Asking price: £350,000

Sales revenue: £350,000

Net profit: £120,000

Fixtures value: Undisclosed

Stock value: Undisclosed

Business description
This well-organised, full service professional florist school has been serving the London area since 2003 and would be perfect for someone who loves the arts, wants to create their own schedule and who loves to work in a creative, fun, and extremely rewarding environment. Anyone can learn to be a floral designer and create stunning flower arrangements and the floral school offers short intensive courses in floristry, flower arranging and floral design.

This internationally renowned and unique Flower School in the UK is situated in the heart of London, and offers a unique opportunity for students who are keen to develop their skills and talents with flowers. This school also specialises in training foreign students and also arranges temporary accommodation for them.

The florist school gives quality training on creating different flower arranging styles, including traditional and contemporary floral designs, wedding flowers and flower arrangements for special occasions. This school has taught thousands of students from many different countries all around the world and provides various courses covering the floral and artistic side of the business, including all up to date techniques, plus business for floristry, covering all elements of running a floral business. They provide weekly refreshers, 2 weekly courses, monthly courses, 6 weekly courses and workshops.

This business also provides unique and imaginative Floral Design Services for various functions and events offering professional services that cater to their customers, always striving to make them happy.

There is a great opportunity for a new owner to grow this business considerably.

Customer Service:

Excellent customer retention achieved through customer loyalty based on customer satisfaction and loyalty with students attending courses from all over the World.

Key Strengths:

The business is both profitable and very well established. It enjoys an excellent reputation for providing a range of all round quality training, work experience and certification to students. It has an excellent reputation as one of the leading florist schools in the market.

Financial Information:

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

The business is financially stable with low overheads, positive cash flow, high gross and high net profit and has shown consistent growth over the years of trading. The current turnover is circa £350,000 with a net profit of circa £120,000.

Years established: 2003

Relocatable: This business can be relocated.

Property: Leasehold

Lease terms
The rent is currently circa £21,000 per annum with rates applicable circa £8,000 per annum, however the school could easily be located almost anywhere in the UK.

Location
The business occupies a modern extremely well maintained first floor unit, located in the heart of London. The premises are leasehold which is renewable. The rent is currently circa £21,000 per annum with rates applicable circa £8,000 per annum, however the school could easily be located almost anywhere in the UK.

Competition / Market
There are no proactive sales or marketing activities undertaken and all work is secured by recommendation and referral. A large percentage of new clients derive from referrals and the business regards existing clients as their best advertisers. The unrivalled reputation of the business ensures that its products are recognised by the most affluent of clients. The business has an informative website which allows the user to find out details regarding the business and the range of courses and floral design service for different occasion on offer. The business has found that the site has performed well and consistent growth will be achieved by building on this success. The business also benefits from its foreign agents.

Support & training
The Vendor will ensure there is a smooth transfer of the business to the successful purchaser.

Reasons for selling
The owner is moving abroad following the successful handover of the business to pursue different opportunities.