross (London), Electric Shuffle Chicago and Flight Club Newcastle. Ross Shepley-Smith, CFO at Red Engine, said: “We are thrilled to report such strong Q4 results, especially as we enter this milestone year celebrating a decade of Social Darts. This past year has presented significant challenges for the hospitality sector, making these results all the more rewarding and underlining the strength and resilience of our brands. “It brings us immense pride to bring joy to others through our social experiences, and we look forward to the opportunity to spread that joy even further in the year ahead as we take our brands to new cities across the globe in 2025. This success is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our incredible teams including our great franchise partners, and we are so grateful for the support of our loyal community, who continue to embrace the unique fun that Flight Club and Electric Shuffle offer.”

Red Engine unveils expansion plans amid ‘record-breaking’ Q4

In 2024, Red Engine opened four new sites: Flight Club Liverpool and Oxford, and Electric Shuffle Manchester and New York

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