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Table B4 Average opening and closing balance sheets by tenure and type of farm, 2003-04: tenanted

Type of farm

LFA: Specialist sheep

LFA: Specialist beef

LFA: Cattle and sheep

Lowground Cattle and sheep

Number of farms in sample

10

33

26

2

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)

24,963

24,157

17,958

17,421

9,358

9,951

"

"

Other fixed assets (2)

37,289

40,841

99,698

100,584

85,861

91,983

"

"

Current assets (3)

38,267

32,453

125,693

118,949

97,193

95,241

"

"

Total assets

100,519

97,451

243,350

236,953

192,412

197,175

"

"

Liabilities

Bank loans

3,531

2,892

1,593

1,011

3,379

2,567

"

"

Other long and medium term loans (4)

977

840

3,312

3,092

2,635

2,530

"

"

Bank overdraft

4,713

5,170

19,023

15,482

22,831

18,990

"

"

Other short term loans (5)

4,829

3,168

13,658

12,705

10,242

14,940

"

"

Total external liabilities

14,050

12,070

37,586

32,290

39,087

39,025

"

"

(of which total bank borrowing)

(8,244)

(8,061)

(20,616)

(16,493)

(26,210)

(21,556)

"

"

Net worth

86,469

85,381

205,763

204,664

153,325

158,149

"

"

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

14

12

15

14

20

20

"

"

Type of farm

Cereals

General cropping

Dairy

Mixed

Number of farms in sample

7

5

9

18

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)

4,699

4,016

"

"

23,462

23,091

4,812

4,127

Other fixed assets (2)

22,785

21,655

"

"

96,369

92,694

72,759

74,009

Current assets (3)

45,520

51,623

"

"

128,681

171,615

97,395

95,212

Total assets

73,004

77,294

"

"

248,511

287,400

174,966

173,348

Liabilities

Bank loans

0

0

"

"

11,822

8,363

2,603

39

Other long and medium term loans (4)

271

271

"

"

12,947

13,200

4,287

5,659

Bank overdraft

13,757

12,400

"

"

43,504

44,815

25,667

25,871

Other short term loans (5)

5,169

5,001

"

"

24,284

19,768

15,440

14,543

Total external liabilities

19,197

17,672

"

"

92,557

86,146

47,997

46,112

(of which total bank borrowing)

(13,757)

(12,400)

"

"

(55,326)

(53,178)

(28,270)

(25,910)

Net worth

53,807

59,622

"

"

155,954

201,255

126,969

127,237

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

26

23

"

"

37

30

27

27

(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.

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