Somerset Superbly Presented Cafe Takeaway For Sale

Business description

Highlights:
• 40 Covers Plus A Sandwich Round
• Fully Refurbished And Spacious 2 Bed Accommodation
• Very Prominent Corner Site In Busy Thoroughfare
• Long Established And Profitable Business
• Opportunity To Extend Hours And Turnover
• Early Viewing Recommended Unreservedly

LOCATION:
The business is located in a very prominent corner position in the thriving village of Alcombe, which was subsumed into the larger town of Minehead in 1953. Alcombe stands on the main A39 trunk road bringing traffic from both Bridgwater and Taunton in the East and Porlock, Lynton, Lynmouth and Barnstaple in the West. Dunster with its famous castle is close by as is the Exmoor National Park including ‘Doone Valley’ associated with R D Blackmore’s ‘Lorna Doone’.

The commercial heart of the village benefits from a good range of shops and facilities including a Co-operative store, post office, chemist, hair and beauty salons etc and a nearby large secondary school also ensures a heavy footfall both in terms of students as well as parents dropping off and picking up during term times.

The area incorporates a mixture of residential and holiday related accommodation and attracts a substantial number of visitors during the year.

BUSINESS:
This exceptionally well presented business trades as a café, hot food takeaway, retail bakery and sandwich shop with an additional wholesale trade supplying sandwiches and freshly baked cakes and savouries including buffets to a good number of local garages, shops and tearooms. Offering 40 covers in total (16 in the café, 14 in the rear courtyard, 4 under the attractive glazed canopy at the front of the premises and 6 at the coffee bar) the café offers a delightful menu encompassing all day breakfasts, main meals, sandwiches and wraps, baguettes and paninis, pasties and savouries, salads, light bites, cakes and desserts and a wide range of beverages.

All cakes and meringues are made on the premises using proprietary recipes which will be sold with the business. Pasties, sausage rolls and other savouries are currently bought in frozen and then oven cooked.

The current owners have invested heavily in the property as well as the equipment, fixtures and fittings and we cannot stress too highly that interested parties should arrange an early viewing to appreciate fully what is on offer.

At present the vendors choose not to open at all at weekends and have reduced the number of sandwich and delivery rounds undertaken and we feel that energetic new owners could increase both turnover and profitability very significantly should they so wish.

YEARS ESTABLISHED:
The business was acquired by the current owners in 2001 as a sandwich shop. We understand that a business had traded in that format for at least 5 years previously.

TRADE:
Please note that if a business is VAT registered, all figures exclude VAT.
Sales of £114,436 were achieved in the year ended 31 July 2009

NET PROFIT:
An abridged profit of £27,493 was achieved in the year ended 31 July 2009

REASON FOR SALE:
Retirement sale

STAFF:
The business is currently being operated with the assistance of two full-time staff and a part time delivery driver who works mornings only. Weekly wages are of the order of £510 plus employers’ national insurance equating to an annual cost of c £28,000.

OPENING HOURS:
Mondays to Fridays: 7.30am to 4.00pm
Saturdays and Sundays: Closed

Traditionally the owners have closed the business for 2-3 weeks over the Christmas and New Year.

It can be seen therefore, that there is considerable scope to increase hours to take advantage of the weekend and seasonal tourist trade.

BUSINESS PREMISES:
(all sizes are approximate & should be considered 'nominal'.)
End of terrace period property of brick construction under a pitched and tiled roof. Laid out over two floors originally, the property has been upgraded throughout with a professionally installed attic conversion completed in April 2009 adding a further floor to extend the spacious, superbly presented and self contained residential accommodation above the commercial premises.

Adjoining the rear of the main building a single storey extension houses a disabled WC facility serving the café and rear courtyard and a bakehouse/ preparation room.

The corner plot is large and also accommodates a detached garage to the rear, a large hard standing capable of accommodating 5-6 vehicles, a private side garden and a large wooden shed used as a dry store.

A feature of the terrace of properties is the wrought iron and glass canopy to the front elevation which serves to enhance the overall presentation of this business and property in particular, standing as it does on a corner and having thereby a dual aspect. The wide canopy provides shelter and space for a table and seating accommodating 4 covers to the front of the shop.

A step up from the street gives access to an extra wide, half glazed, wooden entrance door with glazed panel over, which opens into:

Main Shop (3.5m x 5.2m):

Commercial Kitchen (3.9m approx x 3.7m approx):

From the bakery a passageway leading to the main café area has been fitted out to provide a:

Coffee Bar Facility (5.8m x 1.3m):

Main Café Seating Area (4.7m x 3.6m):

Rear Courtyard (7.0m x 4.3m approx):

Attached to the rear of the main building is a single storey extension of brick construction under a pitched and tiled roof. This building forms one side of the courtyard. Wooden doors give access to:

Disabled WC (1.9m x 1.4m):

Bakehouse/Preparation Room (1.9m approx x 5.2m plus depth of walk in refrigerator):

Note:
Where items of equipment and appliances are mentioned, no warranty is given or implied as to their operational condition.

PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION:
(all sizes are approximate & should be considered 'nominal'.)
The private accommodation is wholly self-contained and is accessed through a wooden gate to the side of the commercial premises which also gives access to the private garden and the commercial kitchen. To the side elevation a wooden stable type door with 6 obscure glazed panels opens into:

Lobby:

Half Landing:

Family Bathroom (2.6m max x 1.9m max):

From the half landing carpeted stairs with dado rail and handrail rise to:

Large Hall:

Main Bedroom (3.9m x 3.6m approx):

Lounge (5.1m x 3.9m approx):

Kitchen (3.6m x 2.7m plus alcove recesses):

From the hall carpeted stairs with turn rise to the second floor to a high quality loft conversion completed in April 2009. A galleried landing forms part of:

Office (4.2m x 2.5m max):

Bedroom 2 (6.4m x 2.4m max):

OUTSIDE:
The property stands on a substantial corner plot being rectangular in shape. The residential accommodation and its adjacent garden may be accessed from the front through a wooden gate and to the rear through wooden double gates from a private road leading to adjacent properties. The side boundary is walled with fence panels over.

To the rear stands a detached large single garage of brick construction under a pitched and tiled roof. There is an up and over door to the front elevation and pedestrian access through a wooden door to the side elevation. Light and power is connected.

Adjacent to the garage is a large hard standing capable of accommodating 5-6 vehicles.

The hard standing gives access to the private garden (4.2m wide approx) which incorporates a sizeable patio/seating area laid to shale chippings with a flower border to the front end further stocked with a number of mature shrubs.

Property information

Property:

Freehold