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Table B5 Average opening and closing balance sheets by tenure and type of farm, 2004-04: mixed tenure

Type of farm

LFA: Specialist sheep

LFA: Specialist beef

LFA: Cattle and sheep

Lowground Cattle and sheep

Cereals

General cropping

Dairy

Mixed

Number of farms in sample

12

29

18

2

15

22

11

21

Assets

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

Land and buildings etc (1)

194,668

216,022

249,445

261,280

314,220

328,101

"

"

344,621

562,864

502,832

531,408

308,901

320,478

366,830

373,358

Other fixed assets (2)

47,356

49,990

107,915

109,226

92,525

94,939

"

"

90,672

85,162

111,301

118,149

118,207

121,028

105,257

107,711

Current assets (3)

47,717

47,013

131,896

99,168

90,013

67,172

"

"

93,340

95,851

139,577

133,109

221,249

187,307

143,447

133,220

Total assets

289,741

313,025

489,256

469,675

496,758

492,211

"

"

528,634

743,877

753,710

782,666

648,358

628,813

615,534

614,289

Liabilities

Bank loans

1,379

1,149

8,405

7,770

5,609

5,208

"

"

7,753

85,108

25,495

34,839

10,028

17,845

46,144

36,393

Other long and medium term loans (4)

27,206

25,513

7,977

5,507

6,834

6,761

"

"

22,824

22,292

12,191

11,832

2,075

5,120

11,377

42,637

Bank overdraft

3,656

5,890

18,502

19,233

23,994

19,793

"

"

10,364

13,873

89,018

85,459

42,168

41,981

59,563

35,371

Other short term loans (5)

3,624

3,058

13,520

12,290

9,202

10,175

"

"

31,576

26,343

39,049

40,453

21,715

19,201

22,112

26,454

Total external liabilities

35,865

35,610

48,404

44,800

45,639

41,937

"

"

72,516

147,615

165,752

172,582

75,986

84,148

139,196

140,856

(of which total bank borrowing)

(5,035)

(7,039)

(26,907)

(27,003)

(29,603)

(25,001)

"

"

(18,117)

(98,980)

(114,513)

(120,297)

(52,196)

(59,826)

(105,707)

(71,765)

Net worth

253,876

277,415

440,852

424,875

451,119

450,274

"

"

456,117

596,262

587,957

610,084

572,372

544,665

476,338

473,433

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

12

11

10

10

9

9

"

"

14

20

22

22

12

13

23

23

(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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