Key features:
- £3,000 weekly turnover from only 11 hours frying
- Previously took £8,000 a week on full-time openings
- Unopposed position on Masham market square
- 3-pan Hopkins counter range, high efficiency
- 25–30 cover restaurant alongside the takeaway
A traditional fish & chip shop in a prime, unopposed position on the market square of Masham, one of the Yorkshire Dales' most popular tourist towns. Currently turning over around £3,000 a week from just 11 hours of frying — two half days and one full day — because health issues have forced the vendor to scale right back. Previously took £8,000 a week on normal openings. For a capable operator willing to reopen properly and add delivery, the route back to that figure is obvious.
Trading figures:
Weekly turnover currently sits at around £3,000, achieved from just 11 hours of frying a week — two half days and one full day — on a simple conventional menu. Prior to the reduction in hours, takings were in the region of £8,000 a week. An experienced operator returning the shop to normal openings, broadening the menu and introducing the home delivery service the town currently lacks should be able to re-establish that figure and push beyond it. The scope here is unusually direct: the trade was already there, and the position hasn't changed.
Trade equipment:
The headline item is the 3-pan Hopkins high-efficiency counter range — landlord's ownership, but in place and trading. Included within the asking price: a Bold rumbler and chipper, 4-pot bain-marie, electric till, fish keeper, water boiler, microwave oven, drink chiller, Hobart dishwasher, chest freezer, various fridges, plus the restaurant tables and chairs, crockery and cutlery.
Special remarks:
A genuinely under-achieving concern, and a rare one — the trade was demonstrably there at £8,000 a week before the vendor's health forced a cutback to two half days and one full day. The pitch is unopposed, the fit-out and equipment are in place, and the restaurant element gives a capable operator a second income channel alongside the counter trade. The asking price has been reduced to encourage a quick sale due to family circumstances. Inspection will make the upside obvious.
