A rare opportunity to acquire an established premium drinks brand with multiple revenue streams, a prime St Ives location and significant scope for further growth.
An exciting acquisition opportunity has arisen to purchase a well-established premium alcoholic drinks business founded in 2015, combining a successful consumer brand with wholesale distribution and a distinctive hospitality operation in St Ives, Cornwall.
The business specialises in a range of premium gins, liqueurs and ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails, selling directly to consumers through its established website as well as supplying wholesale customers.
The brand is further complemented by a harbour-side bar and kitchen in St Ives, together with a local pop-up kitchen operation. This combination of drinks production, e-commerce, wholesale and hospitality provides the business with a diversified and scalable trading model.
- Established premium drinks brand operating since 2015
- Peak turnover in excess of £1 million
- Range of premium gins, liqueurs and RTD cocktails
- Established directtoconsumer ecommerce operation
- Existing wholesale customer base
- Prime harbourside bar and kitchen in St Ives
- Additional local popup kitchen operation
- Strong brand identity with an authentic Cornwall connection
- Multiple complementary revenue streams
- Significant potential to expand online, wholesale and hospitality sales
- Existing management knowledge and established operating infrastructure
- Current shareholders willing to support an appropriate handover and transition period
The business offers considerable opportunity for an incoming owner to build on its existing foundations.
Potential growth areas include expanding the wholesale customer base, increasing online sales, developing the RTD cocktail range, strengthening distribution, growing the hospitality operation and exploring additional locations or partnerships.
The combination of an established consumer brand and a highly desirable physical location provides an attractive platform for both an owner-operator and a strategic buyer looking to enter or expand within the premium drinks market.
The Company is currently owned by the founding family, with each of the five shareholders holding a 20% shareholding. All shareholders are now looking to explore new opportunities and are therefore seeking a buyer for the business.
The shareholders are open to discussions regarding a suitable handover period to help ensure continuity and a smooth transition for the purchaser.
This is a particularly attractive opportunity to acquire an established premium drinks business with an authentic story, proven trading history and a genuinely diversified business model.
With its combination of brand, e-commerce, wholesale and hospitality, together with its highly desirable St Ives location, the business provides an excellent platform for an ambitious new owner to take the company to its next stage of development.
Offers are invited and all serious enquiries are encouraged.
