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Land Management Companies in Leicester: 180 Active Firms (2026)
Land-management companies in Leicester operate farms, woodland, forestry and rural services across the surrounding metropolitan area.
Buying centres tend to sit with farm owners, estate managers, woodland owners, food-supply operators and public bodies commissioning environmental or rural works. The commercial pattern is practical and asset-heavy: crop production, livestock support, timber, forestry contracting, estate maintenance and scheme delivery, rather than advisory work alone. Engagements are usually local or regional, with small to mid-market operators taking retained estate work, seasonal production contracts or project-based woodland services across the East Midlands. That gives the Leicester cohort a mixed customer base, spanning owner-managed farms, rural estates, supply-chain buyers and public-sector environmental programmes.
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Leicester has 180 actively trading land-management companies, so the local market is easier to read as a cluster of operating businesses than as a deep corporate universe. Reported headcount totals 574 employees, which points to a footprint built around lean farm, woodland, estate and contractor teams. The implied market structure is practical rather than financialised: most firms appear close to land, machinery, livestock, timber or rural-service delivery, while the higher-revenue end is likely to be concentrated among operators serving food supply chains, larger landowners and East Midlands environmental programmes.
Agriculture and forestry sit within a broad environmental and land-management framework, rather than being governed through a unified licence. Defra sets the main UK policy context for food, farming and rural affairs, while GOV.UK carries official farm statistics and evidence packs. In England, the Forestry Commission describes itself as the Government regulator for forestry and enforces controls on tree felling, alongside forestry environmental-impact and plant-health rules. Leicester-area operators also tend to encounter animal-health, plant-health, support-payment and agri-environment requirements, so compliance work depends on the specific land use, crop, livestock or woodland activity.
Scale appears likely to come from contract depth rather than a wave of new corporate formations. The larger Leicester-area operators tend to have the buyer access, equipment base and compliance capacity to handle food-chain, forestry and public-programme work, while smaller firms remain exposed to weather, input costs and scheme administration. Consolidation looks more plausible in specialist contracting and estate services than in family farms, where succession and land tenure often slow corporate reshaping. Regulatory pressure should keep favouring operators that can evidence land use, animal welfare, plant health and environmental outcomes without adding too much overhead.
180
Active firms
2026
12
Above £5M
reported turnover
27
Since 2022
new incorporations
Key facts
About 6% of the trading cohort reports turnover above £5M (12 of 180 firms) — the rest sits below that revenue band.
15% of the cohort was incorporated since 2022 (27 firms), so a sizeable share is in its first few filing cycles.
Defra leads food, farming and rural affairs; the Forestry Commission regulates forestry in England and 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.
Total Income from Farming was £7.7 billion in 2024, up £1.6 billion (+26%) from 2023.
The UK was the second-largest net importer of forest products in 2022, behind China, with wood-product imports valued at £9.0 billion in 2023.
Top Leicester Land Management companies
Samuel Harding & Sons Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · -5% CAGR over 4y
Location
PATLIFE SERVICES LTD
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3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 2y
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Buildyard Loughborough Limited
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1y · 2025–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
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Woodland Wholesale Ltd
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3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates an ornamental plant nursery growing and wholesaling bedding plants, pot plants, hanging baskets and seasonal varieties such as poinsettia and cyclamen. Propagates plants in controlled…
Sells B2B to large national garden centre chains, independent garden centres and retail channels such as QVC, with nationwide distribution across the UK.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 20% CAGR over 2y
Location
WOOD FARMS (OWSTON) LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
AVD Enterprise Ltd
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5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 26% CAGR over 4y
Location
Buildyard Wigston Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy
Location
SGF CONTRACTING LTD
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3y · 2023–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
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HORNBUCKLE FARMS LIMITED
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
SYMBIOSIS CONSULTING LIMITED
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5y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · -71% CAGR over 4y
Location
BARCODE FOOD LIMITED
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5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
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Elan League International ltd
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak
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WALLY'S FARM (CRICK) LTD
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1y · 2025–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
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Knitting Doctor Ltd
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1y · 2025–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
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Select & Bargain Ltd
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
RUDRA EXPO LTD
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1y · 2024–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
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G & N Limited
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5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsManufactures and supplies hydroponic growing systems and equipment, including NFT channels, vertical grow towers, Dutch bucket systems, seedling machines and nutrient controllers, as well as…
Sells to commercial growers, greenhouse operators, hydroponic farms, agricultural distributors and OEM buyers worldwide, plus home-growing consumers seeking small hydroponic systems.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Growing, Hiring · 4% CAGR over 4y
Location
P A WRIGHT & SONS LIMITED
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3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsCultivates and produces arable crops including wheat, barley, oilseed rape, potatoes, carrots and onions for supply to food processors and distributors. Also provides biosolids land application…
Sells B2B to major UK food processors and distributors, and to livestock farmers buying feed. Also serves other farmers nationwide through its biosolids and crop support offering.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -73% CAGR over 2y
Location
Taylors Agricultural Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides agricultural contracting and farm management services. Undertakes whole farm contracts and farm business tenancies, supplying machinery, equipment and operational management to cultivate and…
Serves farmers, landowners and agricultural businesses across the Midlands, including farms of any scale seeking farm business tenancies and whole-farm contracting arrangements.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Growing · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
AMBION FIREWOOD LIMITED
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsSupplies Woodsure-certified kiln-dried firewood and seasoned hardwood for domestic fires. Provides plant and JCB machinery hire, construction, demolition and earthworks, and rural contracting…
Serves agricultural and civil-sector businesses, farmers, construction clients and private customers across Warwickshire and Leicestershire, alongside households buying firewood.
