Events
The Business Cellar
A business networking venture built around wine tasting evenings rather than a hotel buffet and a badge.
Built on Restaurants & Bars
What was added
- Wine-tasting networking format
- The Business Cellar brand identity
- Licensing retained by the operator
Price £3,995
At a glance
- Type
- Ready-made business
- Business type
- Networking events
- How it runs
- Solo
- Premises
- Optional
- Staff
- Optional
- Revenue
- Mixed
- Typical customer
- Owner-managers and professional services people who will pay for a tasting evening if the room is worth being in
- What you'll need to start
- £1,200–£4,500
- How easy it is to launch
- Moderate
- Room to grow
- Medium
- Location
- Local
What the business does
The operator hosts ticketed wine tastings with a networking format: a short tasting, a seating plan that mixes tables, and a follow-up so introductions do not die in the car park. Private and corporate cellar nights sit alongside the public calendar. Growth is a regular room in one town, then a second night, not a national franchise fantasy.
How it makes money
- Set the date and room
- Confirm wine and tasting notes
- Sell tickets or a private booking
- Host the evening
- Follow up introductions
- Book the next cellar
primary
Ticketed tasting evenings
Public dates sold as a tasting plus a room of people worth meeting.
secondary
Private and corporate cellars
Closed tastings for firms, networks and client entertainment.
additional
Repeat attendee list
Regulars who buy the next date because the room stayed good.
The numbers
These are our estimates to help you plan. They aren't a promise of what you'll earn.
Year 3 income, base case (estimate)
£106,740
Typical sale (estimate)
£48
Gross margin (estimate)
38%
Break-even point (estimate)
1 public evening a fortnight at 24 covers after wine and room
How much work it can handle
Solo host with a venue partner; a second night once the first room is reliably full
Chance of repeat income
Medium
Forecast at a glance
Event nights are lumpy. The preview averages a regular cellar diary and should be read with a bookings calendar, not as a retainer. Wine and room costs move with the venue.
Year 3 income (estimate), base case: £106,740
Light blue shows income, grey shows costs and dark blue shows profit. Each point is one month, from month 1 to month 36. Year 3 income adds up months 25 to 36. The labels at month 36 are that month's income, costs and profit. The £ amounts are estimates to help you plan. They aren't a promise of what you'll earn. Where an estimate would be below zero, we show £0.
Income by year (estimate), base case
- £37,114
Year 1
- £62,941
Year 2
- £106,740
Year 3
What you get
Commercial
- ✓ Business Model
- ✓ Service Structure
- ✓ Pricing Model
- ✓ Customer Profiles
- ✓ Market Positioning
- ✓ Competitor Framework
Planning
- ✓ Business Plan
- ✓ Financial Forecast
- ✓ Startup Cost Model
- ✓ Break-Even Model
- ✓ Launch Plan
Brand
- ✓ Business Identity
- ✓ Logo
- ✓ Colour System
- ✓ Typography
- ✓ Brand Assets
Digital
- ✓ Website
- ✓ Domain Setup
- ✓ Business Email Structure
- ✓ Analytics
Sales
- ✓ Customer system
- ✓ Enquiry Pipeline
- ✓ Quote Process
- ✓ Customer Onboarding
Operations
- ✓ Step-by-step guides
- ✓ Process Maps
- ✓ Customer Documents
- ✓ Quality Controls
Marketing
- ✓ Launch Marketing Framework
- ✓ Social media post designs
- ✓ Core Website SEO Structure
- ✓ Review Process
Optional extras
Base: The Business Cellar £3,995
- Marketing Pro +£750
Expanded marketing strategy and launch plan.
- Company Setup +£350
Company formation support and launch administration.
- Ongoing Support +£95/month
Ongoing technical and operational support.
- Apps See the apps
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- Customisation
Additional work beyond the standard Factory specification.
Apps included
Quote Builder
Create structured customer quotations from a configurable service list and approved pricing rules.
Customer Records
Give customers a single place for bookings, documents, invoices and messages.
How it works
1
Chat
Tell us what you have in mind. We'll talk through what fits, what it costs and what's included before you commit to anything.
2
Agree
We send you a written order. You pay half to get started.
3
Shape your idea
Together we decide who your customers are, what you'll sell and how you'll price it. We agree that before any design work starts.
4
Build
We create your brand, plan, website and systems, and check each stage with you as we go.
5
Hand over
When everything's ready, you pay the other half and we give you all your files, logins and access.
This one was built on Restaurants & Bars. You can start from that Base and make your own version.