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Land Management Companies in Aberdeen: 340 Active Firms (2026)
Land management companies in Aberdeen produce crops and livestock, manage woodland, and process timber across the city region.
Buying is usually organised around estate operations, farm production, forestry harvesting and timber handling rather than a generic facilities budget. Customers tend to be regional food, woodland and rural-infrastructure supply chains, with some public-sector or quasi-public stewardship work where land condition, access and environmental obligations matter. Engagements are operationally heavy: seasonal labour, machinery, grazing, crop rotation, felling consent, haulage and processing capacity all shape the commercial conversation. The better-fit Aberdeen operators therefore look less like advisory consultancies and more like working land, livestock, woodland or processing businesses with visible field activity and compliance exposure.
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Aberdeen has 340 actively trading land management companies, making the local cohort small enough for firm-level review but broad enough to include farms, forestry operators, estate vehicles and primary wood processors. Reported employment totals 869 people, with headcount disclosed by 117 firms. The scale distribution is thin at the upper end: 8 companies are above £5M in annual revenue, while 60 have been incorporated since 2022. That mix points to a market where long-established operating assets sit alongside newer vehicles created for farm, woodland or rural-infrastructure activity.
Agriculture and forestry sit within a broad environmental and land-management framework rather than a narrow licence-led market. Defra remains the main UK department for food, farming and rural affairs, with GOV.UK carrying official farm evidence and scheme material. Forestry regulation is devolved, and the Forestry Commission’s role in England is a useful comparator for how felling control, plant-health and environmental-impact duties can sit alongside day-to-day commercial work. For Aberdeen operators, the practical compliance burden tends to fall around land condition, animal health, plant health, felling permissions, support payments and agri-environment commitments.
Change appears more likely to come from compliance, succession and asset restructuring than from a wave of new scaled operators. The cohort tends to contain many small or asset-specific entities, so consolidation may be episodic: neighbouring holdings, forestry contractors and processing assets can be combined when ownership, tenancy or capital needs line up. Buyers and lenders are also likely to ask for clearer evidence on land condition, animal and plant-health controls, and environmental obligations. Operators that can document those disciplines may find it easier to win contract work, while less formal businesses face more administrative friction.
340
Active firms
2026
8
Above £5M
Latest turnover band
60
Incorporated since 2022
Recent formations
Key facts
About 2% of the trading cohort reports turnover above £5M (8 of 340 firms) — the rest sits below that revenue band.
17% of the cohort was incorporated since 2022 (60 firms), so a sizeable share is in its first few filing cycles.
Agriculture and forestry sit within a broad environmental and land-management framework rather than a single licensing regime, with Defra setting UK policy for food, farming and rural affairs.
Forestry regulation is devolved; in England, the Forestry Commission enforces tree-felling controls under the Forestry Act 1967.
UK agriculture covered 209,000 farm holdings using 17 million hectares in 2024, or 69% of UK land.
Agriculture contributed £14.5 billion in 2024, equal to 0.56% of the UK economy.
The UK was the second-largest net importer of forest products in 2022, with wood-product imports valued at £9.0 billion in 2023.
Top Aberdeen Land Management companies
KINERMONY LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · -7% CAGR over 4y
Location
ABERDEENSHIRE FARM CONTRACTING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 11% CAGR over 4y
Location
Sinclair Contractors
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides agricultural contracting, HGV tankering and bulk haulage, waste consultancy and removal, and land spreading services. Supplies feedstock to anaerobic digestion plants and manages digestate…
Serves businesses in agriculture, waste management and anaerobic digestion, including farms, AD operators, feedstock suppliers and organisations needing bulk haulage, waste removal, land spreading or…
Financial Health
StableStable · 5% CAGR over 2y
Location
ALAN TWATT (POTATOES) LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a farming and produce merchant business focused on potatoes, growing and harvesting crops and supplying potatoes for sale to wholesalers, retailers and other produce buyers.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Growing · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
SR MORRISON LTD
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 41% CAGR over 2y
Location
Springhill Nurseries (Wholesale) Limited
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsGrows and supplies plants and trees for trade customers. Produces and wholesales shrubs, conifers, herbaceous plants, fruit trees and bushes, and provides delivery, planting services, and…
Serves trade buyers including garden centres, landscapers, local authorities, agricultural businesses, golf courses and construction firms across the Scottish mainland and islands.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · 9% CAGR over 1y
Location
M.G. PROCTOR LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · -16% CAGR over 4y
Location
BOGINDUIE FARMING COMPANY LTD.
