Why choose Fortus Rural Economy?
Fortus Rural Economy is more than an accountancy team - we’re trusted partners to farmers, landowners, and rural enterprises.
Drawing on 30+ years of experience across agriculture, land management, and finance, we deliver strategic, practical advice that supports long-term strength, clarity, and growth.
Whether you’re running a family farm, exploring diversification, or entering the sector for the first time, we work alongside you to build a business that’s sustainable, profitable, and resilient.
By collaborating with land agents, solicitors, and planning consultants, we ensure you receive fully joined-up support across every stage of your rural journey.
In a landscape of policy change, environmental frameworks, and succession pressures, we offer the mix of commercial insight and agricultural know-how needed to help rural businesses thrive - sustainably, profitably, and resiliently.
Our services
Rural businesses face more complexity and change than ever before - we can provide practical, future-ready support for every aspect of your rural business.
See how we can help you succeed below.
Accounting
We provide specialist accounting services for farming and rural businesses to support diversification, investments, and subsidy compliance. We combine practical insight with digital tools to improve efficiency, profitability, and long-term resilience.
Audit
We provide comprehensive audit and assurance services tailored to the unique needs of large farming businesses and diversified rural enterprises. Our approach goes beyond financial reporting - delivering insights that strengthen compliance, efficiency, and sustainability.
Business Finance
With our specialist expertise and proven experience, we support rural businesses with cash-flow management, funding applications, property acquisitions, financial restructuring, and capital raising - helping your business stay resilient and thrive.
Consultancy Services
Whether you’re adapting to policy change, expanding operations, or planning succession - we’re here to help you thrive.
Scroll down to the table below to see a list of some of the wider Business and Environmental Consultancy services we can provide.
Tax Compliance and Advisory
Practical tax planning and compliance for individuals, companies, and trusts - from IHT to agricultural reliefs, incentives, and restructuring advice, we're across all you need to be compliant and efficient.
Payroll
Efficient payroll management for farm and rural staff, including seasonal workers, compliance, pensions and reporting.
Wealth Management
Tailored advice to protect and grow your personal and business wealth, from balancing investments and tax efficiencies to succession and legacy planning.
Rural businesses face more complexity than ever - from regulation and reform to sustainability and succession. We take the time to understand every client’s story and ambition - all to deliver meaningful results that create lasting value for rural businesses.
Consultancy services
Whether you’re adapting to policy change, expanding operations, or planning succession - we’re here to help you thrive, see below for just some of the ways we can guide you and your business.
Business Consultancy Services
Our business consultancy services are designed to provide clear, actionable advice for every stage of your business journey - whether you’re reviewing strategy, planning succession, or diversifying your operations.
- Strategic business planning and reviews
- Farm business establishment, monitoring, and management support
- Financial restructuring, funding briefs, and access to finance
- Family succession and retirement planning
- Joint venture, contract, and share farming agreements
- Diversification feasibility studies and capital grant applications
- Business recovery and insolvency support
- Agricultural opportunities and tender identification (FBTs, CFAs, SFAs)
- Expert witness support for arbitrations, planning, and matrimonial cases
- Day-to-day farm management and operational solutions
Environmental Consultancy Services
We recognise that environmental responsibility and business success go hand in hand. Our environmental consultancy services help landowners and farmers integrate sustainability into their operations while maintaining productivity and enhancing natural capital.
- Development and delivery of Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS)
- Management of SFI, Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier, and Landscape Recovery programmes
- Guidance on RPA and Delinked BPS
- Support for capital and project-based grant applications
- Natural capital and nature-based solutions
- Sustainable and regenerative farming advice
- Woodland creation and long-term management
- Environmental strategy and policy development
Professional standards you can trust
Every member of our consultancy team is BIAC-accredited, giving you confidence that you’re working with trusted professionals recognised for their integrity, experience, and commitment to high standards. As BIAC merges with the Institute of Agricultural Management to form the Society of Agriculture (SocAg), we remain part of a professional body dedicated to excellence across the rural sector.
This means your adviser:
- Adheres to a strict Code of Conduct
- Holds Professional Indemnity Insurance for your assurance
- Commits to ongoing professional development
- Shares and applies the latest industry insight
You gain practical, independent guidance shaped by decades of experience, all driven by a genuine commitment to helping rural businesses thrive.
