farming clients
Agriculture and landed estates
Accountancy for farmers and landowners
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.
Experienced accountants for farmers and landowners
landed estates
Our clients say
Work with an accountant who knows the landscape
Because of the vital role UK farmers and landowners play in our food security as well as in our countryside, environment and the wider rural economy you can often benefit from a huge variety of grants and tax reliefs. It’s vital that your accountancy firm has the right experience to help you use these opportunities.
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.
Supporting diversification, investment and growth
Beyond your statutory annual accounting, we can bring extra support to help you achieve strategic goals around investment, hardware, equipment and development:
- Forecasting and affordability projections
- Specialist finance and debt advisory team to help you find funding
- Nationally-renowned dealmaking with renewable energy investors
- Experienced teams focused on food and drink, leisure and tourism, and more
Importantly, this expertise is all within our firm, so everything is delivered by a core team who fully understand your business.
Succession and inheritance planning – with every option open
Your land is valuable, so every farm business and estate needs careful planning for inheritance tax and stamp duty land tax.
Of course, not every generation wants to go into the family business. And if you’re considering selling your land, we can help you do that in a smooth and efficient way.
Whatever you decide, we work alongside our in-house financial planning experts to consider all your options and find the best solution for your family and goals.
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The start of a longstanding partnership
It’s essential you can trust your accountancy team, and form a strong, mutual relationship. Give us a call, and let’s see how we fit.