Business for sale

Business description

Advent Business Sales are delighted to offer for sale this well established and highly popular nursery and garden centre with tremendous scope and potential.

The business has been established as a garden centre for the last 27 years, with current ownership since 2006. Since acquiring, the levels of sales and footfalls have increased considerably and have remained highly popular.

The vendor has reluctantly decided to offer the business for sale so he can concentrate solely on his other business commitments.

Traditionally, the business was predominantly based around the nursery and the ample arable crop. The vendor has carefully developed and constructed other complimentary areas to offer further growth scope to the business.

The 16 acres are carefully planned to accommodate 13 polytunnels where a vast range of plants, shrubs, trees, fruit and vegetables are grown.

A farm shop offers home grown produce as well as further complimentary produce including preserves, chutneys, animal feeds and much more.

There is log cabin tea room with ample seating, which allows customers to sample home made cakes as well as hot and cold snacks with a fine choice of beverages.

With further outbuildings for storage and machinery to aid the business, truly the operation has to be viewed to understand the full scale & magnitude of the business.

The plant nursery offers an extensive range with speciality areas including:
• Hardy garden plants
• Perennials
• Shrubs
• Trees
• Roses
• Fruit plants
• Bedding and basket plants
• Baskets and pots filled to order
• Garden sundries
• Seeds
• Bulbs
• Furniture
• Compost and plants
A pet’s corner has been introduced & is extremely popular.

Our client also sells:
• Rabbits
• Guinea pigs
• Chickens
• Rabbit hutches
• Chicken coupes
• Dog kennels
• Pet food & accessories
• Wild bird food
• Bird tables
.
This is proving to be highly popular and profitable. With a further range of garden furniture, gravel, aggregates and seasonal gifts, the growth potential for this business is endless.

STAFF DETAILS
4 full-time and 5 part time employees as well as the vendor on a part time basis staff the business.

TRADING HOURS
Mon-Sat: 9.30am – 5.30pm
Sun: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Open Bank Holidays

EXPANSION POTENTIAL
Although already a highly profitable business, there is notably a few areas where profits can be further realised, this could include:
1. Introducing key lines such as aquatics, amphibians and reptiles in additional to increasing the current pet offer
2. Extensive advertising
3. A hands on owner could increase turnover considerably with total focus and concentration to the business.
BUSINESS PREMISES
A 16 acre nursery and garden centre with a highly visible location consisting of:

Ground Floor
• Gated entrance
• Farm shop
• Pets corner
• Tea rooms
• 13 poly tunnel
• extensive arable agricultural land
• outbuildings
• machinery
• ancillary and utility areas
• parking for 50+ vehicles including overflow area
TENURE: Leasehold
Original lease: 12 years
Remaining lease: 10 years
Review every: 4 years
Rent: £1,600 P.A.

We are advised that the annual business rates are currently: TBC