Iconic and very well known and loved slate manufacturing business for sale in the heart of the Lake District, resilient and with a very loyal customer base of gift shops, hardware shops, sports clubs and some very high-profile high-street names.
The business enjoys an almost folkloric history and reputation and is known for the quality and beauty of its products, It is not reliant upon any one item or any one customer and pulls its raw material from a variety of local quarries.
Award-winning, green small business-certified, On the red list of endangered crafts, with listings in Booths, Timsons, Robert Welch, Fortnum and Mason, the business now just needs someone to take it to the next level.
- Asking Price:
- £100,000 Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included
- Turnover:
- £100K - £200K
- Net Profit:
- Under £50K
Property Information
- Property:
-
Leasehold
- Lease Terms:
-
Rolling 5 year lease
- Leasehold Rent:
-
£3,000 per annum
- Location:
-
Located in the old Victorian copper sorting sheds at the foot of coniston old man.
- Premises Details:
-
Historic copper sorting sheds and associated area in idyllic setting rustic and quirky
Business Operation
- Expansion Potential:
-
There is potential for growth in a many areas and in many different markets
- Competition / Market:
-
Slatemasonry is a red list heritage craft with less than a half dozen practitioners left in England
- Reasons for selling:
-
A change in family circumstances
- Trading hours:
-
Monday to Friday 8-5
- Employees:
- 3
- Years established:
- 48
Other Information
- Support & training:
-
TBD
- Furniture / Fixtures value:
- £30,000 - included in the asking price
- Inventory / Stock value:
- £5,000 - included in the asking price
