Licensed Café Restaurant for sale in thriving Hebden Bridge

• Business for sale £46,000
• Prime, main road trading position
• Affluent area popular with tourists year round
• Recently undergone professional refurbishment throughout  
• Fully fitted, quality fixtures, fittings & equipment
• Dining area over two floors providing 40 covers
• Scope to extend opening to increase sales and maximize profits
• Day-to-day operations predominately managed by staff
• Transferable lease. Reasonable rent and no rates

We welcome to the market The Retreat, an atmospheric café/restaurant in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. A thriving historical milling town which benefits from thousands of tourists every year.

The Retreat is an independent meat-free café and restaurant, offering a popular lunch and evening menu to their 40 covers over two floors. Their welcoming café vibes in the daytime offer a chilled-out space to enjoy the locally sourced menu, made fresh for every order.  The Retreat also offers an impressive bar with draft beers, tailored wines and speciality coffee. The Retreat, on busty Market Street is glass fronted and enjoys a high volume of foot traffic, with a consistent flow of both locals and tourists visiting the area. In the evening the recently renovated, modern dining space offers an evening menu to locals and tourists.

The business was first established in 2022, with the current owners purchasing a closed premises. After heavy investment in the premises to bring all aspects to an extremely high standard and to code, The Retreat opened first as a café only. The evening menu was introduced in June last year and today has regular weekly bookings and a regular local customer base. From opening the daytime café and evening restaurant has grown in popularity with increasing month on month revenue whilst building an excellent reputation and regular client base during its short time of trading.

This business opportunity has now come to the market as the current owners are looking to move away from hospitality and possibly start a family. We trust this will prove a resoundingly successful acquisition, especially for a dedicated owner proprietor to continue to exploit the full potential and derive maximum profits.

The price will include all fixtures and fittings as well as the stock needed to start trading immediately.

Key selling points:

• Professionally decorated space featured on the BBC ‘Interior design masters’
• Unique location, situated in the picturesque Calderdale Valley
• Excellent customer reviews
• Unique positioning in local area as meat-free daytime and evening menus filling a niche locally.
• No investment needed before new ownership to run the business in the same format. See ‘included in sale’ for full details.
• No lease equipment – all owned in full and sold as seen as part of the business sale. This includes furniture.
• Debt free business. No outstanding liabilities.
• Lots of potential for sustainable growth

Scope to improve:

• Increased opening hours
• Promotion of The Retreat as a bar/drinks venue
• Introduction of breakfast menu
• Introduction of a Sunday roast menu
• Introduction of a take-away menu
• Pursuit of catering for private functions

Location:

Excellent location in the heart of the picturesque and busy tourist town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. The Retreat is on Market Street, the main road through Hebden. The business has eye catching signage and receives high levels of footfall and passing trade. There is street parking to the rear and large public car park only a short walk away.

Premises:

Situated in a beautifully presented terraced detached stone built property and occupies the ground and first floor. See floor plan for full details.

Ground floor: Open plan café bar/dining area - 19 covers, large bar, commercial kitchen, store room.

First floor: 26 covers in modern, professionally decorated restaurant, second kitchen, single WC (with permission to convert to two).

External: Refuse storage and Small seating area currently use for staff but with small improvements could seat 6-8 covers.

Tenure:

The business is being sold on a leasehold basis, currently on a 5 year lease. The current rent is £1125 per month paid quarterly.

Hours:

Current trading hours are:

Wednesday and Sunday 11:00 – 17:00

Thursday – Saturday 11:00 – 22:00

Staff

The Retreat has 9 team members comprehensively trained in either front of house or kitchen with an excellent reputation for service and hospitality. Weekdays can be run with one team member front of house and one in the kitchen. Evenings, three team members in the kitchen and one front of house. Two front of house and two in the kitchen at weekends.

Financial profile:

As per the 2023 accounts the business generated a turnover in the region of £70K. Q1 2024 generated £25K turnover. Further financials can be made available upon request. Financial documents by quarter available on request for this business and the previous owners.

Included in sale:

• Two fully equipped and working kitchens and everything you need to run the business immediately. Full sale inventory available including furniture, equipment, crockery and stock. 
• Stock needed to maintain the running of the business immediately (approx. £2000 value).
• EPOS POS system equipment.
• All licences, permits and certificates up to date including gas safe certificate (including boiler) for 2024, electric safe certificate for 2024, fire and security 6 month service completed May 2024, Legionella risk assessment including professional schematic, Bar and food licence for the premises. 
• Transparent payroll with all required work permits for a competent team.
• Full list of current suppliers including negotiated prices where applicable. No outstanding balances.
• Established Facebook and Instagram pages with collective 2.8K followers (at time of posting)
• SEO optimised website. Low monthly fee. Domain hosted by TOGO with option to upgrade to online venue management system.
• Complete professional branding style guide and logo packs
• Option available for 2 week in person hand over from Management team