Financial Health
StableStable
Location
CRAWLEY FARMS LIMITED
Operates poultry farms producing free-range and organic eggs. Manages laying hens and supplies eggs to retailers, food businesses, and distributors, and works with partner producers to market and…
Serves businesses of all sizes across the UK, with a stated focus on commercial customers for egg brands, and engages organic and free-range producers as supply partners.
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
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Cadeby Tree Sales Ltd
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4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsGrows and wholesales Christmas trees for retailers and commercial buyers. Provides forestry and tree‑care contracting services including planting, pruning, spraying, fertilising, mowing, stump…
Serves wholesale Christmas tree buyers, supermarkets, retailers, public-sector sites and landowners or growers needing forestry contracting and machinery support across the UK.
Financial Health
StableStable · -7% CAGR over 3y
Location
James Baxter Limited
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3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides arable farming and agricultural contracting services, including contract farming and stubble‑to‑stubble crop management. Undertakes operations from crop establishment and nutrient and…
Serves UK landowners, farmers and agricultural estates seeking arable contract farming, contracting operations, land management support and related farm services.
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 12% CAGR over 2y
Location
BAKER FARMING LIMITED
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides agricultural contract farming services for landowners and farmers, including whole‑farm management and field operations such as cultivation, drilling, crop spraying, combining, haulage and…
Serves local landowners, farmers, and farm estates seeking whole-farm contracting arrangements or one-off agricultural operations such as combining, drilling and spraying.
Financial Health
StableStable · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
Green's Lodge Estates Limited
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsCollects and recycles surplus food and food production waste from manufacturers, including materials containing animal by‑products, converting it into biogas and processed livestock feed, and…
Serves commercial food producers in Leicestershire with surplus food waste, including material with or without animal by-products, and farmers seeking livestock feed alternatives.
Financial Health
StableStable · -49% CAGR over 4y
Location
Chambers (farms) Limited
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
O'Hara Agricultural Limited
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4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 3y
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CYO SEEDS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED
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4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides mobile processing of farm‑saved seed for farms, including cleaning, grading and treatment application. Offers seed treatments for cereals, oilseed rape and pulses, germination testing…
Serves arable farmers, farm managers and agricultural businesses needing farm-saved seed support, certified seed and related farm engineering, primarily in the UK agricultural sector.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -77% CAGR over 3y
Location
W STAPLES LTD
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces and supplies fresh vegetables for supermarket retailers. Operates multiple farming and BRC‑certified production sites, growing conventional and organic crops, developing new varieties with…
Sells to UK supermarket chains and large grocery retailers seeking year-round supplies of British-grown vegetables, including organic and new crop varieties.
