SUCCESSION OUTCOMES ARE SHAPED LONG BEFORE DECISIONS ARE FORCED
Future Farming Families helps farming families understand succession, ownership, and continuity early, so time becomes an advantage, not a pressure.
THREE WAYS TO START:
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Understand opportunities available now
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Learn what’s changing
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Get clarity on your situation
Why we've built this
Future Farming Families exists because too many farming families are being forced to make major succession decisions under pressure rather than on their own terms.
At the same time, many families are unaware that valuable opportunities often exist before pressure arrives.
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Access to tax concessions, stamp duty exemptions, and structuring flexibility is frequently shaped by timing, preparation, and understanding. ​
WHEN DECISIONS ARE DELAYED UNTIL URGENCY SETS IN, FAMILIES OFTEN FIND THAT:
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Options narrow
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Equity is harder to preserve
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Outcomes are shaped by circumstance rather than choice
WE'VE SEEN THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY OF FARM SUCCESSION
Across hundreds of families, a consistent pattern emerges - the strongest outcomes occur when families put the right foundations in place early, through education, clarity, and confidence.
A changing environment
That approach worked, until the environment changed.
TODAY, FARMING FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO:
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Valuable tax concessions and exemptions
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Sophisticated structuring opportunities
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Multiple succession pathways
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The ability to plan across generations
BUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE:
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Time-sensitive
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Structure-dependent
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Easily lost without preparation
AT THE SAME TIME, FAMILIES ARE NAVIGATING:
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Increasing regulatory and compliance complexity
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Greater government involvement in land and infrastructure
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Rising levies and costs
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Larger asset pools
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More complex family and generational expectations
WHAT'S HAPPENING OVERSEAS IS A REMINDER WORTH PAYING ATTENTION TO
In the UK and parts of Europe, farming communities are responding to changes in inheritance tax and regulation that few believed were likely just a few years ago. ​
This isn’t about panic. It’s about positioning.
Families who understand early keep their options open. Families who wait until urgency arrives often don’t.
The Principles Behind This
In our experience, the best succession outcomes consistently focus on this framework – the Three P’s:
PRESERVE
Protecting family equity, land, and access to opportunity and understanding how timing shapes outcomes.
PROTECT
Protecting family relationships, roles, and decision-making so progress strengthens, rather than strains, the family.
PROSPER
Positioning the farm and the family to thrive across generations, not just transition ownership.
A clear pathway — at your pace
FUTURE FARMING FAMILIES PROVIDES A STRUCTURED PATHWAY SO FAMILIES CAN ENGAGE BEFORE PRESSURE SETS IN, AND AT A LEVEL THAT FITS WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
No rushing.
No forced decisions.
Just clarity, confidence, and choice.
Tier 1 — Education & Readiness
Future Farming Families Knowledge Hub
"Access to Knowledge Hub 24/7"
DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES WHO:
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Know succession matters
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Are unsure where or how to start
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Are concerned about changing government attitudes
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Recognise that knowledge and awareness are a critical first step
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Value understanding before decision-making
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Prefer education without pressure
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
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On-demand education library
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Regular webinars (8 per year)
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General Q&A
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Practical tools and checklists
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Insights into changes affecting farming families
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General strategies and shared examples
WHAT FAMILIES TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE
Families tell us that after engaging with the Knowledge Hub, they:
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Gain a clear, plain-English understanding of key tax concepts, including how CGT, income tax, and stamp duty commonly arise in farming succession and why timing matters
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Understand the concessions and opportunities that may be available, and the conditions that often apply to them
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Feel more confident about how their current structures actually work, rather than relying on assumptions or fragmented advice
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Use simple checklists and guides to collate important information, making future conversations faster, easier, and less stressful
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Are able to explain their situation more clearly to family members, advisers, and banks
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Feel ready and confident to take the next steps on their succession journey
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Recognise that “doing nothing” is still a decision, and that documents like wills are important — but are not a succession plan for a farming business or family
No pressure. Just understanding, in language that makes sense.
Important:
This is education only. No advice. No recommendations.
Tier 2 — Clarity & Decision
Succession & Structural Risk Review
"Decisions are informed, rather than assumed"​
DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES WHO:
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Have scale, multiple entities, or structural complexity
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Want to move beyond general education to family-specific clarity
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Are unsure whether current arrangements still support their goals
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Want to understand risks, timing, and options before acting
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This is a focused review that applies the concepts from the Knowledge Hub to your family’s actual structures, assets, and circumstances.
