St Michael's Stores, Post Office & Deli, Milton Road, Shipton-Under-Wychwood, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX7 6BD

The business occupies a prime position within an affluent village in the Cotswolds. The store is within close proximity to Wychwood Primary School and the Wychwood Inn Hotel and Restaurant. St Michael's Stores offers great transport links being positioned on a bus route and with a bus stop located outside the front entrance, as well as having Shipton Train Station approximately half a mile away. The nearby A361 provides access to neighbouring towns/villages such as Burford and Chipping Norton and links to the A40, taking you into the city of Oxford itself, which is approximately 16 miles away.

The business trading area covers approximately 1,425 square feet and comprises several refrigerators, upright and chest style freezers with gondolas used to display dry goods. The store offers consumers a variety of products such as beers, wines and tobacco, to household products, groceries and fresh fruit, to newspapers, magazines, confectionery and delivery/courier services. There are in total three cashier desks positioned to the right-hand side of the shop. Two of the cashier desks are allocated to the convenience store, and the other as the local Post Office desk. Finally, to the rear of the premises is a storeroom, staff wc, and the Deli Counter offering freshly made sandwiches, sub rolls and baguettes as well as a coffee machine.

Services include:

• Travel Money
• Payzone
• Cash Pay In/Withdrawal
• Dry Cleaning
• National Lottery
• Off License
• Post Office
• Newspaper Delivery

An inventory of all fixtures and fittings will be made available to potential buyers following the acceptance of a proceedable offer and prior to the exchange of contracts.

Externally, the store benefits from off street parking in the form of 5 x parking bays directly outside the store for consumers use only and because of this also offers disabled access. There is additional land to the side of the shop to potentially extend the store (subject to planning permission being granted by the local authority).

The 1950’s built three-bedroom two storey house sitting at approximately 1,184 square feet and offers off road parking. Split across the two-storey building is:

Ground Floor Accommodation:

• Lounge
• Dining Room (currently being used as an additional bedroom)
• Downstairs WC
• Fitted Kitchen with some integral appliances
• Storage

First Floor Accommodation:

• First Floor Landing
• Family Bathroom
• Three good sized bedrooms

St Michael's Store offers four separate entities of the business, the Newsagents, the Off License, the Post Office and the Delicatessen. The delicatessen has only recently been reinstated and offers a purchaser scope to build on the work of the current owners. The store offers the capacity to be extended (subject to planning from the local authority). The existing owners are now looking to retire and the turnover reflects the reduction of 4 hours worth of trading per day. However, it is still currently taking an average weekly turnover of c.£12,000 per week.

The business currently employs two staff members. A staff schedule is available on request.

2024 trading accounts are currently being generated, we are in receipt of 2023 trading accounts. These can be provided upon request.

Monday to Saturday 07:00 until 18:00
Sunday - 08:00 until 13:00

The store does hold a valid license to open for a maximum of the below mentioned hours:
Monday to Saturday - 23:00
Sunday - 22:30