Railway Inn, Ratby
Part of the Everards estate since 1903 the Railway Inn, Ratby is renowned for its great cask ale range and homemade food. The pub is positioned along a prominent roadside location and is well supported by the local community.
Estimated Profit Potential of £40,500*
The Railway Inn currently provides a good food offer and there is certainly scope for developing this area of the business. The pub would be ideal for someone who can forge strong relationships with the local community and have the experience and foresight to build on the pubs great reputation.
For more information or to register your details with our Recruitment Team call 0800 056 4111 or speak direct to the Business Development Manager for this pub, Matt Crehan, on 0788 411 3522
The Public areas comprise of:
- Lounge
- Bar
- Garden
- Patio area/ Smoking Solution
Other areas
- Kitchen
The Private accommodation comprise of:
- Two Bedrooms
- Sitting Room
- Kitchen/Dining room
- Bathroom
- Office ( downstairs)
- Garage
The pub is located along Station Street in Ratby which is excellently placed for access to surrounding villages of Groby, Kirby Muxloe and Glenfield. Ratby is a popular commuter village due to its closeness to the M1 motorway and has a population of around 4000.
Railway Inn
191 Station Road
Ratby
Leicestershire
LE6 0JQ
Tel: 0116 2387502
We have put together this financial information to provide an illustration of the pub business. This information is taken from a variety of sources. Please refer to the detail at the bottom of this page for full information.
Estimated profit potential
We would anticipate that a tenant could earn £40,500 net profit from the site.
Turnover
FMT stands for Fair Maintainable Trade – please see the bottom of the page for a full definition of this term
- Drinks: FMT: £339,700 Estimated Current (Net): £312,200
- Food: FMT: £13,300 Estimated Current (Net): £6,100
- Machines: FMT: £3,400 Estimated Current (Net): £3,400
Barrelage
A barrel is a unit of measurement adopted by the pub and brewing industry. A barrel is 36 gallons or 288 pints. This excludes wine minerals and spirits.
The FMT barrelage is 375
Current MAT barrelage is 345
Trading History:
- 2009: 358 barrels
- 2008: 383 barrels
- 2007: 398 barrels
Level of investment needed
This is a one-off payment made at the start of the tenancy agreement
All figures are estimates and exclude VAT
- Fixture and Fittings: £8,000
- Stock and glassware: £3,000
- Working capital: £5,000
- Trading deposit: £7,350
- Valuer and stocktaker: £800
- Total level of investment: £24,150
Because of the earnings potential from this site we would be willing to discuss assisting the right candidate with a brewery loan for the fixtures and fittings.
Therefore, you may be able to take the pub with part funding.
Rates
Ratable Value £27,500
These can be checked with the local rating office. We encourage licensees to challenge rates and use a specialist to assist.
Rent
The rent has been calculated using the FMT turnover that we would anticipate from the site.
The required rent for the site is £35,612
All Everards rents are linked to RPI so may increase or decrease in future years.
Finances at a Glance
Ingoing Investment: £24,150
Annual Estimated Net Profit: £40,500
*This information is generated from our assessment of Fair Maintainable Trade (FMT) at The Railway and is based on certain assumptions and information provided by our licensees (to be disclosed on request). FMT is the level of turnover we would expect the pub to achieve within its market and this is assessed in line with good industry practice and relevant accountancy standards.
Wherever possible we have also included the pub’s current trading information as at 28th June 2010 in addition to FMT. This is taken from our sales information (barrelage) and information from the licensees such as their trading information and cost base.
We would expect you to use the FMT information to help form the financial element of your business plan. These figures above are an estimate based on FMT and you may think that you can exceed or conversely not achieve these. As this stage we would strongly recommend that you take independent financial advice to help you form a budgeted profit and loss statement.
This information is not intended to amount to advice, a statement of fact, a guarantee, a representation, a condition or a warranty on which reliance should be placed but is our opinion only. We therefore, to the extent permitted by law, disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such information by you or anyone informed of its contents.
You are advised to carry out your own financial investigations and inspections into this pub to satisfy yourself as to the correctness of the above information, whether or not you can achieve these figures and as to the trading potential of this pub. You will be given a shadow profit and loss account and other details of the pub when you make a formal enquiry – this will be given within our Code of Practice which also contains other details about Everards.
Historic information is not an indicator of future performance of a pub and you should bear this in mind in your assessment.
[This information does not constitute any part of an offer or a contract and any acquisition of a pub by you is subject to our terms and conditions of agreement].
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