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Kings Head, Lower Horsebridge, Hailsham, BN27 4DL

£900,000

Business rates & charges may apply

Christie & Co, Pubs & Restaurants
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Pub for sale

Key features

  • Five letting rooms
  • Potential for further eight letting rooms
  • C.200 cover function room
  • C.90 cover restaurant
  • Net turnover of £605,746
  • 42 space customer car park. Energy rating: B
  • Christie & Co Ref: 8856083

Description

Description

A prominent detached property offering good food as well as bed & breakfast accommodation.

The pub offers a warm atmosphere with a huge range of wholesome foods including a carvery. There is also a function room able to cater for large
parties.

Location

The Kings Head is located in Lower Horsebridge, East Sussex.

Horsebridge is a village a mile north of Hailsham, the largest of the five towns in the Wealden district of East Sussex. The town is near the junction of two major roads - the A22 to Eastbourne and the A27 South Coast Trunk Road.

The town has good public transport links, with bus services to Eastbourne, Bexhill and Uckfield.

Internal Details

The ground floor is set out over three separate areas with two open fire places. To the left of the property is the main restaurant area with its own bar counter (c.90 covers), to the centre is the bar area (c.50 covers) and to the right is a large function room (c.200 covers).

There is also a large commercial kitchen with three-phase electric power, a separate prep room, wash-up room, walk-in chiller, small ground floor cellar and two office spaces, one off the kitchen and the other to the rear in the reception area.

Fixtures & Fittings

All trade fixtures and fittings will be included in the sale and our clients will provide a trade inventory.

Letting Accommodation

There are currently five ensuite letting rooms above the pub consisting of two doubles, one twin, one single and one family room.

There is an additional letting room that requires decoration. This room is currently used for storage.

External Details

Car park for 42 vehicles.

Owner's Accommodation

There is an owners' flat above the pub with two double bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a large lounge/diner.

The Opportunity

The business has been under the current ownership for the last 15 years and has built up a good reputation over that time, both amongst the local and wider community.

There is scope to increase trade further with the introduction of the additional letting room, as well as looking at reinstating planning for the further seven letting rooms.

Staff

The business is currently owner operated, with a mixture of full time and part time staff.

Trading Information

Annual net turnover for the year ending 31 January 2024 was £605,746 with a 48.3% gross profit.

Full trading information will be made available, following a formal viewing.

Business Rates

Current rateable value (1 April 2023 to present) £33,000.

This is the rateable value for the property. It is not what you pay in business rates or rent. Your local council uses the rateable value to calculate the business rates bill.

Regulatory

Premises Licence.

Energy Performance Certificates

EPC 1

Brochures

Kings Head, Lower Horsebridge, Hailsham, BN27 4DL

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Polegate Station4.1 miles
  • Berwick Station4.2 miles
  • Pevensey & Westham Station5.9 miles

About Christie & Co, Pubs & Restaurants

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

We offer unrivalled insight, experience and expertise across your choice of services, including brokerage, consultancy, finance, development, investment, surveying, rent reviews, dispute resolution, corporate valuation, and turnaround & recovery. These services are all underpinned by our in-depth market intelligence and leading-edge technology. And we’re accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), so you can trust in our professionalism.

What makes us tick

Businesses are about people, so relationships matter to us. We bring an integrity and transparency to business which can be all too rare – and that’s why people trust us. Our clients will attest to our genuine desire to help achieve their objectives, our attention to detail, and our tireless hard work on their behalf. We understand that buying a business can bring its own pressures and strains; needs can change, plans may need to be adjusted, and opportunities can come and go. But we’re always here, a constant, flexible and reliable force you can count on.

Our opening hours for all offices:

Mon – Fri, 9am – 5.30pm

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