FREEHOLD INVESTMENT FOR SALEAA National Academy Training Centre - Fosse Way (A46) Six Hills Melton Mowbray Leicestershire LE14 3PD

INVESTMENT SUMMARY• Six Hills is a prominent intersection off the A46

Fosse Way in the East Midlands equidistant from

Nottingham, Leicester, Melton Mowbray and

Loughborough

• Situated adjacent to the A46 with the Six Hills

Hotel and Conference Centre, Ragdale Hall &

Spa and Six Hills Golf Club nearby

• Large landscaped site extending to

2.03 ha (5.01 acres) with low site density of 13%

and plentiful of car parking

• Well specified office building with a newer

steel portal framed warehouse building

providing purpose-built bespoke workshops with

accommodation totalling 3,853.88 sq m

(41,484 sq ft)

• Freehold

• Securely let to Automobile Association

Development Limited for use as their sole UK

National Academy Training Centre

• 2½ years unexpired

• Passing rent of £234,518 per annum reflecting a

rent of only £5.69 per sq ft overall

• A price of £2,200,000 (Two Million Two

Hundred Thousand Pounds) is sought, subject

to contract, reflecting a net initial yield of

10.08% assuming standard purchase costs

Location Six Hills is located in East Midlands within a radius of

20 miles from Nottingham, Leicester, Grantham,

Melton Mowbray and Loughborough. London is

approximately 105 miles to the south.

Occupying a prominent position on the A46 (Fosse

Way) Leicester to Lincoln Trunk Road, the M1 and

M69 motorways are accessible 14 miles to the south

west and the A1 at Newark-on-Trent 26 miles to the

north east. East Midlands Airport is 23 miles to the

west.

SituationThe property lies adjacent to the A46 Fosse Way on

the southbound carriageway at its junction with Six

Hills Lane (B676). Direct access to the property is

gained from a shared driveway.

The immediate area provides both leisure and

commercial uses including the Six Hills Hotel and

Conference Centre on north-bound side of the A46,

the Six Hills Golf Club, Ragdale Hall Health and Spa, a

petrol filling station, garage and a large Foyle Food

Processing Facility.

SiteThe property benefits from a large irregular-shaped

site with an area extending 2.03 hectares (5.01 acres)

and a low site coverage of only 13%.

There is substantial car parking available as well as

landscaped grounds including recreational areas,

lake/balancing pond, footpaths and outdoor seating.

Description The property comprises an office building of brick

construction connected at the rear to a modern

steel portal framed warehouse building that has

been fitted out as a training facility.

OfficesThe offices, constructed in the 1980s, are arranged

over ground and first floors totalling 1,436 sq m

(15,460 sq m). The accommodation includes a large

reception with central staircase, an open plan office

suite and sixteen rooms of varying sizes which are

mainly used for teaching.

The specification throughout is high and includes:

• Four pipe fan coil air conditioning

• Central Heating

• Suspended ceilings with inset Category II

lighting and recessed spotlights

• Perimeter trunking

• Double glazing

• Male and female WC facilities

• Passenger lift

• Secondary staircases at either ends of the

building

WarehouseTo the rear and connected to the office building is a

purpose built steel portal framed warehouse building,

constructed circa 2004, with brick and clad elevations

under a pitched profile roof with inset translucent roof

light panels.

The rectangular building totals 1,846,67 sq m

(19,878 sq ft) has been sub-divided into seven vehicle

workshop training areas with sixteen electric roller

shutter loading doors. The workshops have an eaves

height of 6.75m (22’2 ft) and are fitted with specialist

equipment including an exhaust extraction system and

two post vehicle lifts. In addition, there is an engineer’s

workshop, a large staff canteen with seating for

approximately 100 persons and ancillary toilets and

store rooms.

A lift accesses the first floor accommodation comprising

offices and classrooms with a similar specification to

the offices. There is a first floor corridor used as a

viewing area with windows overlooking several of the

workshops below.

StoreAt the south-western end of the site there is a

self-contained single storey brick warehouse building

totalling 570.88 sq m (6,145 sq ft) used for archive

storage.

Accommodation The property has been measured in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (6th

Edition) and provides the following net and gross internal areas:

TenureFreehold.

TenancyThe property is entirely let on a FRI lease to Automobile Association Developments Limited

for a term of 15 years and 4 months from 28th September 2003, effectively 2½ years

unexpired. The current passing rent is £234,518 per annum exclusive and there are no

remaining rent reviews.

CovenantThe Automobile Association Developments Limited (Company No. 01878835) was founded

in 1905 and is the largest breakdown cover organisation in the UK today with

approximately 15 million members. The services it now provides goes beyond breakdown

to include car insurance, maps, travel guides, campsite guides, home insurance, savings

accounts, smart phone and tablet apps and home emergency breakdown cover.

In 2007, the AA merged with Saga Group (owned by Charterhouse Capital Partners) to

form Acromas Holdings and was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2014 and it is

now a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

The Automobile Association Developments Limited reported the following financial

accounts for the preceding three years:

The AA National Academy and Training centre at Six Hills, is the main UK site for AA

technical training and inductions for technicians. It aims is to provide the best technical

training for the motor industry including not just AA employees and patrols but also

motor manufacturers. Up to 125 people can be trained on the site at one time.

Value Added Tax All figures stated are exclusive of VAT, which will be chargeable on the sale price,

however it is anticipated the property will be transferred as a Transfer of Going Concern.

Unit Floor Use Sq m Sq ft

Office First Offices / classrooms 764.50 8,229

Ground Offices / classrooms 671.83 7,232

Sub-total net internal area 1,436.33 15,461

Workshop First Offices 418.07 4,500

Offices Workshops / canteen 1,428.60 15,378

Sub-total gross internal area 1,846.67 19,878

Storage Ground Archive stores 570.88 6,145

Sub-total gross internal area 570.88 6,145

TOTAL 3,853.88 41,484

2015 2014 2013

Turnover £538,624,000 £240,288,000 n/a

Pre -Tax Profit £169,870,000 £1,100,807,000 £5,088,000

Cash £236,145,000 £118,163,000 £685,000

Shareholder Funds £1,129,971,000 £1,134,234,000 £222,978,000

Investment Considerations• Six Hills is centrally located in the UK with accessibility to the M1, M69 and A1

• Local amenities include the Six Hills Hotel and Conference Centre, Golf Club and Ragdale

Hall Health and Spa

• Large attractively landscaped site with low site cover density with further potential to

construct additional buildings subject to agreement and obtaining necessary consents

• Bespoke purpose-built workshop units serving the UK’s only AA Academy Training Centre

• Unexpired lease term of 2½ years offering potential for lease re-gear

• Secured to an undoubted covenant with a current turnover of £538 million, cash of

£236 million and shareholder funds of £1.129 billion

• High yielding investment opportunity and low capital value per square foot

Proposal A price of £2,200,000 (Two million Two Hundred Thousand Pounds) is sought subject to contract.A purchase at this level, after allowing standard purchase costs, would reflect a Net Initial Yield of 10.08% and a capital value of only £571 per sq m (£53 per sq ft).

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