XP Factory Plc announced that Board has decided to change the Group's year end from 31 December to 31 March. Both Boom and Escape Hunt have peak trading periods that coincide with Christmas and the Board believes that there will be a number of benefits to the change including: · Earlier and better visibility of the likely outturn for any financial year given the significance of December trading for the full year results · The audit will take place during the Group's quietest months between April and June, which is expected to lead to greater efficiency of process for both internal staff and auditors · The change will align the Group with several other leisure operators.