Offers Invited Plantation Establishment Of High End Gastronomy For Sale

Business description

Worldwide Plantation Establishment of High End Gastronomic Commodity

This is truly a unique opportunity to acquire the ownership of a business which has never before become available on the open market. The company was established in 2001 and was incorporated in 2005 by the owner. It was founded on significant technological advances in the production of one of the worlds leading “high end” gastronomic commodities. It is the premier cultivation company in the world for this commodity and has a growing global reputation.

The company is based on advanced cultivation systems using technology that has been in development since 2001 and requires specific treatment in order to cultivate the commodity successfully. This is a very profitable pursuit, but to be successful the approach must be informed and tailored to the particular site. This company is at the forefront of such cultivation technologies and offer their partners advice, yearly assesments, expertise and allow access to their data sets. They have simply turned this type of cultivation into a scientific, informed and reliable pursuit with the benefits to their partners of greater yields and increased harvest reliability.

Up to date the company has, with the help of their partners, planted circa 70 hectares of trees for cultivation since 2005. Each hectare will return circa £3-13,000 yield in its first year rising to £70,000 yield per year depending on how well the trees are managed and the type of soil substance they are planted in. The commodity takes on average five years to mature and the first expected harvest is in Autumn 2011. Each year, with new partners investing in the scheme, an expected growth of circa 30 -50 hectares will be planted. It takes the company just one year to cultivate a plant in their own grounds and then they are ready for transporting and planting to give circa 50 years of yield.

This high end gastronomic commodity is in great demand around the world and the average price has increased annually over the past twenty years by circa 4.4% each year. With demand set to rise for the foreseeable future the company is perfectly poised to fill a gap in the market which exists currently and going forward.

This is a business that has scientifically and technologically advanced the production and cultivation of this high end commodity. With current demand exceeding the availability of this desirable product, and the forecast set to continue to fulfill the needs of restaurants worldwide, the future for this company is extremely healthy. Once the trees begin to harvest a constant income will be forthcoming each year for a circa fifty year lifespan.

Equipment

All of the scientific and technological data for the production of this high end commodity is included in the sale of the business. It also includes all of the transferable partnership agreements in place

Key Strengths.

• Thorough Scientific research and Technological advancements successfully carried out to achieve increased harvests and reliability
• One of the worlds largest research networks in its specialist field
• Global network of client/partner plantations in place
• First harvest due Autumn 2011
• Continuous growing income stream
• Low overheads
• Desirable and much sought after item
• Forecast for growth in the foreseeable future
• Current demand exceeding availability
• Work in progress for a further exciting development

Financial Information:

The business is being offered for sale on a going concern basis, all financial discussions will take place directly between the vendor and all interested parties under the auspices of Turner Butler.

The company at present has partnerships in place with plantations of circa 70 hectares. Each hectare will yield circa £16k – £70k each year dependent on conditions. The company takes circa 30% of each years harvest yield value. They expect to plant a further 30-50 heactares each year for the foreseeable future. The income stream for the company at present comes solely from plant sales, a large number of companies specialist plants are sold in garden centres, nationwide.

Property information

Location:

Relocatable. The business operates from an office and laboratory in the owners home with large rented glass houses (fully serviced) in Cheshire, for specialist plant production. The business is re locatable.

Business Operation

Expansion potential:

Each year, for the first four years, the harvest from each hectare will increase until it reaches its maximum yield. Each plant can produce a harvest for up to fifty years. As the company enters into new partnerships each year and the plants mature to give their annual harvest, the turnover and profits of the company will rise accordingly with little or no increase in overheads. The owner understands that a wider network of sales agents and contacts need to be implemented worldwide bringing on board more partners.

Reasons for selling:

The owner of the business is by occupation a scientist and his passion is to work in his chosen scientific field. More and more of his time is being spent on business matters and finance which is not his area of expertise or his chosen path. He has already begun working on a further advancement in cultivation and plantation of another high end commodity but is being sidetracked by his other commitments. There is the option to retain the founder as a partner or shareholder in the business looking after the scientific and technological areas within the company whilst the new owners or partners would run the commercial side of the business.

Employees:

There are three employees within the company including the owner who has a science degree in this specialist field. He also looks after the daily running of the company. An Ecologist looks after all of the research and there is a full time administration clerk

Years established:

2001

Other information

Support & training:

The vendor would be happy to help with a smooth transfer of the business in any way possible.

Relocatable:

This business can be relocated.