1 April 2022

Barkby Group PLC

("Barkby" or the "Company")

Acquisition of The Coach and Horses, Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire

Barkby Group PLC is pleased to announce that Barkby Pub Co. Ltd has acquired the Freehold of The Coach and Horses, a 16th century village pub with 9 rooms in Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire.

Barkby will now undertake a comprehensive refurbishment of the pub with reopening scheduled for June 2022.   

The acquisition is a further expansion of the Group's portfolio of high-quality pubs with accommodation.  Barkby Pubs' portfolio now consists of eight premises with a total of 69 rooms.

Charles Dickson, Executive Chairman of Barkby Group Plc, commented:

"The Coach and Horses' location in the Oxfordshire countryside is highly complementary to our existing portfolio of premium pubs. The pub will offer customers a high-class drinking, dining and sleeping experience, and I very much welcome them into the Barkby Group."

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About The Barkby Group Plc:

Barkby Group PLC is a diversified group of high growth, high quality businesses run by an entrepreneurial and experienced management team. The existing wholly owned businesses units within Barkby include: Barkby Real Estate, Barkby Pub Co. and Barkby Investments (comprising of Workshop Coffee, Centurian Automotive, Cambridge Sleep Sciences and a minority stake in Verso Biosense).

Barkby's strategy is to accelerate and maximise opportunities within its existing businesses.