Business description

Advent Business Sales is pleased to offer to the market this extremely well established quality outside catering business which is run from home.

The business, which was founded by our clients over 26 years ago is only now being reluctantly offered for sale as they wish to retire.

The business provides top end catering with revenue coming from weddings, funerals, private dinner parties, corporate events, BBQ’s, hog roasts and a jazz festival, most functions take place during the weekends.

Advertising is restricted to the free adverts in both Yellow Pages and Thompsons, most work therefore arrives by repeat orders and referrals. Engagements are also currently restricted to Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

The business is run by a husband and wife team, who each work on average 25 hours per week. Additional staff are employed on a casual as and when required basis, thus keeping overheads low.

Food is always freshly prepared, is prepped at their own catering facilities and finished off on site. The business is fully equipped for purpose and includes:
• Trailer cold store
• Chest freezer
• Chest chiller
• Turbo fan oven
• 4 ring gas cooker – bottled gas
• Dishwasher
• 1 large ring gas burner
• Stainless steel prep area
• double stainless steel sink
• BBQ 2 x 4’ 6”
• 1 x pig roast machine
• 250 place settings
• 2 x burco hot boilers
• 1 x freezer

Stock is minimal at cost of only approximately £500.

The vendors are prepared to conduct a reasonable hand over period to give introductions to the many customers who have arranged events into the future.
This is an ideal starter venture opportunity for a personal or a couple with catering knowledge who wish to work from home and still retain a good standard of living.
REF: 9323HP

Property information

Property:

Freehold

Location:

Our clients are ideally located in the heart of an affluent village in Buckinghamshire, which is central for the area covered by their business

The house has space for off road parking for 5 cars.

Premises details:

Spacious semi detached property on a large plot with lettable self contained side annex and separate business storage and kitchen facilities, briefly comprising of:
Ground Floor
• Entrance hall with understairs w/c and radiator
• Dining room with original flooring , 2 wall lights, radiator
• Lounge with wood burning stove and radiator
• Conservatory off with double doors leading to extensive (165 foot long) attractive garden with brick built outhouse, oil tank, separate side
annex with living kitchen, shower room and w/c
• Galley kitchen with roof velux, side office with internet access
First Floor
• Stairs with under window cupboard
• Master bedroom with built in cupboards, radiator, dual aspect and views
• 2 further double bedrooms both overlooking rear garden – 1 with built in cupboard. Both with radiators
• Bathroom with 3 piece set and shower over the bath
• Airing cupboard in the hall
• Access to loft

The house benefits from having secondary unit double glazing, 2 large side sheds, one for storage and one with a fully operational kitchen.

Other information

Expansion potential:

Our clients clearly have a successful business which is run to suit their personal lifestyles, and as such, offers excellent scope to increase both turnover and profits substantially for an enthusiastic and committed purchaser by:
1. Having its own dedicated web site
2. Extend the work area beyond the 3 counties presently covered
3. Approach more businesses to organise corporate events and buffets
4. Advertise more to make people aware of their services
5. Approach local senior schools to do the catering at proms and balls

Trading hours:

As required by customers, but mostly at weekends.

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