Landscape Gardening For Sale

Business description

Advent Business Sales is pleased to have been instructed to offer to the market this extremely popular and profitable landscape gardening business.

Founded over 29 years ago by our client, the business is only now being reluctantly offered for sale as he wishes to retire.

The business has received recognition for its excellent design work from both the Chelsea Flower Show and The Royal Horticultural Society with show medals.

Its outstanding reputation has been built up over many years through work commissioned through personal recommendations, in the safe knowledge that the in house staff can be relied upon to achieve superb results.

The size of projects undertaken range from small courtyards to those of several acres. Whatever the size, each is given the same individual care.

The business operates primarily within a 30 mile radius from its premises in Berkshire, an area commonly known as the golden triangle, due to its general affluence.

The business is managed full time by our client, with the assistance of 6 full time on site workers and a part time secretary. Other specialist tradesmen can be employed on an ad hoc case by case basis , as and when required.

Advertising is principally via Yellow Pages and Yell.com in 3 major areas of Slough, Oxford and High Wycombe.

Turnover in the year to 30th June 2008 was £604,077.

We are advised that stock and work in progress is normally approximately £20,000.
REF: 9326SL

FINANCIAL INFORMATION
We have been advised by the vendor of the following:

Annual sales: £604,077
Gross Profit:

Accounts will be made available to interested parties after a viewing has taken place.

Please let us know if you require finance for the purchase of a business.

Property information

Property:

Leasehold

Lease terms:

TENURE: Leasehold
Original lease: 1 year
Remaining lease: 6 mths
Review every: 1 year
Rent: £13,200

We are advised that the annual business rates are currently: Included in rent

Location:

The business has an ideal location in the heart of a garden centre situated in an affluent area of Berkshire. Nearby towns include High Wycombe, Gerrards Cross, Maidenhead, Slough and Beaconsfield.

The area is best accessed from the M4 motorway, which gives excellent road links to the M25 and the M4.

The location has a large car park which can accommodate a huge number of vehicles.

Business Operation

Expansion potential:

Our client clearly has a successful business, it does however, still offer excellent scope to increase both turnover and profits in the future by:
1. More pro active advertising such as canvassing landscape architects directly
2. Increasing the area covered beyond the current 30 mile radius from the premises
3. Offering maintenance contracts to keep the gardens in as good a condition as when they were first completed

Trading hours:

Mon-Fri: 7.30am – 16.30am

Other information

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