Author Archives: Debbie Garritty
Championing Women Farmers
We are delighted that our tenant farmer Janet Smalley is celebrated in a new exhibition which shines a spotlight on the crucial impact of women in farming. The exhibition, titled Empowering Women: Champions of Upland Farming, has been curated by Tarja Wilson of the Forest of Bowland National Landscape Team and will be hosted at […]
Duchy of Lancaster Annual Report and Accounts for Year Ended 31st March 2024
The Duchy of Lancaster has today published its financial results for the year ended 31st March 2024. During the year: Net Asset Value increased by 1 per cent to £647.6m (2023: £641.2m) Adjusted Net Surplus payable to the Privy Purse increased by 5 per cent to £27.4m (2023: £26.2m) Nathan Thompson CVO, CEO and Clerk […]
Peter Meadows Joins Rural Team
The Duchy of Lancaster continues to strengthen its rural team, with the appointment of Peter Meadows as Senior Rural Surveyor for the Crewe Estate in Cheshire. After graduating from Aberystwyth University with a first-class honours degree in Agriculture in 2016, Peter joined rural business consultancy, Laurence Gould Partnership, where he spent two years helping rural […]
Sharing Our Sustainability Ambitions
As part of our shared journey towards greater long-term sustainability, we continue to encourage our farming tenants to enter into appropriate environmental schemes. On our Needwood Estate in Staffordshire, no fewer than 65 per cent of our farming tenants have already seized the opportunity. Furthermore, three of the 900 farms in England accepted onto the […]
Tenant Newsletters (by Survey)
In March 2024, we produced a series of Survey-specific newsletters which were mailed out to our tenants. The newsletters provide a brief snapshot of both ‘corporate’ news stories and items of local interest. They are produced annually and the 2024 editions can be viewed below: 2024 Cheshire Tenant Newsletter 2024 Lancashire Tenant Newsletter 2024 Staffordshire […]