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Superb Cattery In Southern England For Sale - Ferndown, Dorset, United Kingdom

Asking price: £650,000

Sales revenue: £45,000

Net profit: £35,000

Business description: We are delighted to bring to the market this magnificent example of a boarding cattery which provides 5 star boarding accommodation and has been built to meet the Feline Advisory Bureau top class criteria ensuring the highest degree of comfort, security and hygiene. The business, which was designed and established by us just over ten months ago, is reluctantly being brought to the market due to the desire for a needed lifestyle change. The accommodation is superb and is fully licensed for 60 cats. There are 26 units in total with 20 able to accommodate 2 cats each and 6 being able to accommodate up to 4 cats of the same family. The business enjoys high levels of repeat and regular trade and the turnover is expected to be a very respectable £45,000 for our first full year of trading. Coupled with the comfortable three bedroom main house with gardens and parking, this really is a superb opportunity for new owners to capitalise on an already brilliantly run and well established business. We recommend that early viewing is absolutely essential to fully appreciate this unique lifestyle change and business opportunity. FINANCIAL PROFILE First full year - Turnover expected to be in excess of £45,000. with expected profits of 80% Second year predicting over £60,000pa.

Years established: one

Employees: owner only

Trading hours: Open all year round. 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday 2pm to 6pm Sunday and Bank Holidays. Closed to customers on Christmas Day and New Years Day.

Home based: This business can be run from home.

Property : Freehold

Living accomodation: Set well back from the road in a plot approaching one third of an acre in a very exclusive part of Ferndown and close to the championship golf course. http://www.1golf.eu/en/club/ferndown-golf-club/ The bungalow consists of a large Entrance hall and downstairs toilet, double aspect beamed lounge, open plan beamed kitchen/diner, three double bedrooms all of which have en-suite facilities, stairway access to two large upstairs rooms with expired planning to create impressive master bedroom with full bathroom.

Location: Enjoying a very pleasant setting, the business is located in the Ferndown area of beautiful Dorset, near to Bournemouth and Poole, and close to the New Forest. The main A31 road which is close to the business has direct access to the M27 motorway which links all of the major UK motorway networks and is only a twenty minute drive away.

Expansion potential: As this is only our first full year of trading, it is anticipated that turnover will treble over the next 3 to 4 years as the cattery achieves its full potential.

Competition / Market: There are other catteries in Dorset but few compare to the quality and high standards of this one.

Support & training: Happy to work with new owners for a period of one month. Either to assist with the running of the cattery or to help with the recruitment and training of staff.

This business for sale has a website: www.catteryforsale.net