Profitable Ice Cream & Dessert Parlour Freehold Business & Property for Sale in North Shields

Key Features

• Highly profitable and well established business
• Weekly Sales Avg. £3,500-£3,900
• Net Profit 85% Net income TBC
• FREEHOLD Opportunity
• Prime location with easy access and parking
• Excellent reputation and online reviews

Viewings

Any viewings for the business and property are to be made strictly by appointment only through A1 Businesses for Sale and no approach should be made directly to the owner or any of their employees.

The Location

A highly sought-after freehold property in a prime North Shields location in the North East of England, just 5 minutes drive from Tynemouth Beach. Positioned directly adjacent to North Shields Metro Station, next to the North Tyneside Bus Station, and on a bustling high street surrounded by national brands including B&M, Greggs, Costa, Home Bargains, and ASDA.

Business Description

Glace Dreams is a modern, high-impact ice cream and dessert parlour that brings together award-winning flavours under one roof, creating a destination experience rather than just a shop. Known for specialising in premium coffee and authentic Uji matcha, the brand attracts a wide audience, from families and students to coffee lovers and dessert enthusiasts.

Perfectly located in the heart of North Shields, just seven minutes from Tynemouth Beach, the business benefits from strong footfall and a prime catchment area with no direct competition, making it an outstanding opportunity for a new owner to grow an already established brand. They are recognised for serving some of the largest milkshakes, frappes, iced lattes and matcha drinks in the UK, making it a social-media-friendly destination and repeat-visit hotspot.

The shop is ahead of its time, featuring a stylish, modern interior combined with customer-friendly technology, including a self-ordering kiosk system and five 42-inch LED screens with fully editable digital menus, ensuring smooth operations and strong visual appeal.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a fully set-up, visually striking, and scalable dessert business that appeals to all age groups and is ready for further expansion.

Business Premises

The ground floor business premises incorporates the shop trading area with stairs leading to the first floor which incorporates the internal storage, kitchenette and toilet. There is internal garage space to the rear of the property. The following key features have been newly implemented by the landlord:

• Full roof replacement (installed, certified, and under warranty)
• Fully repointed building
• Solar panels with Huawei battery storage optimiser
• Bird mesh installed
• App included with energy analytics
• 10 year warranty including MSC certification, HIES Membership Certification, DNO approval
• Full building rewired and certified

Fixtures & Fittings & Equipment

• £3,000 CCTV system installed: 13 cameras (Annke / Hikvision) NightChroma 4K HD night vision
• Largest drink offering in the UK at 52oz from America: Milkshakes, frappes, iced lattes, sundaes
• Premium matcha sourced from Uji, Japan
• Self-service kiosk with Kitchen Display System (KDS): Card processing rates: 0.3% debit 0.5% credit
• TurboChef Oven 13 amp plugs with ingredients stored
• Sonos One
• 70 Pan 800L freezer for ice cream tubs
• Brand new Expobar EX3 (2 Group) Compact Tall (PID Display) Traditional Espresso Coffee Machine (White) (£3k)
• Atom W75 grinder with custom SSP red speed burr (aftermarket) Top of the range. Maximum rating is 10,000lbs espresso = 4000-4500KG coffee beans)
• Brand new Daikin Air Conditioner with Heat pump. Available to blow cold and hot air.

• 5 x 42-inch indoor TV to display menu (cost £450 vat each)
• 2x 49-inch indoor TV to display menu to outside traffic (£2.3K vat each). This has been helpful in promoting product and generating sales every day. Bus stops right Infront of the shop as there’s a traffic light.
• 12x gastronomy pan – GN 1/6 Depth Pan 150mm
• 6x gastronomy pan – GN 1/3 Depth Pan 150mm
• Over 90 stainless steel scoops
• 1x Stainless Steel table from China (Custom design)
• 10x stainless steel chair from China (Custom design)
• Polar Ice Maker Polar U-Series UA037 Automatic Self Contained Ice Machine 20KG / hr
• POS System including 2 card readers (one for POS and One for self-service kiosk –Total POS worth £3K)
• MCB printer connected to POS (£349 inc VAT)
• Self Service Kiosk for customers to order quickly in an event of a rush
• 3x Vitamix Ascent 2500(i) Blenders including jugs
• 4 case of syrup pump case holder
• Coffee built in pitcher rinse
• 4x cup holder for both milkshake cups and lids. Coffee cup holder for both cup and lids
• 3 Tefcold undercounter auto defrost fridge
• 1 Tefcold undercounter auto defrost freezer
• 3x AHT 210 AHT Boston Freezer that stores up to 75 ice cream with additional storage in each freezer. All freezer had LED lights upgrade from
• AHT official manufacturer to display the ice cream
• Polaris Oasis Water dispenser for Iced Tea / Iced AmericanO
• Adjustable dispensing water metric volume
• Perfect 55 Instant Hot water for sink, washing. UK’s smallest water heater with small footprint
• Perfect 35 for 1st floor toilet for hand washing
• £3k state of the art shelves installed on 1st floor to present the stock room
• Karcher Scrubber Drier (£2.8K brand new) for quick floor scrubbing, cleaning and vacuuming

Sales Information

Current taking on average in winter (quiet period / 1-2k a week) / summer (3.5-3.9k a week – averaging 85% margin). This is based on 1st year sale without any marketing.
There’s £0 marketing spent.
Total sales from 18th November 2024 – 25th January 2026 (The business started on 18th November 2024) = £99081.62 over 433 days (£99081.62 / 433 days since operating = £228.82 daily average)
£228.82 x 365 = £83521.45 per year @ 87% margin = £72663.23 profit per year based on actual sales.

Sales does not include Just Eat and Uber Eat (pricing are 40% higher than menu) for the sole purpose of marketing.
Business has not reached maturity.
Expected profit to be over £120K this year 2026. Expected ROI based on £300K Freehold business sales = (2-3 years year on year)

Opportunity

Everything is in place for a new owner to step in and start trading immediately, with significant potential to expand the menu, branding, delivery channels, and multiple locations. There is further opportunity to increase revenue by introducing other services to the premises or extending the opening hours past the current closing time.

Trading Information

1 year of trading accounts can be made available following a viewing of the business and premises.

Rateable Value: £8,600
The rateable value is used to calculate your rates bill so this is not the amount you will pay

Staff Employed

The business has no employees with all trading hours shared between the owner and his wife.

Trading Hours

Monday to Saturday 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday 11:00am to 6:00pm

Premises Licence

No licence to sell alcohol

Property Type

A3/A4/A5 Restaurant and Cafes/Drinking Establishments and Hot Food takeaways

EPC Rating

Energy Rating D valid until 1 May 2034

Tenure

Freehold Only

Business Measurements

Ground floor retail zone 43.16m² (464ft²)
First floor internal storage 37.79m² (406ft²)

Total floor 80.95m² (871ft²)