Trading EBITDA over the period was £14.6m, up from £2.6m in 2024.
Following its acquisition of the group, which previously operated as D&D London, in 2023, Breal and Calveton says it has delivered its vision to recruit an industry leading team, which includes Williams as CEO and Connie Salmon as CFO.
The group describes the 15 month period to December 2025 as a ‘transformative period’ that ‘dramatically improved’ profitability, despite sector headwinds around increased employer NI, food inflation and utility costs.
Evolv’s re-alignment and consolidation of brands in the collection helped in part to keep both F&B and labour margins well controlled. The re-imagination of the Chop House and Tavern brand and expansion of both Sartoria and Bluebird brands has returned like-for-like weekly revenue growth of up to 200%.
“The shared vision of the Breal and Calveton shareholders to return founder Sir Terence Conran’s restaurants back to their former glory is clearly paying dividends and establishes the Evolv Collection as the leading hospitality group in the UK,” says Williams.
“The Evolv Collections’ five-year vision is being executed at pace. We are delighted that 2025 results demonstrate the current and future financial success of the business as we build a globally scalable British hospitality brand, centred on experience-led restaurants that combine design, elevated menus, heightened hospitality and vibrant social atmospheres, which have a global appeal”.
Williams says the group is happy with the financial performance of its UK and US venues, with the filing of accounts coinciding with the opening of Queens Tavern in New York’s Hudson Yard, and says further openings are in the pipeline on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond.
The group also recently opened Stories Tavern in Birmingham.