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Table B3 Average opening and closing balance sheets by tenure and type of farm, 2006-07 owner-occupied farms

Type of farm

LFA: Specialist sheep

LFA: Specialist beef

LFA: Cattle and sheep

Lowground cattle and sheep

Number of farms in sample

23

48

18

5

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)

252,610

278,013

356,459

371,357

384,061

425,003

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Other fixed assets (2)

57,184

63,368

96,105

102,202

106,953

114,499

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Current assets (3)

59,710

55,262

163,739

173,143

148,073

141,272

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Total assets

366,569

396,643

615,687

646,702

639,471

680,774

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Liabilities

Bank loans

515

506

18,330

22,596

52,574

51,416

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Other long and medium term loans (4)

7,027

9,329

5,249

4,832

10,117

9,909

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Bank overdraft

14,316

15,694

28,829

24,221

70,370

79,674

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Other short term loans (5)

14,066

17,613

10,973

13,992

15,953

16,803

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Total external liabilities

35,923

43,142

63,381

65,640

149,014

157,802

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(of which total bank borrowing)

(14,830)

(16,200)

(47,159)

(46,816)

(122,944)

(131,090)

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Net worth

330,646

353,502

552,306

581,062

490,457

522,972

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Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

10

11

10

10

23

23

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Type of farm

Cereals

General cropping

Dairy

Mixed

Number of farms in sample

30

17

39

21

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)

811,945

885,292

778,755

779,638

512,166

530,918

627,493

641,132

Other fixed assets (2)

68,139

72,580

75,485

72,820

119,226

133,866

92,757

95,577

Current assets (3)

203,669

226,033

144,671

142,456

227,002

234,304

221,142

228,018

Total assets

1,085,583

1,183,905

1,002,969

994,914

863,300

899,089

938,268

964,727

Liabilities

Bank loans

13,661

10,547

16,097

15,489

37,106

34,905

8,809

7,754

Other long and medium term loans (4)

6,558

25,123

27,924

21,343

22,507

23,361

7,402

7,401

Bank overdraft

34,433

32,119

55,125

50,747

39,964

42,807

60,626

67,400

Other short term loans (5)

15,975

20,672

12,206

11,697

26,516

28,744

19,927

23,007

Total external liabilities

70,628

88,462

111,352

99,277

126,093

129,818

96,763

105,562

(of which total bank borrowing)

(48,094)

(42,666)

(71,222)

(66,237)

(77,070)

(77,713)

(69,435)

(75,154)

Net worth

1,014,956

1,095,444

891,617

895,637

737,207

769,271

841,504

859,165

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

7

7

11

10

15

14

10

11

(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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