Welcome to Ashley Tate
Thank you for finding time to visit our website - if you are seriously thinking about buying or selling a business then we are here to help.
Experience counts for everything in business sales and the principle people at Ashley Tate have each been personally involved in business sales and acquisitions for more than twenty years.
Our approach to business sales is refreshingly different; our objective is to deliver professional advice and guidance bourne out of an understanding of the sales process and of the market place. Skilled personnel will be on hand from the first visit to the business, to the completion of the deal.
All of the businesses we represent have been personally inspected, professionally appraised, and in our view represent some of the best and most thoroughly researched business opportunities available at any time.
Our success will never come from listing thousands of businesses for sale – indeed how can such a policy ever deliver the attention to detail, high levels of customer service, and satisfactory conclusions for which we are renowned?
We hope that this website is of interest to you, and we hope you find it easy to use……however, please feel free to contact us by telephone or by email with any comments that can improve the website for you.
business spotlights
- Day Time Sandwich Bar and Coffee Shop
- Northampton, Northamptonshire
- £79,950
- Prime trading position within the town centre of a major Northamptonshire town. Superbly fitted sandwich bar/coffee shop. Trading short sociable hours. Sales of £189,338 with a pre tax net operating profit of £41,995 as shown by certified accounts. Ideal for a working owner or partnership. Potential to develop outside catering and local delivery opportunities.
- Established Repossession Agency
- West Midlands
- £150,000
- Established in 2006. Specialising in the repossession of motor vehicles. Machinery and equipment in the retail sector. Sales ex vat £190,411 with a net profit £55,338 . Sale includes three Spectacle lifts 6.5 ton recovery vehicles and an unmarked Mercedes Vito van, the vehicles alone conservatively valued at c£40,000.
- Profitable Town Centre Licensed Restaurant
- West Sussex
- £85,000
- Established air conditioned restaurant, with fifty covers, plus a further twenty covers to an ‘al fresco’ seating area. Currently operating a very successful Spanish menu. Sales ex vat £186,926 with a net profit of £56,169 (fye2007).Licensed until 1 am. Ample free car parking. Excellent weekend trade.

