Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

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Table B6(c) Average opening and closing balance sheets by tenure and type of farm 2009/10: Mixed Tenure Farms

Type of farm

Specialist sheep
( LFA)

Specialist beef
( LFA)

Cattle and sheep
( LFA)

Cereals

Number of farms in sample

8

29

21

25

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Assets

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

Land and buildings etc (1)

584,341

614,115

405,606

462,002

388,158

412,990

790,750

846,042

Other fixed assets (2)

77,804

82,005

138,999

164,363

145,681

168,877

132,686

146,461

Current assets (3)

79,853

75,132

222,786

199,163

211,072

211,065

262,786

232,628

Total assets

741,999

771,251

767,392

825,528

744,910

792,932

1,186,222

1,225,131

Liabilities

Bank loans

44,584

37,924

20,914

32,841

43,914

44,140

34,175

34,723

Other long and medium term loans (4)

17,941

17,440

12,912

9,871

8,435

8,311

31,562

45,942

Bank overdraft

61,883

68,670

24,269

24,046

24,306

25,132

64,998

61,720

Other short term loans (5)

8,853

15,299

12,041

18,098

18,742

21,878

42,615

43,952

Total external liabilities

133,261

139,332

70,136

84,855

95,397

99,461

173,351

186,337

(of which total bank borrowing)

(106,467)

(106,594)

(45,184)

(56,886)

(68,220)

(69,272)

(99,173)

(96,443)

Net worth

608,738

631,919

697,256

740,674

649,513

693,470

1,012,871

1,038,794

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

18

18

9

10

13

13

15

15

Type of farm

General cropping

Dairy

Mixed

All farm types (6)

Number of farms in sample

19

12

21

140

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Assets

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

Land and buildings etc (1)

1,278,606

1,318,270

525,178

585,475

785,591

844,423

641,268

687,980

Other fixed assets (2)

234,797

252,964

215,661

233,977

144,793

160,685

154,728

172,854

Current assets (3)

353,894

305,357

300,161

286,646

299,677

280,103

247,004

226,576

Total assets

1,867,691

1,876,591

1,040,999

1,106,098

1,230,061

1,285,211

1,043,052

1,087,411

Liabilities

Bank loans

60,705

64,237

45,957

37,648

24,853

76,955

36,702

44,741

Other long and medium term loans (4)

18,402

13,119

14,889

14,889

14,750

13,039

16,333

16,315

Bank overdraft

76,190

100,848

30,287

46,967

45,249

39,081

43,352

47,991

Other short term loans (5)

70,446

66,469

36,407

38,715

22,575

21,271

27,881

30,372

Total external liabilities

225,743

244,674

127,540

138,218

107,394

150,347

124,263

139,419

(of which total bank borrowing)

(136,895)

(165,086)

(76,244)

(84,614)

(70,103)

(116,037)

(80,053)

(92,732)

Net worth

1,641,948

1,631,917

913,460

967,880

1,122,667

1,134,864

918,789

947,992

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

12

13

12

12

9

12

12

13

(1) Land and buildings, improvements and fixed equipment.
(2) Machinery, equipment and vehicles, and breeding livestock.
(3) Physical working assets such as trading livestock, harvested and growing crops, purchased stores and liquid assets such as sundry debtors.
(4) Loans by the Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation, insurance companies and building societies and also family loans.
(5) Outstanding capital debt for machinery and equipment being acquired under hire purchase or finance leasing arrangements, and also sundry creditors and receipts in advance.
(6) Includes Lowground Cattle & Sheep farms not identified separately above.

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