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
CAMMACHMORE BAY LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
RED SQUIRREL FARMING LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · -88% CAGR over 2y
Location
ECONOCHEM LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
GLENTWORTH SCOTTISH FARMS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · -62% CAGR over 5y
Location
MONYMUSK LAND COMPANY LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a property investment business managing a rural estate, including ownership and leasing of agricultural land, residential properties, and other estate buildings and related assets.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -3% CAGR over 4y
Location
KINGSDOWN (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery supplying trees, hedging, topiary, shrubs, bulbs and other plants. Provides instant hedging blocks, mature and ornamental trees, and planting supplies to landscape…
Sells to UK trade customers and professionals in garden design, landscaping, development and estate management, including farms, private estates, universities, colleges and National Trust projects.
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
TIMBERHARVEST LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
MOYES FARMS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
COVE HONEY BEES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
FASQUE FORESTRY LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides forestry contracting and management services including planting, harvesting and land management, and operates a sawmill producing timber products. Also grows tree saplings in a nursery and…
Serves landowners, rural estates and agricultural businesses looking to manage land sustainably, alongside trade and consumer buyers of timber products and tree saplings.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -11% CAGR over 4y
Location
DUNCAN FARMS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces and supplies free-range and organic eggs from its farms. Operates egg packing and distribution and provides an online tool that allows consumers to trace eggs using the code printed on the…
Serves consumers buying Scottish free-range and organic eggs, particularly shoppers interested in tracing egg origin, farm provenance, sustainability, animal welfare and nutrition through pack codes.
Financial Health
StableStable · 2% CAGR over 5y
Location
BENZIES FARMING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsGrows and packs root vegetables including potatoes and carrots for supply to UK markets. Operates arable farming producing cereals such as spring barley and winter wheat, with facilities for crop…
Serves UK produce supply-chain customers and agricultural markets seeking Scottish root vegetables, particularly potatoes and carrots, and cereal crops.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 32% CAGR over 4y
Location
JSC Farmers
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces and supplies high-grade seed potatoes for agricultural planting. Operates arable farming activities growing seed potato crops and cereals, and sells seed potatoes to customers.
Sells to agricultural buyers, particularly farmers and commercial growers seeking high-grade seed potatoes. Serves a B2B market within crop production and related farming operations.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -2% CAGR over 4y
Location
MACKIE'S LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces dairy ice cream made from farm milk and cream, along with chocolate bars and potato crisps. Sells packaged products and supplies foodservice, retail and export markets.
Serves UK consumers who buy dairy ice cream, chocolate and crisps, alongside foodservice operators, ice cream parlours, retailers and export customers seeking branded frozen dessert and confectionery…
Financial Health
StableStable · -67% CAGR over 4y
Location
East Coast Viners
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces and supplies frozen peas and broad beans. Manages crop cultivation, harvesting and processing from seed selection to packing, supplying multiple pea grades and sizes to supermarkets and food…
Targets B2B buyers including major supermarkets and other frozen pea and broad bean purchasers across the UK, with export customers in Spain, Portugal, Israel, Canada and other international markets.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · -60% CAGR over 4y
Location
Cordiners Sawmills
Trajectory
4y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsOperates a sawmill producing and supplying custom-cut sawn timber for commercial uses. Manufactures timber fencing, posts, round fencing, pallet wood and packaging timber, including pressure‑treated…
Serves trade and commercial buyers in fencing, pallet manufacturing, packaging and other industries requiring custom-cut sawn timber to specified sizes and grades.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · 1% CAGR over 5y
Location
GREEN TEAM CHRISTMAS TREES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops and manages Christmas tree plantations, cultivating certified trees for commercial sale. Produces, selects and supplies natural Christmas trees through an integrated farming and distribution…
Sells to wholesale and retail buyers of certified Christmas trees across Europe, including businesses needing large-volume seasonal tree supply.
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 8% CAGR over 2y
Location
East Coast Viners
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsGrows, harvests and supplies peas and broad beans for the frozen food market. Manages crop production from seed selection through harvesting, with produce frozen and packed via processing facilities,…
Sells B2B to major supermarkets and other wholesale buyers of frozen peas and broad beans across the UK, with export sales targeting international food buyers in markets including Spain, Portugal,…
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Bruce Farms
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProduces and supplies agricultural products including fruit, vegetables, cereals and livestock. Grows soft fruit and peas, and manufactures freeze‑dried pea snacks and other freeze‑dried produce…
Serves major food brands, grocery retailers and wholesale or contract customers, with own-label products also aimed at consumers. Customers include supermarket, frozen food, drinks and produce buyers.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -9% CAGR over 2y
Location
ARNHALL FARMS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · -5% CAGR over 4y
Location
Barlas Farms Ltd
Trajectory
2y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
ROSEHILL TIMBER LIMITED
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsOperates a sawmill supplying sawn timber and wood products including fencing posts, rails, panels, decking, sleepers, bark, sawdust, and firewood. Treats timber on site and sells materials to trade…
Serves trade and private customers needing sawn timber, fencing materials, decking, firewood and related outdoor timber products, including contractors, landowners, homeowners and other local buyers.
