The Whistle Stop Leeds

The Whistle Stop Leeds.

OVERVIEW

Are you ready to take the reins of this lively community pub and make it your own? Located just a stone’s throw away from Leeds United Football Club, the Whistle Stop is known for its established local following and lively atmosphere.

Pub and location

The Whistlestop sits in Beeston, a suburb of Leeds dating back to the Medieval times. Nestled on a hill two miles south of the vibrant city centre, Beeston offers a unique blend of residential charm and industrial heritage. With a population of 22,187, Beeston boasts a diverse community.

Home to iconic sports venues such as the Leeds United football club stadium and Hunslet Rugby League Club, Beeston is a hub for community and sport, so this pub needs a sports enthusiast at the helm.

You’ll take over a pub with an established local following for wet sales, entertainment, and live sports. Guests love the pub’s spacious open-plan contemporary style, last refurbished in Summer 2022. The trading area caters to over seventy covers, and the pool area can accommodate fifteen people. The beer garden has a marquee for around ninety covers, and the car park has room for nine vehicles.

Private accommodation

This exciting business opportunity comes with a three-bedroom flat. You’ll have everything you need to ingratiate yourself in the community.

The Partnership – Fixed

Ready to run your own business, manage your own team and define your own wage structure? Love working closely with an Operations Manager to build an incredible pub legacy with uncompromising standards and stand out guest experience? Then the Punch Managed Partnership is the perfect option for you.

Alongside tonnes of day to day support and a brilliant framework to grow the business, we provide an uncapped cut of top line turnover to pay yourself and your team in exchange for your Management Company providing the management services at the pub – it’s your structure to own, subject to management company costs including, but not limited to, staff costs, minor repairs and maintenance at the pub, security/door staff and insurance. We understand how important it is for a Management Company to completely own their own team.

In our Partnerships, we love pub obsessed entrepreneurs that help us lead the industry. We love to partner with people that help us create pub legacies that stand the test of time and become the hub of their community. We get that every pub has its own distinct character, so your Operations Manager will work closely with you to understand the true identity of your business, we can then help support you amplifying this, it’s a partnership after all!

BUSINESS INFORMATION

Forecasted Annual Wet Turnover
£696,800
Forecasted Annual Machine Turnover
£38,000
Agreement
Management Partnerships

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Initial Deposit*
£3,000
Working Capital
£2,000
Street Check
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We’re looking for a lively host, a creative person and a Management Partner who loves their local community and sports teams. Not one to rest on their laurels, you’ll perpetually give your local community new reasons to visit your pub.

You’ll love hosting live entertainment and arranging events around key sports matches to drive new footfall to your venue. You’ll know all of your locals, what they drink and where they sit, and with you, they’ll never be short of banter!

You’ll have a strong personality and be keen to lay roots in the community and strengthen existing ties. You’ll have excellent standards, be comfortable managing bookings, host busy sports days and become well-loved for running a pub at the heart of the community.