Key features:
- £201,000 net audited sales for year ended November 2024
- £4,200 weekly takings from just 18 hours of frying
- £35,000 Mallinson range, fitted in the three-year-old refurb
- Self-contained one-bed flat above, c.£650 pcm rental potential
- Freehold corner plot, year-round trade in a coastal catchment
A prominent freehold fish & chip shop on the Isle of Wight, completely refurbished three years ago and currently turning over around £4,200 a week from just 18 hours of frying. Net audited sales reached £201,000 for the year ended November 2024 over a 48-week trading period — and remarkably, the shop trades evenings only, six days a week, with no home delivery and a deliberately limited menu. The vendors are relocating to Kent for family reasons, leaving a keenly-priced freehold with self-contained accommodation above and clear, measurable upside for a hands-on operator.
Trading figures:
The vendors report net audited sales of £201,000 for the year ended November 2024, achieved over a 48-week trading period — an average of around £4,200 a week. What makes those figures stand out is the input behind them: just 20 hours of frying, evenings only, with no delivery service and a deliberately traditional menu. The hours don't even extend through the summer peak, when the catchment is flooded with holidaymakers. Bringing in normal trading hours, a wider hot-food range and a delivery channel are three concrete levers an operator could pull to grow takings from this baseline.
Trade equipment:
The headline item is a modern £35,000 Mallinson counter frying range, fitted as part of the post-fire refurbishment three years ago. Also included: an excellent selection of fridges and freezers, two microwave ovens, overhead extraction, a chipper, a peeler and a full selection of trade utensils.
Special remarks:
A genuine sale: the owners are reluctantly relocating to Kent to be closer to family. What they're leaving behind is a freshly-refurbished freehold fish & chip shop trading at £4,200 a week on just 18 hours of frying — with the levers to grow takings (normal trading hours, an expanded menu, a home-delivery service) clearly identifiable rather than speculative. Keenly priced as a freehold, especially for a newcomer or a trade-builder who can put in the hands-on hours the current operation deliberately doesn't. Reduced to encourage a quick sale.
