Financial Details
Asking price: £249,950
Sales revenue: £138,419
Net profit: Undisclosed
Fixtures value: Undisclosed
Stock value: Undisclosed

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Business Description
HISTORY

• Heritage dating back to the 1960s selling giftware and candles
• Specialisation in candles since 1989
• Prestigious and reliable customer base nurtured over fifty years
• Unrivalled reputation within the industry

PRODUCTS

• Very wide range of candles and accessories
• Largest UK supplier of stearin candles which are smokeless, non drip and do not soot
• Stearin is a naturally replenished raw material with strong environmental credentials
• Traditional paraffin and beeswax candles in all sizes and colours stocked
• Tea lights
• Candles holders in a wide variety of materials and styles
• Sundry accessories
• Oils
• Substantial stock holding with over 3,500 different styles of candle

SERVICES

• Individual and bespoke customer service
• Cutting, shaping and drilling of candles to customer specification
• Deliveries undertaken

CUSTOMERS

• 500 plus prestigious customers with high levels of repeat business
• Large ecclesiastical market
• Cambridge and Oxford colleges
• Restaurants
• Private individuals (many titled)

SUPPLIERS

• Five major candle manufacturers
• Specialists in Liljeholmens (Sweden)

STRENGTHS

• Reputation
• Superb customer base
• Trading name
• Stock holding
• Specialist knowledge
• Environmental credentials
• Location
• Relationships with suppliers
REF: 9595SG

DISCLAIMER: Viewing is essential to fully appreciate this business and strictly by appointment only through the agents. N/B: All Negotiations must be conducted through broker. These details do not constitute part of an offer or contract and properties are offered subject to being sold, let or withdrawn without notice at any time and without liability for any expenses incurred by applicants. All statements and descriptions are made without responsibility or warranty by us, vendors or lessors. Intending purchasers must check for themselves (Misrepresentation Act 1967).
General Information
Employees:6
Trading hours:Mon to Fri: 8.30am to 5pm
Relocatable: This business can be relocated.
Property:Leasehold
Lease terms:Terms to be negotiated. • The freehold is owned by a director and may be available by separate negotiation
Location:• Trading from double industrial unit close to Royston in Cambridgeshire
• Showroom facility, office and warehouse premises
• Ample parking for customers and staff
• Easy access to main customers in London, Cambridge and Oxford
Premises Details:• Double industrial unit
• Entrance lobby
• W/C
• Large warehouse facility
• First floor customer showroom
• Kitchen
• Office
• Store
• Electric fork lift truck
Expansion potential:• Development of customer base and new markets such as restaurants and pub chains • International markets • Trade shows • Development of website • Ebay • Employment of sales staff • Cross selling additional products to existing high quality customer base • Focus on margins
Reasons for selling:Retirement
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