Pillaton Garden Centre, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5RZ

Christie & Co are delighted to bring to market the opportunity to purchase a family run garden centre located near the historic village of Penkridge, an upmarket area in South Staffordshire.

Pillaton Garden centre is an immaculately presented family run garden centre with a large modern Tea Room, well specified plant growing facilities, concession income and a fabulous covered external retail area. The garden centre is located on a busy road and occupies a generous plot of around five and a half acres so offers considerable scope for further growth and expansion.

Pillaton Garden Centre occupies a fantastic location on a main road between Stafford (8 miles) and Wolverhampton (12 miles). It is located in the county of Staffordshire and serves a wide range of local towns and villages. The garden centre benefits from an affluent local demographic and is just 4 miles from the town of Cannock.

According to the latest census data there are over 1,550,775 people living within a 25 kilometer radius of Pillaton Garden Centre and the data highlights favourable local demographics with above UK average employment and owner occupied housing.

The site enjoys strong connections to key regional hubs and is close to the M6 motorway while serving affluent local communities in Penkridge (2 miles) and surrounding South Staffordshire villages. The area attracts steady tourist traffic from nearby attractions including Cannock Chase AONB (12 miles) and Shugborough Estate (10 miles).

Pillaton Garden Centre has undergone extensive renovation and now offers a range of high quality retail and Tea Room buildings as well as a large covered plant and external sales area which links the main retail building and Tea Room providing a charming external sales area with an enclosed courtyard feel. In addition to this there is a first floor office with kitchen, wc and store room.
The Oak Barn Tea Room offers high quality dining in beautiful buildings with around 100 internal covers and a large outside dining area that currently has around 80 covers but could have many more. The outside space could also be utilised for private functions and events.
The garden centre is also well known for its home grown bedding plants and shrubs which are produced in the wide range of poly tunnels. A number of the tunnels are heated by a recently installed ground source heat pump which in addition to significantly reducing energy costs also provides income in the form of the Renewable heat incentive grant.
The owners have planning permission for further poly tunnels in the field to the east of the existing Poly tunnels which may offer the opportunity for new owners to expand the retail area and external plant sales area into some of the land currently occupied by the existing polytunnels.
A combined rental income of £19,455 is received from two concessions; a clothing concession in the main retail area which trades under the name JoJo and a kitchen company Coton Interiors who have a separate building at the end of the retail building.

Pillaton Garden Centre has been thoughtfully upgraded and renovated and offers customers a unique retail experience.
The site offers huge opportunity for new owners to increase sales and drive the business forward, in particular the garden centre and plant sales aspect of the business has significant scope. There is also scope to add additional revenue streams through renting space to other complementary concessions.
The restaurant sales have grown by around 10% in the last financial year which has helped drive the adjusted net profit to over £230,000 for the year ending 2024. There is scope to increase the outside seating to grow this income further.
The garden centre has run a number of small events including summer party and outdoor BBQ and a candlelight evening but there is a significant opportunity to increase the number of events, whether these are retail or hospitality focused. The site has a large amount of currently underutilised space that could also be used for these events.
Pillaton Garden Centre has an active following on Facebook with over 5,600 followers but the business spends very little on advertising so with some investment in marketing new owners could drive sales at key times in the season.

The business is run by the owners with the assistance of a team of around 15 staff including a garden centre manager and tearoom manager.

Y/E 30th November 2024
Turnover: ££830,427
Gross Profit: £512,233
Adjusted Net Profit: £231,941

Y/E 30th November 2023
Turnover: ££800,371
Gross Profit: £510,147
Adjusted Net Profit: £197,406

Monday – Saturday
9.00am – 4.00pm
Sunday / Bank Holidays
10.00 am – 4.00pm

The rateable value is presently £5,500. This is not the amount payable. visitors to the area.