Christie & Co has announced the sale of Whitchurch Pre-School, a rural day nursery on the outskirts of Whitchurch, Shropshire.

Established in 2002 years ago, Whitchurch Pre-School is a ‘Good’-rated day nursery providing childcare for up to 65 children.

It is located on a busy business park in the Shropshire town of Whitchurch and benefits from the improved funding and housing developments in the area.

The setting was previously owned by Julie Allmark for 15 years and was brought to market to enable her to retire.

Following a confidential sales process with Jassi Sunner at Christie & Co, it has been sold to Hannah Vyse, who previously owned a small group of nurseries as a joint venture and sold it a few years ago to focus on her young family.

Now moving to Shropshire, she wanted to ease back into the sector with a small acquisition and with the target of growing a group.

She said: “I was really interested in this setting due to its great location and superb potential.

“I would like to develop further on from the hard work which Julie and the team had put into the setting and to create a further community around the nursery and what it has to offer to the families of Whitchurch and the surrounding areas.”

Sunner adds: “The sale of Whitchurch Pre-School is a great example of the breadth of buyers on our database.

“Although this was a smaller day nursery business and set in a rural location, we still attracted a range of interest.

“With over 15 enquiries and a range of offers, my client accepted the offer from Hannah as she was very experienced and felt the business would be best placed in her capable hands.

“Although there were difficult aspects to the deal, we were able to navigate and work closely with both sides to get to completion in good time.”

Whitchurch Pre-School was sold for an undisclosed price.