Key features:
- Freehold included — rare opportunity to own the property outright
- 45-year family tenure; offered due to retirement
- £3,000 average weekly sales on deliberately limited five-day trading
- 55-cover restaurant to the rear — not trading since Covid, ready to reinstate
- Mid-parade position on road leading directly to the seafront
A deceptively spacious lock-up shop that has been in the same family for 45 years, this well-established fish and chip shop in Bexhill-on-Sea is now offered for sale due to the owner's retirement. The business currently trades just five days a week on limited hours, generating average weekly sales of £3,000 — a figure with clear room to grow through extended openings and the reinstatement of a 55-cover restaurant that has stood dormant since Covid. The freehold is included in the sale, offering a buyer both a trading business and a property asset in a Sussex coastal town with strong year-round footfall and a summer uplift from visiting trade.
Trading figures:
The owner reports average weekly sales of £3,000 trading across five days on limited openings, closing no later than 8.00 pm. Approximately 80% of turnover is counter trade, with the balance fulfilled via deliveries using the owner's own drivers.
Trade equipment:
The business includes a 3-pan Preston & Thomas counter range, numerous fridges and freezers, a digital till, microwave oven, fish keeper, grill, dishwasher, chipper, peeler and other items associated with the trade.
Special remarks:
With 45 years of family ownership behind it and a freehold title included, this is an inherently stable proposition being offered to the market for straightforward retirement reasons rather than any trading difficulty. The current owner has deliberately kept hours modest to suit his lifestyle; a buyer willing to trade the full week and reopen the restaurant would be acquiring a business with considerably more headroom than the present turnover suggests.
