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Long Acre Garden Centre, Long Acre, High Side, Wisbech St. Mary, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, PE13 4SA

Guide Price
£1,500,000

Business rates & charges may apply

Christie & Co, Retail
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Out-of-town retail property for sale

Key features

  • Circa 6 acre site
  • Potential alternative use
  • 2/3 bed owners bungalow
  • Customer car parking
  • Dec-2023 Profit of £85,000
  • Available with vacant possession and closed business if required
  • Christie & Co Ref: 4211093

Description

Description

Long Acre Garden Centre has been run as an an independent family plant nursery and garden centre for over 20 years, the owners are now looking to retire and are looking to sell the land an property which includes a residential house, a plant centre, large barn and additional land that offers further potential for development, subject to necessary consents.
The site including the owners house is approximately 3.5 acres in size. The vendors would consider selling the site in separate parcels or as one lot.

Location

Long Acre Garden Centre is located in Wisbech St Mary in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire approximately 2 miles west of the town of Wisbech between the B1169 and the A47.
According to the latest census data there are over 427,000 people living within a 25 kilometer radius of the garden centre and the data highlights favourable local demographics with above UK average home ownership and employment.
The business is around 20 miles from the main city of Peterborough.

Owner's Accommodation

Situated on the South West of the site immediately to the right of the entrance on a private plot of around 0.5 acres is the detached owners bungalow, a substantial 2/3 bedroom detached bungalow constructed in around 1995.
The property offers generous accommodation which is light, well presented and energy efficient. The property is designated an agricultural dwelling.

The Opportunity

The owners are happy to sell the land and property with vacant procession and would also be willing to sell the land in a number of parcels.
The business is a successful and profitable plant nursery which could be included in the sale should the incoming purchaser wish to continue to trade as a garden centre / plant nursery.
The site is located to the North West of Wisbech St Mary and is amongst a wide range of properties including a mixture of commercial and residential.
The site has a wide range of potential alternative uses.

Trading Information

Turnover 2022 - £344,154
Gross Profit 2022 - £101,160
Adjusted Net Profit 2022 - £58,549

Turnover 2023 - £415,290
Gross Profit 2023 - £127,098
Adjusted Net Profit 2023 - £85,005

Trading Hours

Monday – Sunday
10am – 4pm

Business Rates

The current rateable value for the business is £15,250. the amount payable for 2023 was less than £2500.

Energy Performance Certificates

EPC 1

Brochures

Long Acre Garden Centre, Long Acre, High Side, Wisbech St. Mary, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, PE13 4SA

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • March Station6.6 miles

About Christie & Co, Retail

Whitefriars House, 6 Carmelite Street, London, EC4Y 0BS

We’re the leading specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses in our sectors - hotels, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, convenience retail, leisure and medical.

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Where we work

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