• Popular high turnover hot and cold food takeaway business
• Spacious shop, kitchens and prep areas
• 4-Bedroom owners flat
• 3 further flats providing additional rental income
• Historic and picturesque market town in the Eden Valley of Cumbria
• Popular high turnover hot and cold food takeaway business
• Spacious shop, kitchens and prep areas
• 4-Bedroom owners flat
• 3 further flats providing additional rental income
• Historic and picturesque market town in the Eden Valley of Cumbria
Business Summary
Popular, busy, long established high turnover fish and chip shop and baguette and salad bar situated in a lovely location close to the centre of this historic market town. The business has been trading for over 30 years and has a top rated reputation across a wide area.
Trading Hours: Fish and Chips - Mon – Sat 11.30am to 1.30pm & 4.30pm to 8.00pm (9.00pm Fri /Sat) and Sunday 4.30pm to 8.00pm
Baguette Bar 8.00am to 1.30pm Mon - Sat
Staff: 2 proprietors, 2 full time and 4 part time
Reasons for sale: Retirement
Competition: No other fish and chip shops in Appleby
Support/ Training: The seller will offer support and training to the buyer.
Turnover: £250,942 (y/e 31/03/2019) net VAT
Full accounts will be made available to bona fide applicants, normally after viewing.
Location
Appleby-in-Westmorland is a picturesque and historic market town set in the scenic Eden Valley with a population of about 2,500 and a large rural catchment area. It is bypassed by the A66 trans-Pennine road, which gives access to Penrith and the M6 motorway, approximately 14 miles to the west and is served by the Settle-Carlisle rail line.
The Property
The property includes the ground floor shop with kitchen and preparation areas, a four-bedroom first floor flat and three additional flats currently let out and an enclosed courtyard with vehicle access.
Accommodation
Main Building
Ground Floor
Shop, 7.08m x 5.15m,
divided into two areas with a baguette and sandwich bar servery and separate fish and chip shop servery and range and associated fixtures.
Kitchen & Preparation Areas, four interlinked rooms, 3,66m x 3.24m, 3.68m x 3.60m, 3.91m x 2.72m and 3.15m x 4.00m
with a range of catering equipment including a range, potato peelers, stainless steel sink units and worktops, commercial washer, microwaves fridges, freezers, fryers etc.
Utility Room.
WC
First Floor Flat
Access via Courtyard from external stairs onto outside veranda.
Hall
Spacious Living Room, 3.86m x 10.04m, with French windows onto timber balcony.
Bedroom 1, 2.24m x 5.06m.
Bedroom 2, 3.16m x 4.03m.
Bedroom 3, 4.52m x 5.02m including en-suite shower room with WC and wash hand basin.
Bathroom with bath and shower, WC and wash hand basin.
Bedroom 4, 3.75m x 2.06m.
Annexe Building
Ground Floor
Store, 4.78m x 5.09m.
Flat 1 (Ivy) with Kitchen/ Living Room and Bedroom with en-suite shower.
First Floor
Accessed via two external timber staircases onto balcony.
Flat 2 (Church View) with Living Room, Kitchen and Stairs to Second Floor with 2 Bedrooms and a Shower Room.
Flat 3 (Lady Lora) with Kitchen/ Living Room and Bedroom with en-suite shower.
Outside Courtyard
Vehicle access via double timber doors onto main road and access to flats, stores and outbuildings including covered stores and dog shed.
All references to areas and dimensions are deemed to be approximate.
Services
We are advised that mains water, electricity, gas and drainage are connected to the property. No warranty is given regarding the working order of any appliances or services referred to in these particulars.
Tenure
We are advised the property is freehold.
Occupational Agreements
The three flats in the Annexe Building are let producing an additional income of £12,468 per annum.
Rates
Description in list: Shop & Premises
Rateable Value: £4,150
Council Tax (flats): Band A
The property qualifies for 100% small business rates relief.
Fixtures & Fittings
Included in the sale is an inventory of trade fixtures, fittings, equipment and furnishings. Any items not included in these particulars or the inventory are excluded. Stock will be valued separately and taken on completion.
Energy Performance Certificate
To follow
Vat & Stamp Duty
All reference to price, premium or rent are deemed to be exclusive of VAT unless expressly stated otherwise. Stamp duty is liable at the prevailing rates.
Finance
If you require financial assistance, we can refer you to a local professional who can advise on sources of finance and prepare a business plan which most lenders now require.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with the sole agents, Mere Commercial. Tel. 017684 83498. E-mail. [email protected] Date 11/10/2021
Please complete the form below to request a viewing for this property including your name, postal address, telephone number and email and in the comments box any relevant additional information such as whether you have a property to sell and/or require finance and for a letting property your proposed use.
Arrangements for viewings vary from property to property. Viewings will be accompanied by our client or our representative and times are subject to their availability and where a property is tenanted, the tenant’s availability. In the comments box, please provide some alternative days and times with a few days’ notice, if possible, and we will arrange a mutually convenient time. Alternatively, call us on 017684 83498.
