Rockpoint Leisure

What Rockpoint Leisure does

Rockpoint Leisure Limited is a privately-held, founder-controlled regeneration and hospitality company based in New Brighton on the Wirral Peninsula, United Kingdom. Founded in 2018 by Daniel Davies following the sale of CPL Online, the company operates an integrated portfolio of hospitality and retail venues within the Victoria Quarter, a multi-street regeneration area set back from the New Brighton seafront. Its flagship brands are Habibi (a Middle Eastern/Ottoman/North African bar and restaurant with charcoal-grilled kebabs and a cocktail programme), The James Atherton (a modern British tavern offering cask ales, craft beers, and a permanent New Brighton photography archive, operated in partnership with Punch Taverns), Rockpoint Apparel (a boutique retail outlet consolidating multiple online fashion brands into a high-street format), and Rockpoint Records. The company's central business is place-making: creating a branded destination cluster, improving street-level public realm, and running a seasonal calendar of events and street-art collaborations (including work with Nomad Clan) to drive footfall and tourism into the Victoria Quarter.

Underlying operations are traditional hospitality, retail, and property development rather than technology-led. Revenue is generated via transactional food-and-beverage sales at the bar and tavern, retail transactions at Rockpoint Apparel, and regeneration-related property development and repurposing activity on the surrounding streets. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer through owned physical storefronts on Victoria Road; marketing relies on organic social media (Instagram channels including @rockpointleisure, @rockpointrecords, @newbrightonstreetart, and @rockpoint.apparel), PR around the founder's public profile, and on-the-ground community engagement. The company has partnerships with multiple project partners listed on its website (including Sky, Innov8, Crown, Rich Energy), charity partners (Pup Aid, Lucy's Law, Come Unify, Amnesty International), and is launching a Victoria Quarter Standard customer-service benchmarking initiative intended to lift quality across all businesses in the regeneration area. The business is privately financed with no disclosed institutional investors, no parent company, and no headcount disclosure.

Name

Rockpoint Leisure

Legal name

Rockpoint Leisure Limited

Website

https://rockpointleisure.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Rockpoint Leisure is a privately-held UK regeneration company founded in 2018 by Daniel Davies that operates an integrated portfolio of hospitality and retail venues (Habibi, The James Atherton, Rockpoint Apparel, Rockpoint Records) within the Victoria Quarter regeneration area in New Brighton, Wirral, targeting local residents and visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Brighton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hospitality Operations: Revenue from owned bar and restaurant venues including Habibi (Middle Eastern cuisine and cocktails) and The James Atherton (modern British tavern) serving food, beverages, and craft/cask ales.
2. Retail - Rockpoint Apparel: Brick-and-mortar retail outlet combining multiple online fashion brands, offering limited-edition lines and independent labels to shoppers.
3. Regeneration Development: Private-sector development and regeneration company revitalising the Victoria Quarter area through property development, repurposing, and place-making initiatives.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rockpoint Leisure is a private-sector development and regeneration company that owns and operates hospitality venues (Habibi bar and restaurant, The James Atherton modern British tavern, Rockpoint Records) and a boutique retail concept (Rockpoint Apparel) within the Victoria Quarter regeneration area of New Brighton. The company uses these hospitality and retail concepts as anchors to drive tangible, localised regeneration, place-making, and community revitalisation in a defined set of streets set back from New Brighton's main seafront.

Product overview

Rockpoint Leisure is a private-sector development and regeneration company operating a portfolio of hospitality and retail brands centered around the Victoria Quarter regeneration project in New Brighton. The portfolio includes: Victoria Quarter (the overarching place-making and regeneration initiative), Rockpoint Apparel (a boutique retail concept combining multiple online fashion brands), The James Atherton (a modern British tavern), and Habibi (a bar and restaurant featuring Middle Eastern cuisine and global Hip Hop culture). The company uses hospitality and retail concepts to drive localized change in UK neighbourhoods and communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Victoria Quarter: A place-making brand created to provide an identity for the regeneration area in New Brighton. The Victoria Quarter brand is used across all marketing and communications for the area.
• Habibi
• The James Atherton
• Rockpoint Apparel