Financial Health
StableStable · 9% CAGR over 1y
Location
PUFFIN ENERGY LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsManufactures and supplies wood fuel products including wood pellets, briquettes and firewood for heating and biomass boilers. Also sells wood pellet horse bedding and cat litter, with bulk blown and…
Sells to households and rural property owners using biomass heating, stoves and fires, plus equestrian customers buying horse bedding. Also serves larger sites such as estates ordering blown or bulk…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 138% CAGR over 2y
Location
C.Anderson Agri & Forestry Ltd
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
Location
WEBBER FARMING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 8% CAGR over 4y
Location
A W Bayne Plant Hire Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · -73% CAGR over 4y
Location
Treekind Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
Trees Are Us Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
Location
JOHN BELL & SONS (FARMERS) LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
PKSL Limited
Trajectory
1y · 2025–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
Monarch Engineering Solutions Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 11% CAGR over 4y
Location
Alex. Colquhoun Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 5% CAGR over 4y
Location
CARNIE BEES LTD
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
CT HARVESTING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · -5% CAGR over 4y
Location
G.J.C. ANDERSON & CO. LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Newbelts Farms Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
Wreaton Farm Ltd
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
BALQUHAIN FARMING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · -27% CAGR over 4y
Location
Brook Forestry Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
Craig Nicoll Timber Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 7% CAGR over 4y
Location
Burnside Logs Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
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How Aberdeen Land Management companies work and how to sell to them
What they do
Aberdeen land management operators earn from physical output as much as from services: livestock, crops, timber, primary wood processing, grazing arrangements, contract harvesting, estate work and rural-infrastructure tasks. Pricing tends to follow the operating unit, with seasonal day rates, per-tonne timber work, per-hectare land services, retained estate support and negotiated supply contracts all appearing in the mix. Margins are shaped by weather, labour availability, machinery utilisation, haulage and compliance paperwork, so the commercial conversation is usually tied to capacity and risk rather than a generic software or services budget.
Who they sell to
Customers are usually close to the asset: estate owners, farm partnerships, forestry managers, timber processors, food and rural supply-chain buyers, plus public-sector or quasi-public bodies commissioning stewardship or access work. Decisions often sit with landowners, estate managers, farm managers, forestry leads, operations directors and finance teams, with procurement becoming more formal where public money or larger processing contracts are involved. Sales cycles can be short for hired labour, inputs or repairs, but multi-season land, forestry and processing arrangements tend to involve site visits, evidence of compliance and a slower negotiation around risk allocation.
What they buy
Most operators tend to spend on machinery, fuel, maintenance, haulage, labour, insurance, accounting, legal advice and specialist environmental or animal-health support before discretionary tools. Better-fit software and services usually sit close to field operations: land and asset mapping, job scheduling, stock and crop records, forestry planning, fleet maintenance, payroll, health and safety, document control, finance systems and customer or contract management. Connectivity, cloud storage and cyber controls can matter where remote sites feed information back to office teams, but the case usually needs to be framed around fewer missed jobs, clearer records and less time spent reconciling paperwork.
Why and how to sell to them
Buying intent often appears when an operator adds land, takes on a larger harvesting or processing contract, replaces machinery, changes ownership, hires operational leadership or faces more scrutiny around environmental, animal-health, plant-health or felling obligations. Pain points tend to be practical: seasonal peaks, thin administrative capacity, downtime, cash tied up in assets, scattered records and evidence requests from buyers, lenders or public bodies. Outbound works better when it links to a named operating pressure, such as faster proof of compliance, tighter contractor scheduling, better cost visibility by site or less manual work before audits and payment claims.
How this list is built
Data sources
This list is built from UK Companies House filings, XBRL accounts data, and semantic analysis of each company's public website. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.
Classification
Rather than relying solely on SIC codes, Firmbase classifies each company semantically: the company's website is crawled, an AI model reads what the company actually sells, and the company is placed into the relevant industry and subsectors. SIC codes are used as one signal but not the only one. This means a company that registered under a generic SIC code but pivoted into (for example) fintech is correctly identified as fintech, not as its original SIC category.
Freshness
The underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear in the list within days of submission. The curated list ordering is regenerated when the underlying data moves meaningfully (company count changes by more than 5%, a new company enters the top-ranked segment, or the filed-revenue numbers for the top firms change). You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.
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