Key features:
- Freehold — shop, two-bedroom flat and large garage included in the sale
- £3,000 weekly turnover run by two people over limited hours
- No deliveries — significant scope to grow revenue by extending hours or adding services
- Busy through-road location in a thickly populated residential area near Portsmouth
- Retirement sale after nine years — motivated vendors, clear succession opportunity
A long-established, semi-detached freehold fish and chip takeaway in Portchester, Hampshire, offered for sale after nine years of ownership as the current husband-and-wife team look ahead to retirement. Trading on a traditional menu across just three lunchtimes and five evenings — closing no later than 8.00pm — the business turns over £3,000 a week without deliveries or late nights, suggesting meaningful headroom for a more ambitious operator. The freehold interest includes a self-contained two-bedroom flat and a large garage to the rear, making this a genuine live-and-work opportunity in a densely populated residential catchment roughly four miles from Portsmouth.
Trading figures:
The business currently takes £3,000 a week, operated by a husband and wife over three lunches (Thursday to Saturday) and five evenings (Tuesday to Saturday), closing no later than 8.00pm and running without a delivery service. The restricted hours and basic menu leave clear room for a new owner to grow turnover materially.
Trade equipment:
Conventional trade equipment comprising a three-pan Preston and Thomas island range, cash register, fridge, microwave oven, fridge/freezer, stainless steel fish keeper, chest freezers, chipper and peeler.
Special remarks:
The vendors purchased this business nine years ago and are now ready to retire, creating a clean handover for a new owner. The current offer is deliberately conservative — a basic menu, no deliveries, and hours that end at 8.00pm — so the upside for an energetic operator is tangible: broadening the menu, extending opening hours, and introducing a home delivery service are all realistic steps that could transform the turnover. Freehold fish and chip shops with on-site accommodation at this price point are seldom available.
