About us

After a random, fateful conversation in 1993, we decided it might be a fun idea to buy some bouncy castles, and hire them out for children's parties. Could it work? Was there a call for it locally? Will they fit in the back of our Ford sierra? (They're not that big or heavy are they? 🤔😂). Well, we went for it and ordered three shiney new inflatables. We decided to call ourselves 'Bounceabout' because the 'B' put us at the top of the yellow pages listings! ...this was long before internet advertising! We also put a small ad in the local paper. Within days the bookings came rolling in, and we needed to expand! We bought two more castles, and a much needed trailer (that poor sierra 😔😉). It had begun. Bounceabout very soon became a big part of our lives. We've never looked back. We married and had three children, Callum, Kieran and Jessica. You might see the boys out and about giving Mark a hand, and even Jess likes to get involved on occasion (she makes a great model for advertising photos!). We like to get them involved in the cleaning too (see pics below!).

Whizz forward 29yrs and we now have a fleet of 30 inflatables (and we are on our 5th van....the suspension on the sierra gave up after the first year 🙄😂) We have also branched out into soft play.

We went into the soft play with the same enthusiasm as we did for the castles. It had to be unique, exciting and have great play value for the children. We only hire items that we love...and we love ❤️ our soft play 😊.

We have been lucky enough to meet some really lovely people over the years. Some have been hiring from us since the beginning, and many still do so today....except now it's often for the Grandchildren!

Many things in the world of bouncy castle hire have changed since we started, but we have always tried to move with the times, keeping our equipment new, up to date, and different.

We still have the same aim as we did on day one...to offer safety, reliability, and great customer service. If we can also make your event a little happier, then it's all been worthwhile 😊

Thank you for reading, here are a few pictures of the early days 🙈