South Africa Cattle Premium Company (Pty) Ltd (“SACPC”) will be a premium casual-dining steakhouse and hospitality company focused on delivering world-class beef dining experiences through company-owned flagship restaurants and a scalable franchise network. The business combines premium locally-sourced beef, expertly aged steaks, modern South African hospitality, an award-winning wine programme and contemporary restaurant design.
Unlike a traditional steakhouse, SACPC is an integrated restaurant and franchise company that owns the brand, develops operating systems, manages supply-chain partnerships, and earns revenue from both restaurant operations and franchise royalties. The Company seeks R220 million in equity to establish its first flagship restaurants, a central support office and central kitchen, a franchise platform and distribution infrastructure, and to scale from three restaurants in Year 1 to forty by Year 5.
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R220m Equity sought |
R1.06bn Year-5 revenue |
R242m Year-5 EBITDA (22.8%) |
40 Restaurants by Year 5 |
The proposition
Sponsor projections show revenue scaling from R105 million in Year 1 to R1.06 billion by Year 5, with EBITDA rising from R16 million (15.2% margin) to R242 million (22.8% margin). This plan preserves those headline operating projections exactly and independently re-derives the full three-statement model beneath EBITDA, component depreciation from the asset register, 27% South African corporate tax with assessed-loss relief, and working capital. On the re-derived numbers the business is profitable from Year 1 and generates roughly R161 million of net profit by Year 5, closely tracking the sponsor’s illustrative figures, with the balance sheet tying to zero in every year and a strong net-cash position throughout.
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R millions |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Revenue |
105 |
245 |
465 |
725 |
1060 |
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EBITDA |
16 |
43 |
88 |
152 |
242 |
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EBITDA margin |
15.2% |
17.6% |
18.9% |
21.0% |
22.8% |
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Net profit after tax (re-derived) |
4.5 |
21.8 |
51.9 |
96.1 |
161.0 |
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Restaurants (company + franchise) |
3 |
8 |
15 |
25 |
40 |
Why this business can win
- A premium, branded position in a recovering market. South African dining out is firmly back, reservations rose about 15% year-on-year in 2025/26, and premium, experiential full-service dining is growing, supported by tourism recovery and rate-driven consumer spending.
- An integrated restaurant-and-franchise model. SACPC owns the brand and systems and earns from both company restaurants and franchise royalties, combining the margin of owned operations with the asset-light scalability of franchising.
- A diversified, multi-stream platform. Company restaurants, franchising, corporate catering and events, retail products and delivery create five complementary revenue streams and several routes to scale.
- A genuine premium product and experience. Dry-ageing expertise, premium beef sourcing partnerships, open charcoal grills, a high-margin wine and beverage programme and contemporary design differentiate the brand from commodity casual dining.
- An experienced, credentialed team. Founders spanning 20 years of restaurant management, operations and food-quality systems, franchise and property development, and corporate finance and governance, holding 100% of equity at the outset.
Key findingIndependent findings — summary (detail in Section 18)
The concept is attractive and well-timed, but the plan should be underwritten with eyes open. The rollout is aggressive, three restaurants to forty, and revenue from R105m to R1.06bn (a ~78% CAGR), in an industry that is competitive, discretionary-spending-dependent and, for full-service dining, capital- and labour-intensive. Premium beef is a significant, volatile input cost exposed to supply and disease (foot-and-mouth) risk. The central infrastructure is built upfront, creating an early overhead drag that pulls Year-1 re-derived profit modestly below the sponsor’s illustrative figure. And franchise execution and brand consistency across a growing network are central to the model. These are disclosed so the plan can be underwritten on its downside.
How this plan exceeds a template
Unlike an off-the-shelf plan, this document independently re-derives every line below EBITDA, applies South African tax rules explicitly, integrates the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow so the balance sheet ties to zero in every year, tests the liquidity of the rollout against the R220 million raised, and stress-tests the plan against a slow-rollout downside and a sensitivity tornado. Every material divergence between the sponsor’s illustrative figures and the re-derivation is disclosed.