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Watson Haynes Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 4% CAGR over 5y
Location
FISHER & RIDGWAY, LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 32% CAGR over 4y
Location
BROADVIEWS CONSULTING LTD
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3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · -90% CAGR over 2y
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Shropshire Real Estate Limited
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4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable
Location
Green's Lodge Limited
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4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy
Location
GLW Feeds
Manufactures and supplies livestock feed for dairy, beef, sheep, pigs and poultry, including compound feeds, straights and nutritional supplements. Also provides forage seeds, silage additives and…
Serves UK livestock farmers and farm businesses, particularly dairy, beef, sheep, youngstock, pig and poultry producers across Central England and further afield, with some products supplied…
Location
Cooks (Midlands) Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsSupplies new and used agricultural, groundcare and construction equipment including tractors, telehandlers and mowers. Also sells parts and accessories and provides machinery servicing, repairs and…
Serves farms, agricultural contractors, groundcare professionals, estates and construction/plant operators across the Midlands, including Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 14% CAGR over 3y
Location
ALPHAMIX CONCRETE AND SCREED LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides mobile processing of farm‑saved seed for agricultural customers, including cleaning and treatment. Offers seed treatments, germination testing, and supply of certified seed, alongside…
Serves arable farms and growers using farm-saved seed, alongside agricultural businesses needing seed treatments, testing or certified seed. Also targets farms and operators needing bespoke…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -78% CAGR over 3y
Location
J & a Growers
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces bareroot tree and hedging seedlings for the wholesale nursery trade. Cultivates hardwood species, including hawthorn, and supplies large volumes of plants to nurseries and distributors for…
Serves B2B wholesale nursery trade customers in the UK and Europe, including distributors and nurseries sourcing British-grown tree and hedging stock.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · -18% CAGR over 4y
Location
BENTLEY WEST ROSES LIMITED
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3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsGrows and supplies field-grown roses on a wholesale basis, including bare-root and containerised rose trees. Supplies garden centres, plant nurseries, and local authorities with roses for retail…
Serves B2B and public-sector buyers, including garden centres, horticultural nurseries and local authorities purchasing rose stock for retail ranges, landscaping projects and public planting schemes.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
C. A. M. HURST & SONS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
Lumberjack Jack Limited
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3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
Longfield Tree & Hedge Care Limited
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5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
JPS LEICESTER LTD
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3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
CWR HOLDINGS LIMITED
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4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · -83% CAGR over 3y
Location
ARMITAGE FARMS LTD
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
Location
Aylestone Farms Limited
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 4y
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Mason Bro's Ltd
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 4y
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PAWSON TREE CARE LTD
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2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
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CARBON FORESTRY LIMITED
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5y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · -73% CAGR over 4y
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How Leicester Land Management companies work and how to sell to them
What they do
Revenue usually comes from a blend of physical output and contracted services: crop and livestock sales, timber harvesting, woodland maintenance, fencing, drainage, vegetation control, estate upkeep and scheme-linked environmental works. Pricing tends to follow the asset being managed. Farm and estate work may be billed as seasonal agreements, retained monthly support, day rates or acreage-based charges, while forestry and habitat projects are often scoped as fixed-price jobs with machinery, labour, haulage and disposal built in. Margins are shaped by weather, fuel, feed, labour and equipment utilisation, so these firms tend to value suppliers that understand operational calendars rather than generic annual budgets.
Who they sell to
Most Leicester land-management operators sell through local reputation, repeat relationships and practical procurement rather than high-volume marketing. Buyers are typically farm owners, estate managers, woodland owners, rural business directors, food-supply operations, local authorities and environmental programme teams. The decision maker is often the owner-manager or farm manager, with finance directors, procurement leads or estates teams involved where the customer is larger or publicly funded. Sales cycles can be short for urgent repair, harvesting or maintenance work, but longer for estate retainers, forestry programmes and public-sector tenders, where insurance, health and safety, environmental evidence and references are usually checked before award.
What they buy
Most firms in this segment tend to spend first on operational inputs: machinery, fleet maintenance, fuel, seed, feed, fencing materials, drainage, protective equipment, storage, haulage and specialist subcontract labour. Software spend is usually practical and workflow-led, covering accounting, payroll, farm or estate records, mapping, job scheduling, asset tracking, vehicle telematics, document control and health-and-safety evidence. Larger operators are more likely to buy HR support, recruitment, insurance broking, legal advice on land tenure, environmental consultancy, bid-writing help and finance for equipment. Cybersecurity, data backup and mobile connectivity become easier pitches when field teams, machinery records and compliance documents sit across several locations.
Why and how to sell to them
Buying intent often appears around seasonal pressure, new contracts, machinery replacement, land-use change, scheme applications, audit findings or a senior handover in an owner-managed business. Pain points are rarely abstract: late jobs, downtime, labour gaps, uncertain input costs, cash tied up in kit, and the need to evidence environmental, animal-health, plant-health or forestry compliance without adding paperwork. Outbound messages work better when tied to a specific calendar event: harvest preparation, winter maintenance, planting, felling approvals, tender submission or support-payment claims. Sellers should lead with reduced admin, clearer job costing, safer field operations or better utilisation of people and equipment.
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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