Agriculture and landed estates

We’ve supported farmers and landowners for over a century

Today, we serve many of the UK’s biggest agricultural and horticultural businesses – as well as individual family farms and landed estates.

The individual challenges of a farm business are hard to explain to someone who’s never experienced them. Many of our rural team have deep roots in farming, which gives us a unique understanding of the challenges faced by farmers and landowners.

Living through agriculture’s constant change, we’ve seen how each generation makes its mark. So if you’re combining the best of the old ways and the new, we can help.

There are always changes and opportunities ahead. Building climate resilience could mean you’re looking at diversifying into other approaches and revenue streams whilst at the same time continuing to feed the world! With experience from supporting farming businesses and landed estates – and specialists in all kinds of industries – we can help you with everything from funding and finance to import and export rules.

You can count on us to listen carefully, and use our experience to help you achieve your goals. What’s more, you’ll find us full of ideas.

The only constant is change

We understand that a landed estate is much more than just a business. A balance needs to be struck between the needs of the commercial estate, the long-term succession of future generations and the family’s role as custodians of a piece of the country’s heritage.

We work hard to stay at the forefront of tax and regulatory changes so we can proactively look after our clients and help them achieve their strategic goals.

Trusts are a typical feature of landed estates structures, so we have a large team who understand these and the associated tax implications of transactions. More recently, we are seeing an increase in the number of family investment companies and can advise on the pros and cons of different structures for preserving wealth for future generations.

We offer a bespoke service to our landed estates clients, depending on the level of support they need – for some we are their family service office, and for others we review accounts prepared by their in-house finance team and attend trustee meetings. Our flexible approach ensures clients receive value from our input.

Specialist agricultural accounting

When we’re preparing your annual accounts and tax returns, we’ll use our agricultural experience – and our knowledge of your business – to assign your assets and profits tax efficiently.

We’ll also pay close attention to specifics like:

• Farmers’ averaging relief
• Capital allowance claims
• Farming loss reliefs
• R&D tax reliefs

And, if your business needs it, our in-house VAT and capital gains tax experts can give you specialist advice.