WHAT THIS REVIEW IS AND IS NOT
To ensure clarity and trust:
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The review includes indicative, high-level analysis only (not final tax advice)
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It does not implement changes or trigger tax events
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It does not require a commitment to proceed further ​
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Its purpose is to help families understand the scale of what’s at stake, so decisions are informed rather than assumed.
WHAT FAMILIES TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE
After completing a Succession & Structural Risk Review, families commonly tell us they:
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Gain a clear, family-specific understanding of how CGT, income tax, and stamp duty may apply to their current structures and where timing could materially change outcomes
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Receive initial, high-level calculations and scenario modelling to understand:
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The potential value of key tax concessions and stamp duty exemptions
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The relative impact different succession pathways may have on family equity
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Identify common assumptions that quietly create risk, including the belief that:
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Doing nothing keeps options open
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A will alone is sufficient for succession in a farming family
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Understand which issues are genuinely time-sensitive, and which can be addressed later without pressure
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Feel more aligned as decision-makers, with a shared understanding of risks, trade-offs, and opportunities
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Replace uncertainty with a clear decision framework; whether to pause, proceed to structured planning, or prepare for implementation
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Clarity grounded in numbers, without pressure to act.
What typically comes next (if chosen)
Some families choose to pause, now confident they understand their position.
Others move into Succession Planning PLANNING, where options are designed, compared, and documented in detail.
Only after clarity and planning do families move to implementation, deliberately and on their terms.
Tier 3 — Implementation & Stewardship
When clarity is complete, action is taken deliberately
"For families ready to act"
IMPLEMENTATION IS:
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Quoted
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Tailored
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Deliberate
IT MAY INCLUDE:
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Restructuring to support long-term goals
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Taxation, CGT, stamp duty and concession strategy
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Succession execution
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Estate planning alignment
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Governance and ongoing stewardship
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Action only occurs once clarity exists and when the family chooses to proceed.
Start with the end in mind
Most farming families begin succession conversations by focusing on steps, often before they’re clear on where those steps are meant to lead.
The most effective succession outcomes begin somewhere else.
They begin with clarity about where the family wants to end up.
BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE, IT'S OFTEN HELPFUL FOR FAMILIES TO STEP BACK AND UNDERSTAND:
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What a well-considered succession outcome actually looks like
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How family, business, and ownership arrangements ultimately fit together
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How clarity can exist even when implementation is staged over time
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Seeing the destination first helps families make better decisions about the journey.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT "FINISHED" CAN LOOK LIKE
As part of our work with farming families, we sometimes share an example of a Family Farm Succession Deed.
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This is not something families are expected to complete early on the journey.
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Instead, it’s used as a reference point:
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To illustrate how key decisions connect
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To show how clarity, alignment, and fairness can be documented
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To help families visualise what a completed outcome might look like ​
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For many families, simply seeing how everything can come together reduces uncertainty and makes the earlier steps feel more achievable.
CLARITY BEFORE COMMITMENT
Starting with the end in mind does not mean locking in outcomes, rushing decisions, or forcing agreement.
​​It means creating a shared understanding of what good could look like, so each step taken is intentional.
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Families who have clarity around the destination typically:
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Ask better questions
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Have more constructive conversations
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Make calmer decisions under less pressure
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Avoid unnecessary rework and false starts
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Feel more confident about timing ​
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Clarity about where you’re heading changes every decision before it.
WHO IS BEHIND FUTURE FARMING FAMILIES
Future Farming Families is an education platform developed and led by Future Accounting, specialists in working with farming families on succession, structuring, and long-term continuity.
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We’ve seen:
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Families use planning to unlock opportunity
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Families preserve harmony and wealth across generations
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Families struggle when decisions were delayed too long
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The difference is rarely effort or intent. It’s understanding and timing.
HOW TO START
There’s no single “right” time to engage, only the right entry point for your family.
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If you want to understand what’s changing and what opportunities exist → Knowledge Hub
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If you want clarity about your family’s position and options → Risk Review
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No pressure. Just a clear pathway, when the time is right.
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Our recommendation is to start at the Knowledge Hub, gain awareness, understanding and confidence before proceeding to the next stage.