Business for sale

Business description

Advent Business Sales are delighted to offer to the market this very busy bakery and farmers market business.

Established by our clients in 1995, the business has grown steadily to the point where its annual turnover is in the region of £181,000 with a very healthy gross profit of 74%.

The business employs 1 full time baker and 2 part time sales assistants, with a total wages cost of just £23,151.

This is an extremely profitable concern and our vendors are only selling the business in order that they can pursue their other business commitments.

The bakery produces breads, cakes, pastries and savoury products and offers them at 13 different farmers markets in an around Oxfordshire.

The bakery is well equipped for purpose and includes:

• 2mm bread slicer
• Oven tom chandley 24 tray, 4 deck
• Foster retarder aprover 1 rack
• Williams retarder aprover 3 rack
• Spiral mixer (140kg flour weight)
• Mono moulder
• Hobart 20 quart mixer
• Crypto peerless 80 quart mixer
• 36 piece bun divider moulder
• Foster 2 rack freezer
• John Hunt conveyor pastry break
• Various ancillary equipment

General Information

Employees:The business employs 1 full time baker and 2 part time sales assistants
Trading hours:Bakery: Mon – Fri: 5am – 1pm. Sat: (3 out of 4) - 9pm (Fri) – 5.00am (Sat). Farmers Market: Mon – Sat: 8.00am – 2.30pm - At present, maximum of 4 days per week
Lease terms:TENURE: Monthly rental licence, 1 months notice only – either way Rent: £6,400 per annum We are advised that the annual business rates are currently: £792
Living accomodation:BUSINESS PREMISES A lock up single storey and approximately 1,200 sq ft in size. The whole bakery is set around the premises to ensure a smooth transfer of product from one process to another. There is also a kitchen and separate office. The w/c is a shared facility with others on the small industrial estate where the business is located.
Location:The bakery is located in the centre of a small industrial/commercial estate just outside Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

The business is ideally positioned to travel to any of the 13 different farmers markets, which it visits monthly, with all of them being under 30 miles away.

The site has plenty of parking on the estate, all of which is free of charge.

Expansion potential:Although already a very profitable business, our client’s are aware that there are excellent opportunities to expand the turnover and its profits further by maximising the production of the bakery: 1 These extra products could be sold in additional farmers markets – this on present
Financing available:Please let us know if you require finance for the purchase of a business.