Past Investment Performance

The properties illustrated below were acquired by Forestry Investment Consultancy (FIC) on behalf of clients from 1996 to
2006 and sold on the open market between 2007 to 2010.

The purchase cost and all income and expenditure are shown. Only the 1% FIC annual asset management fee has not been included (in the same way as a stockbroker’s asset fee would not be included for comparison with equities).

The figures have been assessed to reveal the annual compound return achieved by the client. These are tax free returns.

Property 1: Bought 2001 – Sold 2008
79 acre mixed woodland in East Sussex

Return Achieved: 12.02% pa

Year Purchase & Sale Income Expenditure Net
2001 -91,464 384 -1,469 -92,549
2002   445 -1,782 -1,337
2003   1,089 -1,883 -794
2004   534 -1,306 -772
2005   9,592 -6,895 2,697
2006   1,750 -4,271 -2,521
2007   1,242 -2,430 -1,188
2008 225,000 40 -2,360 222,680

Property 3: Bought 1999 – Sold 2007
80 acre mature conifer wood in Welsh Borders
Return Achieved: 12.47% pa

Year Purchase & Sale Income Expenditure Net
1999 -145,115 227 -2,025 -146,913
2000 48,349 -773 47,576
2001   3,450 -18,362 -14,912
2002   21,409 -10,830 10,579
2003   - -6,148 -6,148
2004   - -3,529 -3,529
2005   10,000 -2,753 7,247
2006   - -671 -671
2007 300,000 - -3,380 296,620

The five properties illustrated are from a total of 15 properties bought and sold by FIC between 1996 and 2008.

Another four properties in England were bought by one
client as a portfolio in 2001 and sold in 2008 where returns achieved were 2.2% pa, 7.8% pa, 8.6% pa and 17.8% pa.

A further four properties were acquired for a fund in 2007
and were transferred to new ownership in 2009. Returns
over this short period were 19.2% pa, 28.8% pa, 22.4% pa and 36.8% pa.

The last two properties were bought for a separate fund in 2008 and transferred the following year. In one case the purchase of a new access resulted in a return that year of 86.5%, whilst the second property returned 6.2% pa taking into account acquisition costs.

Most properties bought for clients by FIC remain under FIC
management and therefore have not been included in this analysis.
Property 2: Bought 2001 – Sold 2007
40 acre conifer wood in Hampshire

Return Achieved: 17.30% pa

Year Purchase & Sale Income Expenditure Net
2001 -51,331 375 -1,661 -52,617
2002   390 -791 -401
2003   390 -982 -592
2004   572 -898 -326
2005   400 -881 -481
2006   415 -1,069 -654
2007 149,000 - -205 148,795
 

Property 4: Bought 2006 – Sold 2010
302 acres in Dumfriesshire with young and maturing conifers

Return Achieved: 20.32% pa
Year Purchase & Sale Income Expenditure Net
2006/7 -192,730 94,041 -12,006 -110,695
2007/8   36,161 -34,319 1,842
2008/9   8,300 -13,395 -5,095
2009/10 152,000 86,060 -25,791 212,269

Property 5: Bought 1996– Sold 2009
352 acre forest in Scottish Borders planted with
Sitka Spruce in 1987
Return Achieved: 7.84% pa

Year Purchase & Sale Income Expenditure Net
1996 -91,161 - -2,376 -93,537
1997 - -6,800 -6,800
1998   - -8,775 -8,775
1999   - -5,529 -5,529
2000   - -2,880 -2,880
2001   - -1,247 -1,247
2002   - -2,400 -2,400
2003   - -1,888 -1,888
2004   - -4,627 -4,627
2005 - -1,128 -1,128
2006 - -1,600 -1,600
2007 - -1,506 -1,506
2008 - -1,850 -1,850
2009 318,202 - - 318,202

Contact Us
Anthony R W Wyld BA MBA FRICS
Forestry Investment Consultancy Ltd  
Higher Ansty House
Dorchester
Dorset DT2 7PT
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