Established Devon Freelance Catering Life Style Opportunity Business For Sale

Business description

FREELANCE CATERING BUSINESS
Established for 25 years. This highly regarded Catering and Catering Equipment hire business operates in the heart of the South Hams a very attractive and affluent trading area in South Devon.
This business trades mainly between April and October by choice and therefore offers enormous scope for additional turnover and expansion.
The sale represents a rare opportunity to acquire a thriving business with the potential to provide a very comfortable lifestyle within the countries most sought-after location.
Specialising in outside catering, especially Marquee weddings. The business has a very high reputation in the area for providing a superb quaility service.
Quailty menus are prepared at the company's specially converted catering premisis which is forsale as an optional part of the sale or on a leasehold / rental basis.
This is a strongly service focussed business that taylors its menus to suit each client and has gained a reputation in the area as one of the regions leading catering services.
CATERING EQUIPMENT HIRE.
Specialising in the hire of catering equipment for all events such as marquee weddings and parties. This business is able to provide a top quality immacuately run china hire service that compliments the above catering business.
Supplying all events in the surrounding area and catering for upto 500 covers including china, cutlery, linen and glassware, kitchen equipment, a hog roasting machine and a refrigerated trailer.
The business operates from a superbly equipped unit in the same premisis as the catering business.

Property information

Property:

Leasehold

Lease terms:

This business is being offered on a leasehold basis. There is the opportunity to purchase the freehold of the industrial unit at an additional cost of £100000

Leasehold rent:

£6,000 per annum

Location:

The business is based in the heart of the South Hams in South Devon. An area of outstanding beauty that creates a superb lifestyle opportunity.

Premises details:

Run from an industrial unit, the premesis are impressively converted to provide a superb workspace that houses a wide range of commercial catering equipment. A fully equipped catering kitchen with one 6 burner gas range, one 900cm electric cooker with five burner gas hob, 4 gastronorm fridges, 1 gastronorm freezer, stainless steel work stations, commercial double sink, plastic walling and sealed non slip flooring, large walk in larder and all catering equipment required for the preparation and serving of food.
The catering equipment hire department is very well stocked with a wide range of high, all matching, quality crockery, cutlery, glassware and linen that can supply upto 500 place settings.
All the commercial equipment required to facilitate a high quality service with two dishwashers, cutlery polishing machine, double sink, washing machine, stainless steel work stations, and a 500litre Mega Flow hot water system.
Included in the equipment hire is a very popular high quality hog roasting machine, coffee machines, hot water urns and a refrigerated trailer.
Also included 1 sign written VW Transporter van 2004.

Size in square feet:

1000 sq ft

Other information

Expansion potential:

There is huge potential to expand. As previously mentioned the business is deliberately traded between March and October and turns away many enquiries throughout the year.
With the commercial kitchen only being used for half of the week, Thursday to Saturday, there is a massive opportunity to expand the catering and diversify into other food related areas.

At present the Catering hire business sub contracts all the heavy duty equipment ie cookers, hot cupboards, tables and chairs. There is huge scope to expand into these ranges and substantially increase the income.

Planning consent:

Passed all planning consents, enviromental health and building regulations.

Competition / Market:

This catering and eqipment hire business has been run for 25 years. It has established a very high reputation in the area and continues to provide the owners with a good income each year. With an abundance of work there is huge scope to expand the business both with the catering and the hire service. The business is run by a husband and wife team who choose to trade between March and October. With the business so well known in the area, little advertising is necessary with word of mouth and reccomendation from many sources .

Support & training:

Support and training offered if requested. The owners are happy to continue to work in the business on a consutlancy basis covering all areas of the event catering.

Reasons for selling:

Retirement. After 25 years of successful trading, the Vendors would like to concentrate on a different venture.

Trading hours:

Average working hours 32 - 40 hours per week from March/April through to October

Furniture / Fixtures value:

£20,000 (included in the asking price)

Inventory / Stock value:

£20,000