Cafe for sale

Freshers Cafe is a well regarded and long established business. Situated on the edge of the town centre, set amongst a healthy mix of other traders, that is well placed attracting an excellent blend of local and visitor trade. Ambleside is highly popular and extremely busy Lakeland town in the Lake District National Park which is now an UNESCO World Heritage Centre which enjoys high levels of visitors throughout the year. The position also enables high levels of footfall past the front door. A highly popular and very well established Leasehold business operating as a successful restaurant selling a delightful range of homemade food including a variety of cakes, with warming teas and coffee.

A highly regarded and popular business with a healthy mixture of both local and visitor trade throughout the year. This sale represents an excellent business opportunity to take over an already thriving successful business with excellent turnover and profit margins. The Business is sold with all fixtures and fittings and Stock at Valuation.

Enviably positioned and excellent lock up premises. Located in a superb position as the first café entering the village from the south part of a small development of 3 units set around an attractive
courtyard design. With in an original substantial stone built Lakeland barn. Conveniently positioned next to a carpark and only a short level walk to all the varied amenities of this highly popular Lakeland
Town.

Business
Internally the property has seating for circa 22 with superb fully functioning commercial kitchen and serving area. Separate WC. Whilst externally there is additional seating for around 30 people. Excellent trading accounts available to genuine interested parties. Operating well in excess of the VAT threshold. The business operates 11 months of the year and generally 6 day per week Tuesday to Sunday 9am – 5pm.

Staff
Currently operating with two full time staff and a small team of part time staff.

Tenure
Leasehold. An original 6 year lease from 28/8/2021. Current rent of £11,000 pa. On FRI terms. Rent review every three years.

Directions
On entering Ambleside on the A591 proceed through the traffic lights at Waterhead, continue past HayesGarden Centre on the left. Proceed onto the one way system at Wansfell Road when you reach the bottom turn right onto Rothay Road and Freshers cafe is the on the left hand side slightly set back from the road.

Rateable Value
£13,750 with small business relief £1,800.

Services
Mains water, electric and drainage.

Anti Money Laundering Regulations (AML)

Due to the Money Laundering Regulations, now officially known as Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017 we are required to follow government legislation and carry out identification checks on all purchasers. We use a specialist third party company to conduct these checks at a charge of £40 + VAT per buyer once an offer has been accepted and you will be unable to proceed with the purchase of the property until these checks have been carried out. This charge is non-refundable.