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Speciality Food Shop With Freehold Retail Park Unit, Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Hampshire, South EastIdentity protected
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About this business
A deli and fine food shop selling cheese, charcuterie, local preserves and hampers from a freehold unit on a Portsmouth retail park. It has traded since 2013 and is run by three people. Turnover has been steady at around £350k, and adjusted EBITDA has improved each year from £28k to £38k as margins have widened. A buyer gets the property, a small shop with a settled trade and room to grow online or through corporate gift orders at Christmas.
Key investment highlights
- Freehold unit included
- Adjusted EBITDA up from £28k to £38k
- Run by a team of three
- Trading since 2013
Reason for sale
The owners are retiring and moving closer to their grandchildren.
Nothing flagged on the two questions buyers ask first
No flagRevenue going backwards and one client being too much of it are the two things that end most deals in due diligence. Both are shown here up front, from the figures the seller supplied.
- Revenue directionNo flag
Turnover is flat year on year.
- 2021: baseline
- 2022 (-0.8%)
- 2023 (+0.0%)
- 2024 (-1.9%)
- 2025 (-1.1%)
- 2026 (+0.0%)
- Peak 2021 to latest 2026: -3.8%
6 years of turnover, 2021 to 2026, as supplied by the seller.
- Client concentrationNot stated
The seller has not declared what share of revenue the largest clients represent.
No declaration supplied. Client concentration cannot be derived from accounts.
EBITDA margin widened from 7.7% in 2021 to 10.9% in 2026.
These are observations from the supplied figures, not a view on whether this business is worth buying. Nothing here predicts an outcome.
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What happens next
Submit an enquiry to the seller. Once they approve it, you sign a non-disclosure agreement and gain access to the information memorandum, the financials and a secure deal room with the seller.