Financial Times FT.com

Resources

Advert Details

Price Reduced Hardware Toys Gifts & Cards Business For Sale

(Ref: 8780LU)

Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Financials

Asking price: £59,500

Sales revenue: £150,000

Net profit: Undisclosed

Fixtures value: Undisclosed

Stock value: Undisclosed

Photograph of this business for sale
 

Business description
Advent Business Sales have been instructed to offer for sale this delightful hardware store which was established some 31 years ago with the current vendor in ownership for the last 2 years.

The owner has now decided to sell to persue other interests.

The store retails a vast range of goods including:
- Cigarettes
- Hardware
- Stationery and cards
- Confectionery and sweets
- Toys
- House wares
- Haberdashery
- Paints
- Tools
- Plumbing goods
- Gardening tools
- Mats & brushes
- Electrical components
- Light bulbs
- Fireworks
- Timber
- LPG gas- official distributors
- Plants
- Car Accessories
- Power tools
- Bicycle, spares & repairs

Stock at cost is in the region of £50,000.

The dry cleaning service provides approx £900 per month.

The business has a full Epos system which monitors the sale of goods.
The sheer size of the premises would excite any serious buyer with an imaginative mind as to other goods and services that could be retailed in this quality affluent village of approximately 2,000 wealthy households. Harlington village has a further 1,000 homes with thousands more planned to be built in the coming years.
ref:8780LU

Trading hours: Mon – Fri: 9.00am – 5.30pm, Wed: 9.00am – 1.00pm, Sat: 9.00am – 5.00pm

Property: Leasehold


Lease terms
TENURE: Leasehold Original lease: 15 years Remaining lease: 13 years (renewable) Review every: 5 years Rent: £12,500 We are advised that the annual business rates are currently: £6,500

Living accomodation
Located in a smart parade, this lock up unit is approximately 1700 sq ft and has a 300 sq ft office premises to the rear. There is a driveway to the side and a gas bottle store. The retail sales space is well laid out over a split level floor with all the appropriate racking shelving and display units for all the relevant products that are being sold.

Location
Our client is located in a parade of shops in the affluent village of Toddington located at junction 12 off the M1 motorway.

The parade has ample customer car parking space to the front and draws the public from many wealthy villages within the surrounding areas.

Expansion potential
The business presents scope to expand the sales on security products, garden furniture and provide key cutting services.

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

Related documents

PDF document icon Document



<< Back to businesses for sale list

Photograph of this business for sale Photograph of this business for sale

powered by BusinessesForSale.com