One Discreet Broker. Every Daytime Hospitality Sector in the UK.
100% Confidential. Controlled Exposure. Premium trade sales run fully off-market. Every introduction NDA-gated, screened, brokered — never listed.
UK sector specialism · 9 taxonomy categories
Niche-Specific Hospitality Brokerage
Select your concept to review localized market data, operational gross margin thresholds, and deep-dive transition mechanics.
Class E (Daytime)Specialty Coffee Shop & Espresso Bar
Brand-led third-wave operators where reputation, espresso kit and barista talent command premium SDE multiples.
Class E (Daytime)Traditional Café & Daytime Diner
Unbranded high-street and parade cafés trading on regulars, fry-ups and consistent weekly takings.
Class E (Daytime)Boutique & Traditional Tea Room
High-margin rural tea rooms and tourist-trail destinations — frequently sold freehold to lifestyle buyers.
Class E (Food to go)Sandwich Bar & High-Street Food-to-Go
High-footfall city-centre food-to-go operations where weekday takings and corporate catering accounts set the price.
Class E (Dual Retail)Delicatessen & Farm Shop Café
Dual-stream delis and farm-shop cafés blending higher-margin retail with daytime seated trade.
Class E (Production)Independent Bakery Café
Production-led bakery cafés combining retail counter trade with a wholesale book — the strongest multiples in our taxonomy.
Class E (Late Night)Dessert Parlour & Sweet Café
Late-night dessert parlours, gelato counters and waffle bars trading hard on Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat volume.
Class E (Licensed)Small Eatery & Bistro Café
Licensed daytime-into-evening bistros — brunch, lunch and small-plates trade with alcohol uplift on average spend.
Class E (Daytime / Multi-Use)Independent Coffee House & Hybrid Concept Café
Independent neighbourhood coffee houses and hybrid concept cafés — bookshop, plant, cycle and board-game venues blending hospitality margins with secondary retail revenue.
The broker firewall · operational protocol
From secure valuation to NDA-gated handover.
Three discrete stages. Your identity, location and trading numbers stay behind the firewall until you personally sign off on disclosure.
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Secure Valuation
Submit a confidential sector-specific appraisal request. Reviewed by a UK hospitality specialist within one working day — no listing, no portal, no exposure.
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Anonymized Matching
Your business is profiled by sector, region and EBITDA band only. Every prospective acquirer is credentialed and screened before they see a single identifying detail.
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NDA-Gated Handover
Identity and trading data release only after a signed NDA, your written sign-off and a brokered introduction. You stay in control of every disclosure decision.
Knowledge hub
Latest insights for UK operators & vetted buyers.
The Master Guide to Valuing a Café or Coffee Shop in the UK
A long-form, owner-first valuation playbook covering Adjusted Net Profit (EBITDA) add-backs, the eight fixed-premises taxonomy frameworks, lease-length mechanics under the 1954 Act, realistic 2026 multiplier ranges, and the deflators that quietly cut six figures off an asking price.
26 min read
Navigating Class E Commercial Leases and Assignments for Cafe Owners
A working-owner's guide to Class E use, FRI lease liabilities, the Licence to Assign process, AGAs, rent reviews and the practical decisions that protect value when transferring a café leasehold.
14 min read
Café Rent Reviews & Lease Renewals — An Owner's Plain-English Guide
How upward-only rent reviews, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 renewal mechanism, surrender premiums and lease re-gears actually work — and the eighteen-month playbook independent café owners use to walk into negotiations from a position of strength.
12 min read