Services
Rural Estate Management
Working primarily with private client landed estates, we aim to deliver a high level of personal service in stewarding these historic assets through the generations. Landed estates are diverse and complex businesses and we aim to maximise their financial performance, whilst ensuring that their long held ethos and values endure.
From large country estates to traditional farming businesses, our involvement covers the day to day management of the agricultural, residential and commercial portfolios as well as providing structural and strategic advice for the business as whole.
Serving clients across the South and Midland regions, our involvement varies depending on the requirements; from assuming a part-time resident agent type role, to more general consultancy and management roles.
Rural Business Strategic Reviews and Succession Planning
Rural businesses need to adapt and evolve to ensure they continue to reach their full potential in an ever changing industry. We can provide regular or one-off strategic reviews to help you consider key decisions about new acquisitions, business structure, disposals and finance to help ensure that your business maximises its performance.
Succession planning is also integral to the longevity of any business, but with farms and estates it can also be a particularly emotive subject. We recognise the sensitivities involved in succession planning as well as the importance of its correct implementation. We can provide advice and guidance to formulate an inclusive succession plan to enable the next generation to be integrated in a way that enhances the business and secures its future for years to come.
Farm and Estate Diversification
Every rural business has different physical and human attributes, but farms and estates frequently face a particular challenge when trying to explore their full potential, given that they are often also a private family home. We can help identify the right opportunities to enhance the diversity and profitability of the business whilst ensuring that a good balance between business and private life is achieved.
We advise on diversification projects from the initial concept through to delivery, regularly project managing the different elements of planning, development, grant claims and funding.
Tenancy and Contract Farm Management
There are many different occupational arrangements that might be adopted within a farming business; including tenancies, contract farming, share farming or joint ventures. We provide advice on the set-up and ongoing management of these structures, working with you to ensure that you find the right approach to move your business forward.