Products and services

• The James Atherton A modern British tavern on Victoria Road in New Brighton, celebrating the resort's founder, offering craft and cask ales, quality bar food, and a permanent photographic archive of New Brighton history curated with digital heritage specialist Richard Jackson. Targeted at local community members, tourists, walkers, cyclists, and sports clubs.
• Habibi

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SkyminorOthersListed as a project partner on the Rockpoint Leisure website.
• Innov8minorOthersListed as a project partner on the Rockpoint Leisure website.
• Big Dogs VodkacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium spirit brand co-founded by CEO Dan Davies alongside four other business associates in 2017. Represents a personal investment/partnership for the CEO.
• CrownminorOthersListed as a project partner on the Rockpoint Leisure website.
• Punch TavernscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPub owners with whom Rockpoint worked closely to rebrand The James Atherton site, bringing a fresh new concept to market.
• Rich EnergyminorOthersListed as a project partner on the Rockpoint Leisure website.
• CPL Training GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the UK's leading learning and development companies led by CEO Dan Davies. Delivers face-to-face training and licensing applications services.
• Pup AidminorOthersAnimal welfare charity partnership.
• Lucy's LawminorOthersAnimal welfare charity partnership.
• Come UnifyminorOthersCharity partnership working on cross-generational involvement and community initiatives.
• Amnesty InternationalminorOthersHuman rights organisation of which CEO Dan Davies is an active member.
• Richard JacksonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital heritage specialist whose archive of New Brighton photographs is displayed as a permanent collection at The James Atherton pub.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• NewRiver REIT: UK real estate investment trust focused on retail-led regeneration and community shopping centres, with a strategy of using F&B and leisure tenants to drive footfall. Comparable on UK high-street regeneration thesis, although at much larger scale and as a capital partner rather than operator.

Broad incumbents

• Stonegate Pub Company: One of the UK's largest managed pub operators, owning brands such as Slug & Lettuce, Yates's, and Be At One. Comparable as a multi-brand UK bar and pub operator with a managed-venue model similar in structure to Rockpoint's owned-venue portfolio.
• Mitchells & Butlers: Large UK managed pub and restaurant group (All Bar One, Toby Carvery, Harvester, Miller & Carter). Comparable on multi-brand UK hospitality operations and food-led pub model, though operating at far greater scale and national footprint.
• Young's (Young & Co.'s Brewery): Long-established London and southern England pub and hotel operator. Comparable on multi-venue UK pub model and on operating a tavern concept (e.g. The James Atherton), though at materially larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• J D Wetherspoon: National UK pub operator with a focus on value-led food and drink. Comparable as a UK-wide pub and bar operator, although Wetherspoon's value positioning is materially different from Rockpoint's premium, regeneration-led venue mix.
• Greene King: Major UK pub retailer and brewer owned by CK Asset Holdings, operating managed and tenanted pubs. Comparable on traditional UK pub and tavern model (e.g. The James Atherton concept) at much larger scale.

Others

• Peel Group (Peel L&P): Large UK regeneration and place-making developer operating across the Liverpool City Region, including waterfront and coastal assets. Comparable on place-making-led UK regeneration approach and on Merseyside regional footprint, though at vastly greater scale and as a developer rather than hospitality operator.

Direct peers

• Loungers plc: Loungers operates a multi-venue UK cafe/bar/all-day-dining portfolio (Lounges, Cosy Club, Brightside) with a similar community-led, neighbourhood-regeneration ethos. Directly comparable on multi-site UK hospitality model, venue scale, and demographic targeting.
• Laine Pub Company: Brighton-based independent regional pub and bar operator with a portfolio of distinct venue concepts and a strong focus on community engagement and local regeneration. Closest geographic and operating model peer to Rockpoint's neighbourhood-curation approach.
• Fulham Shore plc: Operator of Franco Manca pizzeria and The Real Greek restaurant chains, a UK multi-venue casual dining group. Comparable on multi-site UK restaurant roll-out, concept-level brand differentiation, and venue-economics profile similar in size to Rockpoint's hospitality portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/danieldaviescpl
• Instagraminstagram.com/rockpointleisure
• Facebookfacebook.com/Rockpointleisure

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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