Business for sale

Business description

A quite beautifully presented and superbly equipped, fully licensed Café & Restaurant situated in the breathtaking rural surroundings of a converted 16th century watermill.

‘The Potting Shed’ is a delightful, well established and very high quality business with full A3 consent, situated in a prime, enviable location with the benefit of healthy year round trade including visitors to the Pot House Hamlet, tourists & holidaymakers, walkers, local residents etc.

The business trades as a Café and Restaurant over seven days per week during daytime hours until 6pm, and also operates as a highly renowned Bistro on Friday and Saturday evenings until midnight. The business further benefits from a separate retail shop and Ice Cream Parlour.

‘The Potting Shed’ offers in excess of 100 covers and serves a wide variety of food and refreshments including speciality tea and coffee, cakes and snacks, hot and cold lunches etc., and also serves a full a la carte menu for the Bistro evenings.

This is a thriving, high turnover business operated entirely under management by our client with 22 staff, now offered for sale due to a change in her personal circumstances and clearly offering simply huge potential for significant further development by the enthusiastic new owner/operator

Premises: Quite beautiful, tastefully presented and appointed, superbly equipped Café & Restaurant with stone floors throughout and briefly comprising: Various seating areas for circa 100 customers, with very high quality furniture including tables, chairs leather sofas, coffee tables etc. Large customer servery/counter.

Fully equipped bar. Very spacious kitchen, fully equipped with high quality fixtures, fittings and appliances. Separate retail shop premises and Ice Cream Parlour. Admin office. Store room. Ladies, Gents and Disabled wc. The premises also benefit from an external customer seating area in beautiful surroundings adjacent to the river. There is ample car parking on-site.

PLEASE NOTE: The business is currently operated entirely under management by our client, with a very high annual staff salary overhead of £118,000.00. It is clear to see that the net profit figures will be very significantly increased by the enthusiastic, hands-on new owner/operator.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Trading hours: Seven days: 10am to 6pm. Evenings: Friday & Saturday to midnight.
Property: Leasehold

Lease terms
: We are informed that the premises will be offered with a lengthy, secure lease at an annual rent of circa £40,000.00.

Location
: The business forms a prominent part of a beautiful re-developed 16th century watermill, alongside a large Garden Centre and other high quality retail businesses. The development is in the delightful rural village of Silkstone, close to Barnsley, Sheffield, Wakefield, Leeds and major road and motorway networks, and is ideally situated centrally to the catchment area for the type of clientele to which it appeals and attracts.



Advert ref: 1428GT