An excellent opportunity to acquire a fully fitted café premises occupying a prominent trading position on Brighton’s iconic seafront. The business is currently not trading, providing an incoming operator with the opportunity to introduce their own concept and trading style. The premises are presented in good order throughout and benefit from a fully fitted café layout together with a Premises Licence permitting the sale of alcohol, providing scope for a variety of daytime and evening hospitality uses. The premises enjoy excellent visibility from the main seafront road and benefit from high levels of pedestrian footfall generated by tourists, visitors, and local residents enjoying Brighton Beach and the surrounding seafront attractions. Please note that hot food cooking is not permitted; however, the unit is ideally suited to a
café, coffee shop, sandwich bar, bakery, dessert café, ice cream parlour, or other cold food and beverage operation. The café provides approximately 28 covers and offers an attractive opportunity to capitalise on the strong year-round passing trade, with particular potential for ice cream, cold drinks, and takeaway refreshments during the busy seasonal periods.
The premises represent an excellent opportunity for an owner-operator or experienced
hospitality business seeking a well-positioned seafront trading location in one of the South
Coast’s most popular destinations.
- Asking Price:
- £25,000
- Turnover:
- Not applicable
- Net Profit:
- Not applicable
Property Information
- Property:
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Leasehold
- Lease Terms:
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The premises is held on a full repairing and insuring lease which has 4 years remaining and
ends in December 2030. The current rent is £15,000 per annum. The tenancy is excluded from the
security of tenure provisions of sections 24 to 28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
- Location:
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The premises enjoy excellent visibility from the main seafront road and benefit from high levels of pedestrian footfall generated by tourists, visitors, and local residents enjoying Brighton Beach and the surrounding seafront attractions.
- Premises Details:
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The premises occupy a prominent trading position on Ship Street, benefiting from excellent
visibility and substantial pedestrian footfall between Brighton’s bustling city centre and the seafront. Presented in excellent order throughout, the café has been comprehensively refurbished in 2025 to a high standard. The ground floor extends to approximately 10.2m x 3.6m and comprises an attractive sales area with a modern serve-over counter, together with a range of under-counter refrigeration units, which are included within the sale. The majority of the remaining catering equipment is currently subject to lease agreements, which may
be available to transfer by separate negotiation. Whilst the premises benefit from extraction,
the landlord does not permit the cooking of strong-smelling hot food. The unit is therefore
ideally suited to a coffee shop, sandwich bar, bakery, dessert café or ice cream parlour, with
excellent scope to capitalise on the significant year-round passing trade. To the rear of the
ground floor is customer seating for approximately 8 covers, together with a well-appointed preparation area and stockroom incorporating additional refrigeration and freezer facilities. The basement extends to approximately 12.9m x 2.4m and provides customer WC facilities
together with further seating or approximately 18–2 covers, giving a total internal
capacity of around 28 covers. The premises further benefit rom an attractive bi-fold
glazed frontage, creating an open and inviting trading environment during the warmer months. There is also the opportunity, subject
to the necessary local authority consent, to obtain a pavement licence providing approximately 8
additional external covers. The premises is also fitted with CCTV and an alarm system.
ALCOHOL LICENCE: Premises licence number - Licence - 2018/02935/LAPRET
Sale of retail alcohol to be consumed on the premises between 11:00 – 12:30AM - Monday-Sunday
- Energy Performance Rating:
- C
Business Operation
- Reasons for selling:
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Closed
