This month Adkin have donated £1000 to each of their chosen charities, Riding for the Disabled and The Earth Trust.

Riding for the Disabled use horses and ponies to provide therapy, achievement and enjoyment to people with disabilities all over the UK.  Their network of 500 volunteer groups organise activities such as riding, carriage driving, vaulting and showjumping to up to 28,000 people each year. More information can be found at http://www.rda.org.uk/

The Earth Trust is a local charity based in Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire. They aim to encourage everyone to live more sustainably and help them put this into practice through their daily lives. From Wittenham Clumps to Thrupp Lake at Radley they have many places to visit where you can get close to wildlife and see wildflower meadows and wetland landscapes. You can also get involved by attending events, taking part in courses they offer or becoming a volunteer. More information can be found at http://www.earthtrust.org.uk/

Adkin are pleased to support such great causes.

A farm with excellent sporting potential is now on the market in South Oxfordshire with Adkin. High Lodge Farm comprises a mix of grass and arable, established woodland with diverse income streams including let farm buildings. Well located to the immediate south east of Abingdon the farm is in a ring fence and provides potential to increase the existing arable acreage. Currently within an HLS scheme the woodland provides a well established and locally renowned private shoot. For sale as a whole | About 380 acres (154 ha) in total

Contact Andrew Chandler or Philip Pocock on 01235 862 888

Particulars

Well established Oxfordshire Rural Property Consultants Adkin are promoting Andrew Chandler to Associate Director and Head of Agency with effect from the 1^st February 2015. With local family farming connections Andrew has recently moved back to the area from the North West. Joining Adkin in November 2014 he brings with him 10 years of wide ranging experience across the rural property sector. A member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Fellow of the Association of Agricultural Valuers and an RICS Registered Valuer Andrew is based in Ardington, Wantage and will be focusing on Farm & Rural Property Agency and Valuation alongside other professional work.

Of his new role he says “Having extensive agency experience I have been able to hit the ground running with some great new instructions. 2015 is shaping up to be a very busy year for our Agency Department and I am delighted that Adkin see me as a key part of the business. We are a small team but one with individual specialisms and very good client contact – a winning formula.”

The RPA has confirmed the entitlement values for SPS 2014. They are:-

• €251.38 – non-SDA
• €201.32 – SDA non-moorland
• €35.26 – SDA moorland

Further information is available on the GOV.UK website. It is expected that claim statements should start to be made available from mid-December and entitlements statements from January 2015.

Adkin are delighted to announce that Christine Thomas has just passed the Assessment of Professional Competence examination with the RICS and is now a qualified Chartered Surveyor! Christine has worked very hard and we are all pleased with this great achievement.

We would like to congratulate Emily on her recent marriage to Quentin Ham on the 10^th October.  It was a lovely sunny Autumn day and we wish them both all the best for the future.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Chandler BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV who will be joining the Team in November as a Senior Surveyor. A Berkshire farmer’s son, Andrew graduated from the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester in 2004.  He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Fellow of the Association of Agricultural Valuers and a RICS Registered Valuer.  Andrew will be dealing with a wide range of professional matters and will specialise in the valuation and sale of all forms of rural property.

We are very pleased to formally announce the appointment of Emily Ham (neé Quinton) as an Associate Director with effect from 1^st October. Emily has been a key member of our team of surveyors for over seven years and we are delighted to confirm this well-earned promotion.