• Established RIBA Chartered Architects Practice
• Currently Kent Based
• Quality business with an excellent reputation
• Generates a healthy turnover and profits
• Sale includes a valuable client database
• Digital office, BIM enabled
• Well-presented offices
• Turnkey opportunity
• Potential to increase sales & profits
• Ideal bolt-on for a like-minded business owner
• Fantastic change of lifestyle opportunity
• Genuine reason for sale

Falcon Commercial is delighted to offer for sale this highly regarded Chartered Architects Practice. The business was established in the 1950’s and has been successfully run by our clients since 2009. It is now only being made available due to retirement.

This RIBA Chartered Practice currently specialises in education, civic, residential and ecclesiastical projects across the south-east of England and in London. They are a design-focused practice offering a high level of service to their clients, many of which are long-standing.

With years of experience in architectural design, they work as a full one-stop shop for clients. Their work includes new build up to £7/8million, extensions, refurbishment, remodelling and conservation, as well as mass timber off-site fabrication and construction. The Practice has worked with the majority of the Local Planning Authorities in the area, so can also offer valuable planning advice.

This fantastic business opportunity would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with ample scope for growth, along with the opportunity for relocation, if required.

The business could also benefit by adopting a more vigorous marketing policy of its existing excellent services, both through its informative website and further development of its social media presence, to improve upon the already very respectable levels of turnover it has achieved.

A client-focussed approach, supported by technical and managerial efficiency has been the foundation of the many successful projects that the practice has undertaken. The business operates virtually paperless, is cloud-based, uses Archicad BIM software on all projects to add value and to aid visualisation, and has adopted hybrid working. The practice is a member of The Passivhaus Trust and has CHAS certification.

Business Details

Business Rates
• Current Business Rates payable: £Nil per year (due to 100% small business rate relief)
If you qualify for small business relief, up to 100% relief may be available. Interested parties should make their own enquiries of the local billing authority to ascertain the exact rates payable or enquiries can be made online at the VOA website www.voa.gov.uk

Turnover
• £185,400

Staff
• The proprietors run the business with help from one member of staff

EPC Rating
• EPC Rating: B

Tenure
• We are advised that a new 9-year lease will be available to suitable applicants
• Rent: £16,832
• Service charge: £4,675 per year
• Rent reviews: Every 3 years

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Accounts
• Accounts will be provided to genuine purchasers after a formal viewing

Legal Costs
• Each party to bear their own legal costs incurred in the transaction. This may not
include the Landlords

Fixtures, and fittings effects
If appropriate normal fixtures and fittings associated with this type of property/business are included in the sale. A detailed inventory of trade fixtures and fittings will be supplied before exchange of contracts.

Viewing
Strictly by appointment with the vendor’s agents, Falcon Commercial

Agents Note
At the request of the business owner, we would ask that you do not attempt to contact them directly and that all communications go through Falcon Commercial. Thank you