Everything anybody has asked about the board.
Mostly about the red line, occasionally about the auction, and once about whether the points can be exchanged for beer. They cannot, and the reason takes a whole page.
About the board.
Four questions, and the first one is always whether any of this is real.
The published ones are: £44.9 million to March 2026, £21.3 million to March 2025, £7.8 million to March 2024, 128.19 per cent three-year average growth, 146 employed at the pub, £144 of farming profit in year one. Where a figure has not been published, the board says not published rather than guessing.
Because the estate is not the farming. Six enterprises share a name; only one of them is a thousand acres of Cotswold brash, and that one loses money.
Turnover. Nothing on this site claims to know the profit of a private company, and anybody presenting a turnover figure as earnings is misleading you.
A published regional growth ranking, which compounds annual growth across three years. The arithmetic is set out on the figures page.
About the auction.
Not in this build. Every auction control here is a placeholder, no money is taken and no lot is allocated.
Because a hidden reserve makes the first half of an auction theatre. Publishing it costs some drama and removes all the resentment.
A pair of weaner pigs, in June 2025, withdrawn two days before close because we had not asked enough questions about where they were going. Every bid was voided and everybody was told why.
About Guessing.
No. Not a discount, not a voucher, not early access, not a bottle of anything. The moment they buy something they become a prize of monetary value, and the whole thing falls inside the Gambling Act.
Entirely. No entry fee, no stake, no premium-rate anything, and no paid tier that guesses better.
The published source named on each market: the weighbridge tickets, the lambing record, the council register, the farm gauge. Never our opinion.
Twice in two seasons, and he is currently sixth on the leaderboard, which is a source of considerable pleasure to everybody else on it.
About the regulated things.
Not through this site, and this site is not connected to any of these businesses. Nothing here is an offer, an invitation or a financial promotion of any kind.
Nothing on this site is planned, offered or contemplated. The page exists to describe how such a thing works, because the structure is genuinely interesting and widely misunderstood.
Because they are the structure most likely to be marketed to somebody who trusts a farm brand, and £237 million of other people’s savings is a reason to explain them properly.
No. This build stores nothing that leaves your browser. The basket is held in memory and forgotten when the tab closes.
The standing caveat
Nothing on this page is an offer, an invitation to invest, or a financial promotion. Community shares, bonds and insurance are regulated products: capital would be at risk, they are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, and none of them is available anywhere in this build. Any real version would require an authorised firm, approved promotions under section 21 of FSMA 2000, and documentation nobody generates from a website.
Where to go from here.
The board
Six enterprises, one in red.
The auction floor
Six lots, closing Sunday.
Guessing
Free, pointless, and quite hard.
The regulated list
Eleven activities and their licences.
Back to the board.
Every enterprise, and the one line that explains the rest.
