• Freehold town centre retail investment

• Let to Wilko Retail Ltd

• Highly Secure Income (D&B Rating 5A1, Net Assets £110m)

• 9 years unexpired lease term

• Very low passing rent equating to only £2.87 per sq ft

• Long term redevelopment potential, subject to planning

• £1,140,000, subject to contract

• 8.3% Net Initial Yield

• 14.4% Suggested Reversionary Yield

• Low capital value of £32.81 per sq ft

The property occupies a prominent position on Cardiff Street, within the heart of Aberdare town centre. Nearby occupiers include Argos, Peacocks, New Look and Nationwide.

Aberdare Bus Station and the Duke Street Public Car Park are immediately to the rear of the subject property. Aberdare Railway Station is approximately 0.4 km (0.25 miles) to the north-east.

The property also benefits from being in close proximity to a recently completed £1 million residential scheme comprising 12 apartments on the site of a former hotel, The Boot.

The property provides retail use on ground floor together with storage and ancillary accommodation on basement, first and second floor. The property benefits from two goods lifts and a side loading bay accessed via Station Street. The unit has been fitted out by the tenant to their usual corporate style.

In addition to a prominent glazed frontage to Cardiff Street, the property also has a return frontage to Station Street which connects Cardiff Street with Aberdare Bus Station to the rear. Therefore, the property benefits from a strong pedestrian flow.

Freehold.

The property is entirely let to Wilko Retail Limited for a term of 15 years from 5th March 2014, expiring on 4th March 2029 (9 years unexpired lease term). The lease is Full Repairing and Insuring, subject to a Schedule of Condition.

The current passing rent is £99,661 per annum which equates to a very low rate of only £30.87 per sq m / £2.87 per sq ft. There are no rent reviews during the term of the lease, for reasons explained in the Rental Value section below.

The tenant has an option to renew their lease at any time between 1st January 2020 and 4th September 2028 for a further 10 years from 5th March 2029, subject to a break option on 4th March 2034. The renewed lease it to be at open market value, with a day 1 rent review and a rent review at the 5th year.

For the year ending 2nd February 2019, Wilko Retail Limited (Co. No. 00365335, formerly Wilkinson Hardware Stores Limited) reported the following figures;

The company is debt free with the accounts stating ‘nil drawn banking facilities’.

Wilko is a family owned private limited company which has been trading for over 85 years. Established from a single shop in Leicester in 1930, today the company trades from more than 400 stores throughout the United Kingdom. In 2013 the company changed its name from Wilkinson to Wilko and according to its website 6 out of 10 shoppers in the United Kingdom shop with Wilko.

Wilko has an extensive range of own brand products including health & beauty, housewares, kitchenware, DIY, stationery, pet care products, gardening and toys. 2019 reflected a strong year for Wilko brand products, with own brand participation increasing from 52.7% in 2018 to 54.5% in 2019.

Wilko Retail Limited has a D&B Rating of 5A1 (as of 21st November 2019).
For further information visit www.wilko.com.

The property has been registered for VAT.  It is anticipated that the sale will be treated as a Transfer of a Going Concern (TOGC). 

1. An opportunity to acquire a freehold retail investment;

2. The property occupies a prominent position within the town centre;

3. The investment provides highly secure income, being let to Wilko Retail Limited (D&B Rating 5A1, Net Assets £110 million);

4. Attractive unexpired lease term of 9 years;

5. The property is let off a very low passing rent of only £2.87 per sq ft;

6. The property may offer long term redevelopment potential, subject to planning;

7. A purchase at the asking price reflects an attractive net initial yield with a significant future reversion.

8. A purchase at the asking price reflects a low capital value of £32.81 per sq ft.

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