What Stonegate Pub Partners does

Stonegate Pub Partners is the partnership/tenancy arm of Stonegate Group, the UK's largest pub company. It operates a portfolio of pubs across England and Wales under multiple agreement structures — Leased & Tenanted, Operator-Led (Craft Union), Commercial Properties (Free of Tie), Turnkey, Retail Partnership Tenancy (Beacon), and Fixed Term Tenancy — granting individual publicans the right to operate ready-made pubs in exchange for fixed weekly or annual rent, with some agreements incorporating turnover-based rent and Operator-Led support payments. The company serves aspiring and experienced SMB operators, ranging from first-time publicans to well-funded entrepreneurs, and supports them with dedicated regional managers, marketing toolkits, ongoing training, and an internal digital portal called Pub Hub.

The underlying technology stack is modest and operationally focused: a web-based pub discovery and application portal on stonegatepubpartners.co.uk handles search and intake, while the proprietary Pub Hub tool gives existing publicans access to health and safety reporting, supply ordering, and business monitoring. The company is registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (registration ZA050463) for data-protection compliance. The legal entity is Stonegate Pub Company Limited, incorporated in the Cayman Islands with a UK establishment number, headquartered at 3 Monkspath Hall Road, Solihull.

Stonegate Pub Partners runs a direct-to-partner go-to-market: prospective publicans discover and apply for opportunities through the website, register for email updates, attend regional recruitment events, or contact the recruitment team directly via phone and email. The company markets via organic social (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), email, its website, publican testimonials, and in-person events across England and Wales. No revenue figure is disclosed, no public ticker exists, no funding rounds are reported, and the operating geography is explicitly limited to England and Wales.

Name

Stonegate Pub Partners

Legal name

Stonegate Pub Company Limited

Website

https://stonegatepubpartners.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Stonegate Pub Partners is the partnership arm of Stonegate Group, the UK's largest pub company, offering six tenancy and lease models across an estate of over 3,000 pubs in England and Wales to individual publicans and SMB operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pub Partnership and Leasing Services

NAICS

Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) (53112)

SIC

Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitality Tenant Representation (BPAJALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

Keywords

• Pub tenancy agreements
• Leased pub partnerships
• Pub operator agreements
• Public house leasing
• Commercial pub properties

Headquarters

HQ city

Solihull

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Tenancy and Lease Rent: Stonegate Pub Partners generates revenue by charging rent to publicans who operate pubs under various tenancy and lease agreements. Publicans pay weekly or annual rent to Stonegate in exchange for the right to operate the pub. Different agreement types include Leased & Tenanted, Operator-Led (Craft Union), Commercial Properties (Free of Tie), and others.
2. Turnover Rent: Some pub agreements include turnover-based rent components where publicans pay a percentage of their pub's turnover in addition to or instead of fixed rent.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stonegate Pub Partners operates the partnership and leasing arm of Stonegate Group, offering aspiring and experienced publicans the opportunity to rent and operate one of more than 3,000 pubs across England and Wales. It sells six distinct agreement types—Leased & Tenanted, Operator-Led (Craft Union), Commercial Properties (Free of Tie), Turnkey, Retail Partnership Tenancy (Beacon), and Fixed Term Tenancy—paired with recruitment, training, business support, and centralized procurement services for licensees.

Product overview

Stonegate Pub Partners operates as a pub partnership business offering six distinct partnership models for prospective publicans. The core offering includes Leased & Tenanted arrangements, Operator-Led pubs under the Craft Union brand, and Commercial Properties with Free of Tie agreements. Partners receive support including ready-made pubs with accommodation, marketing tools, personalised opening packs, ongoing training, and dedicated regional manager guidance. The company manages an estate of over 3,000 pubs across England and Wales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Craft Union: Community locals with emphasis on sport, entertainment, and community work - operator-led pub partnership model
• Stonegate Pub Partners

Products and services

• Leased & Tenanted A traditional pub tenancy agreement where a publican rents and operates a pub from Stonegate's estate under a tied supply arrangement, suited to first-time and experienced publicans wanting an established brand and supply chain.

Quantifiable outcome

• Unlimited earning potential for publicans who demonstrate dedication and drive business success

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core, supportive and regulatory.

• Craft UnioncoreOthersCraft Union is a brand under Stonegate Group that operates community pubs with emphasis on sport, entertainment, and community work. It offers operator-led tenancy agreements where publicans can bring personal flair to a proven business model.
• BII (British Institute of Innkeeping)supportiveOthersStonegate offers free BII membership to new publicans, providing industry insights and professional development resources for aspiring and existing publicans.
• Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)regulatoryOthersStonegate Group is registered with the ICO as a data controller, with registration number ZA050463, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fuller Smith & Turner: Fuller's operates a London and South East focused pub estate combining managed houses, tenancies, and brewing. While smaller and more regional than Stonegate, it represents a comparable partnership operator in overlapping geographic markets.
• Greene King: Greene King is one of the UK's largest pub companies combining managed houses, tenancies, and brewing operations. While larger and more diversified than Stonegate Pub Partners, it competes in the same leased/tenanted pub market and shares scale advantages.
• Marston's: Marston's operates a national pub estate alongside brewing and brand operations. Its substantial leased and tenanted division competes directly with Stonegate Pub Partners for both publicans and geographic market share across England and Wales.
• JD Wetherspoon: JD Wetherspoon is the UK's largest managed pub operator with a national estate. While primarily competing on consumer-facing pub operations rather than tenancy recruitment, it is a major comparable for scale and estate management within the UK pub sector.
• Mitchells & Butlers: Mitchells & Butlers operates a large UK pub estate predominantly under managed operations, but also includes leased and tenanted interests. It competes for location dominance, consumer footfall, and publican recruitment in overlapping geographies.
• Shepherd Neame: Shepherd Neame is Britain's oldest brewer and operates a regional pub estate across Kent and the South East of England. Its combination of brewing and leased/tenanted pubs overlaps with Stonegate Pub Partners' core partnership model in southern regions.

Direct peers

• Admiral Taverns: Admiral Taverns operates a leased and tenanted pub estate focused on community locals across the UK. It competes head-to-head with Stonegate Pub Partners for aspiring publicans and offers similar tenancy structures.
• Hawthorn Leisure: Hawthorn Leisure is a UK pub company operating a leased pub estate through its community operator model. It pursues a similar publican-partnership approach to Stonegate, though at smaller scale.
• Punch Pubs & Co: Punch Pubs & Co is one of the UK's largest pub companies operating leased and tenanted pubs across England, Wales, and Scotland. It directly mirrors Stonegate Pub Partners' partnership model with multiple agreement types for publicans.

Regional players

• Wells & Co: Wells & Co is a regional brewer and pub operator focused on Bedfordshire and surrounding counties. Its combination of brewing and leased pub operations makes it comparable in business model, though at smaller regional scale than Stonegate Pub Partners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/stonegatepubpartners
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stonegate-group-pub-partners
• Instagraminstagram.com/stonegategrouppubpartners

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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