Our approach is the management of land, farms, and estates as businesses.
We are estates business managers and our principles are those of proper business and financial management. Business management plans are prepared based on our clients' personal aims.

The business approach is underpinned by strong ethical principles to protect the landlord/tenant partnership and the client/employee relationship.

Financial Management

A successful estate and farm business rests on the foundation of a sound business plan based on accurate budgets and with subsequent monitoring of performance. Butler Sherborn establishes aims and budgets with the client and puts in place systems to implement those plans. We spend considerable time establishing working relationships at all levels, not solely with the client but also with tenants (agricultural, residential, or service occupiers) and employees to establish trust, understanding and support.

The Business Plan

The plan is drafted and targets set based not purely on our substantial business management experience but also on our extensive technical and legal knowledge. We will only prepare targets which are reasonably capable of achievement either through performance or within the constraints of the law. Our experience of returns from agricultural residential and commercial property and the costs involved in managing estates and farms will ensure accurate financial planning.

Summary

Our specialist accountancy department and our investment in computer software enables regular financial reporting to monitor actual performance against budget and at the year end the preparation of draft profit and loss accounts.

We work closely with our clients other professional advisors and have a system of reporting which ensures they are briefed on estate activity. The overriding aim is to improve financial performance and retain or enhance the people partnership. Land Agency is a Butler Sherborn mainstream business.

Fees

The fee is based on an annual figure which depends entirely on the scope and complexity of the instructions.
Fees are payable quarterly in arrears and always reviewed at the end of the first year.

For more information contact:

David Sherborn-Hoare at our Cirencester office