Traditional fish & chip takeaway, busy Dunstable parade

Key features

• £6,500+ weekly turnover on 5.5 trading days
• Closes 9.30pm latest, no late-night trade
• Mainly staff-operated, twelve years' same ownership
• Two-bed self-contained flat above let at £650 pcm
• No deliveries and no kebab menu — both clear growth levers

About this business

A well-established fish & chip takeaway in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, turning over £6,500+ a week on a 5.5-day trading pattern that closes by 9.30pm — and does it without home deliveries or a kebab menu. Same ownership for the past twelve years, mainly run by staff, and now offered with a new lease at £189,950. The upside is sitting in plain view for an owner-operator willing to add the channels the current vendor has chosen not to.

Trading figures

Weekly turnover averages £6,500+ on 5.5 trading days, closing 9.30pm at the latest, achieved largely by staff rather than a hands-on owner. The two obvious levers haven't been pulled: there is no home-delivery service, and the menu sticks to traditional fish & chips with no kebabs. A full-time operator who introduces either — let alone both — has a direct route to higher takings without changing anything structural about the shop.

Trading hours

Monday: 4.30pm – 9.30pm. Tuesday to Saturday: 12.00 noon – 2.00pm and 4.30pm – 9.30pm. Sunday: closed.

Business premises

An established mid-terrace unit with a smart fully glazed shop front, twin central doors and a bold lit coloured fascia running the width of the frontage. Inside, the wide customer area is well presented with non-slip flooring, tiled walls, a menu display and inset lighting. A three-pan counter range encloses the frying and serving bay, with plenty of storage cupboards and a stainless-steel cooking area beneath an extractor hood — the same canopy that would comfortably handle a kebab grill if a buyer chose to add one. Adjoining the bay is a useful equipment room housing the fridges, freezers and ancillary kit, leading through to a good-size preparation room with hygienically clad walls, non-slip flooring, a sectioned-off potato-prep area and a small office. To the rear, deliveries are taken from a service road via the shop's own yard. The business is offered with a new lease.

Trade equipment

The usual conventional trade kit for a shop of this size: a three-pan counter range, computer till, two-pot bain-marie, rotary oven, stainless-steel fish keeper, microwave, two stainless-steel fridges, an electric oven, two chest freezers, plus chipper and peeler in the prep room. A full trade inventory will be provided prior to completion. (The above items have not been tested by Rosens — buyers should commission an independent inspection.)

Accommodation

Above the shop sits a self-contained two-bedroom flat, accessed from the rear and recently fitted with new double glazing, comprising two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bathroom. It is currently let, producing £650 a month with an increase due shortly — a useful contribution to the running costs from day one.

Trading position

A firmly established pitch on a busy local parade of eight shops that includes a supermarket with post office, chemist, dry cleaners and hair salon — exactly the everyday mix that pulls in regular footfall. Plenty of free parking sits directly in front of the parade, and the unit is set within the heart of a heavily populated residential estate that delivers reliable year-round trade rather than seasonal peaks and troughs.

Special remarks

After twelve years of ownership the vendor is reluctantly selling due to other business commitments, leaving a high-turnover shop on a proven parade with two clear, unworked growth channels — home delivery and a kebab addition — for the next operator to take on. Add a hands-on owner in place of the current staff-led model and the route to higher takings is straightforward. A good trading location ideally suited to this type of business.