Skippers
1 Terrace View , Horsecastles, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3HE
Introduction
Skippers is a traditional local’s pub with bags of personality and excellent food, situated on the edge of the Historic Market Town of Sherborne in Dorset. The pub is in the Camra Good Beer Guide and Good Food Guide and has just had a refurbishment upstairs and in the public areas of the pub giving it a lovely homely feeling. With real open fires and the only beer garden in the town, the pub offers everything someone needs to run it as a solid business in a tranquil part of the country. Only a short distance from the coast and A303 making it an ideal meeting point for locals and tourists alike.
Existing Trade
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| Beer (Brls) | 91 | 100 | 73 | 55 | 1 barrel equates to 36 gallons |
| Cider (Brls) | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 barrel equates to 36 gallons |
| Minerals (Brls) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 barrel equates to 36 gallons |
| Spirits (Gls) | 34 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 1 gallon equates to 4.5 litres |
| Wines (Gls) | 296 | 314 | 262 | 170 | 1 gallon equates to 4.5 litres |
Premises Licence
Supply of alcohol Mon-Sun 10.00 – 0.00, open to the public Mon-Sun 10.00 –01.00, live music, recorded music Mon-Sun 10.00 – 23.00. Late night Refreshment 11.00-0.00
Trade Areas
Newly painted main bar with mixed bench seating and chairs for approx 38 covers, light and airy restaurant area with seating for 20 covers, Ladies and Gents toilets, good sized commercial kitchen with walk in fridge and freezer, doors to the beer garden and car park.
Outside Areas Licence
Car parking for 28 cars, trade garden with 7 benches (with BBQ potential) access from the garden and pub.
Private Accommodation
(Newly painted and benefiting from a new bathroom) 1 x double bedroom, bathroom and lounge (downstairs) (upstairs) 2x loft rooms
Capital Required
| Deposit | £5k |
| Fixtures & Fittings | c.£12k |
| Stock | c.£3k |
| Working capital | £4K |
| Total (circa) | £24K |
For further information
Wadworth & Company Limited have supplied this information, but give no assurance or warranty, either expressed or implied, so far as previous trade is concerned prospective licensees must rely on their own investigation, inspection, advice & opinion as to the trading potential of the property, and (save in respect of fraud) any liability on behalf of Wadworth & Company Limited for accuracy of such figures is excluded.