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Windsor Place Cards & Gifts, 12-14 Windsor Place, Liskeard, Cornwall, United Kingdom, PL14 4BH

Guide Price
£65,000

Business rates & charges may apply

Christie & Co, Retail
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SECTOR

Shop for sale

Key features

  • Town centre location, double shop unit
  • C.1498sqft trading area plus basement storage
  • 58% gross profit
  • Potential to add further product lines
  • Retirement sale
  • Long established card and gift shop. EPC: D
  • Christie & Co Ref: 3217123

Description

Description

Occupying a corner position on the main high street in the centre of Liskeard, forming the ground and lower ground floor of a period building. The business benefits from significant window frontage, which is ideal for displays and advertising.

The ground floor boasts a spacious retail area incorporating two units with further ancillary and office space on the lower ground floor.

Location

Liskeard is a busy Cornish town 14 miles from Plymouth and 17 miles from St. Austell. Situated off the main A38 route through Cornwall. The business is in the main town centre occupying a corner position.

Internal Details

The store is accessed via the left unit door, leading into a light a spacious feeling shop. The two point service counter is central to the left, giving ample space for customers to browse and shop.

Selling a huge range of cards across numerous display gondolas and quality gifts including jewellery, games, jigsaw puzzles, mugs, photo frames and soft toys, plus a wide selection of quality gift wrap, gift boxes, helium balloons and party goods.

Fixtures & Fittings

We are advised that all fixtures and fittings are included in the sale.

External Details

Forming part of a period building, the shop offers five large display windows on the main road. There is local on street parking with the main town centre car park 100 yards away.

The Opportunity

A fantastic opportunity for someone to become a business owner in this thriving town centre. Offering a quality lifestyle change to a beautiful part of the country and to purchase a well run store.

The current owners have run the business for the last 18 years servicing the local community and now plan to retire.

Offering a wide range of products providing a number of different revenue streams from traditional cards to a variety of gifts for all occasions. There is consistent local trade along with potential increasing during the summer time due to Cornwall's huge tourism economy. The sale also includes the web address adding the potential for strong e-commerce to the business as well.

Trading Information

Accounts show an annual turnover of £172,000 with a gross profit of 58%.

Trading Hours

Monday to Saturday 9.30am - 5pm.

Tenure

The business is being sold on a leasehold basis.

Business Rates

Current rateable value from April 2023 is £7,900.

Energy Performance Certificates

EPC 1

Brochures

Windsor Place Cards & Gifts, 12-14 Windsor Place, Liskeard, Cornwall, United Kingdom, PL14 4BH

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Liskeard Station0.5 miles
  • Coombe Station0.9 miles
  • St. Keyne Station2.1 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.

If you’re looking to buy or sell a business in our specialist sectors – from a pharmacy in Sussex to a hotel in Austria – our expert advice and collaborative support will help you achieve your goals. You may be an independent first-time buyer or a multinational adding to your portfolio; either way, you’ll discover that our personalised service is focused on helping you achieve your ambitions.

Clients have access to our carefully managed network of potential buyers. This unique database of contacts has been continually developed by our advanced IT capabilities and benefits from both our years of experience developing our network and our wide geographical coverage.

Where we work

We employ the largest team of sector specialists in the UK and the largest group of hotel specialists in Europe, providing professional brokerage and advisory services from offices in major cities across Britain and Europe. And because we’ve been doing this for over 80 years, we know our sectors and local markets inside out. We work closely with our clients to guide and conclude transactions of any size, covering hotels, restaurants and pubs, leisure, forecourts and convenience retail businesses, social care and elderly care, childcare & education facilities, dental practices and pharmacies.

Our professional services

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What makes us tick

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