Key features:
- Freehold purchase — business and property included
- £13,000 per week gross takings from 48 weeks' trading (audited to March 2025)
- Amazing future potential for more energetic hands.
- No home delivery service currently operated — immediate growth potential
- Retirement sale after 32 years — established, loyal customer base
After 32 years of owner-operation, this prominent freehold corner-built fish and chip shop in Oxfordshire is offered as a genuine retirement sale. Trading just 48 weeks a year on restricted hours. The business produces gross audited turnover of nearly £500,000 to March 2025, equating to around £13,000 per week. The current format leaves two substantial levers untouched: a home delivery service and extended evening trading, either of which a new owner-operator could introduce without structural change. Above the shop sits a spacious, well-maintained three-bedroom flat, making this a rare opportunity to acquire a productive business and a family home under a single freehold title.
Trading figures:
Gross audited yearly turnover to March 2025 of nearly £500,000, generated from just 48 weeks of trading and producing average takings of around £13,000 per week — predominantly from fish and chip sales, with no card payments currently taken. The business trades on shortened hours and without a delivery service; both represent tangible, unexploited opportunities for a new owner. It is estimated that under younger owner-management, with standard trading hours and a delivery operation introduced, weekly takings could reach in the region of £18,000 or more.
Trade equipment:
Comprehensive selection of equipment including a 3 and 1 pan Preston & Thomas counter range, twin kebab machine, 3 and 6 pot bain-maries, grill, computer till, microwave oven, small fridge, double fridge, walk-in cold room, pressure fryer, 4-ring gas cooker, oil filter, CCTV, chipper and 56 lb peeler. (The above items have not been tested.)
Special remarks:
This is a straightforward retirement sale with no distress and no complexity — the vendor simply wishes to step back after 32 years. The numbers speak for themselves: nearly £500,000 in audited annual turnover, delivery-free, restricted-hours operation. A buyer willing to extend the trading week and introduce deliveries is acquiring a business with a clear, low-risk path to materially higher earnings, anchored by a freehold property in an established and growing town.
