Farms, Land and
Rural Property Lettings

Simon Joined McCartneys LLP in October 2009 and currently undertakes professional work from Brecon, Hay on Wye and the Llandrindod Wells Offices of McCartneys. Simon is a graduate of the University of Manchester, a post graduate of the University of Reading, a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), a Member of the Institute of Revenue, Rating and Valuation (IRRV) and a RICS registered valuer. Simon began his surveying career working for the Estates Department of Powys County Council undertaking a wide range of estate management activities. In October 2009 Simon joined McCartneys LLP to work as part of the professional team in Hay on Wye & Brecon and has since specialised in the sale and letting of all types of residential, commercial and agricultural property. His other specialisms include Compulsory Purchase & Compensation, Planning Matters, Business Rating, Landlord & Tenant Matters and Valuations for Probate, Security and Taxation. Simon is married and living in Llanfrynach near Brecon and takes a keen interest in local life and is a keen all-round shooter when he gets the chance.

Joanna graduated from Harper Adams University College with a 2:1 Honours Degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management in 2012, and is a qualified Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), an RICS Registered Valuer and a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (FAAV). She has also sat the exams to become a Member of the National Association of Estate Agents (MNAEA), the Association of Residential Letting and Property Management(MARLA) and the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers (MNAVA). Having been back at McCartneys since March 2018, and became Associate Partner in January 2021, she is now solely in charge of the Craven Arms office undertaking all aspects of residential sales and lettings, and a wide range of rural professional work to include agency, landlord and tenant matters, agricultural licences, compulsory purchase and compensation, grant schemes, environmental stewardship and subsidies, valuations for a variety of purposes and general practice. Joanna is a local farmer’s daughter hailing from near Bishop’s Castle in rural south Shropshire. In her spare time, she enjoys walking with her beloved Labrador, Gin, traveling and socialising with friends.

Gareth joined McCartneys in July 2001 to assist Richard Gwilliam in the running of Kington market and the property & professional office. Following Richard Gwilliam’s retirement Gareth joined the McCartneys partnership in January 2003 and now runs Kington market and the professional office where he undertakes a wide range of professional work in relation to agricultural, residential and commercial property. Gareth is a managing partner of McCartneys.

Gareth grew up on his family’s beef, sheep and arable farm in South Shropshire.

He was educated at the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester and the Collage of Estate Management at Reading University. Gareth is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Member of the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants, Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers and a Fellow of the Livestock Auctioneers Association.

Gareth takes a keen interest in all aspects of the industry. He holds the position of Secretary and Treasurer of the Three Counties & South Wales Livestock Auctioneers Association and is a Council member for the National Livestock Auctioneers Association.

He is a recommended Professional for the Tenant Farmers Association and the National Farmers Union. He is a Tribunal member for the Agricultural Land and Drainage Tribunal in England and the Agricultural Land Tribunal in Wales, a panel member on the Rural Payments Agency Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel and is also an examiner for the Rural Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers.

He is married to Emma and they have a son and daughter, Thomas and Annabelle, and live in north Herefordshire between the villages of Pembridge and Lyonshall.

Company Information
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Contact Details
Currently working in a professional capacity out of McCartneys LLP 16 property offices, service of any instructions/notices can be made through the main office, namely McCartneys LLP, 54 High Street, Kington, Herefordshire. HR5 3BJ.

Tel 01544-230316. Fax: 01544-230860 or kington@mccartneys.co.uk

Position Held
Member and Managing Partner of McCartneys LLP, Residential, Agricultural and Commercial Chartered Surveryors. Chairman of McCartneys LLP Agricultural and Rural Professional Departments.

Personal Contact Details
Mobile: 07974 143336. E mail: grw@mccartneys.co.uk

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Qualifications
Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Member of The British Institute of Agricultural Consultants (MBIAC), Member of the Royal Agricultural College (MRAC), Fellow of the Association of Agricultural Valuers (FAAV), Fellow of the Livestock Auctioneers Association (FLAA).

Experience
Gareth has extensive experience as a Chartered Surveyor in agricultural, rural, residential and commercial property. He has expertise in property valuations, farm business management, estate and land management, basic payment, environmental stewardship and cross compliance legislation, farm and land sales together with lettings, property disputes, agricultural law, livestock, agricultural and commercial machinery sales and valuation, rural planning, finance, easements, wayleaves and boundary issues, renewable energy installations and telecommunication masts.

Gareth also undertakes instructions as an independent expert, expert witness and acts as advocate for clients in arbitrations and tribunals. He also has experience in mediation and other alternative dispute resolution services.

Upon leaving Harper Adams University College with a 2:1 BSc (Hons) Degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management, Jenny joined McCartneys in 1999 at their Knighton Office and Livestock Market. Striving to be one of the first female livestock auctioneers in the country, she quickly began to sell at weekly finished markets, fortnightly store markets and farm dispersal sales.

While expanding the large range of Rural Professional work within Mid Wales and the borders, she became a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers. Her favourite part of the job is to see a good result for a client. She says “the hardest jobs are always the best when they work out right”. Jenny is also a RICS independent Expert Witness and has acted in Rural Valuations on many disputes. Jenny completes over 120 BPS applications, many of which are cross border applicants together with a large range of Compensation work recently including the Elan Valley Aqueduct Rehabilitation works. Jenny is also a Fellow of the Livestock Auctioneers Association and became an Equity and LLP Partner of McCartneys in 2006.

She lives with her husband Richard and son Tommy on the family farm at Vowchurch. She enjoys playing hockey for Kington Ladies Hockey Club when times allows and enjoys supporting and judging YFC Competitions.
Qualifications & Experience

Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (FAAV), Fellow of the Livestock Auctioneers Association (FLAA) and registered by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as an Expert Witness, Qualified in the Rural Divisions of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, with in excess of 10 years’ post qualification experience specialising in the RICS faculties of Rural Property, Dispute Resolution and Rural Land & Property Jenny is fully conversant with the RICS Practice Statement & Guidance Notes “Surveyors acting as Expert Witnesses”, the Civil Procedure Rules – Part 35, the “Civil Justice Experts‚ Protocol” and has considerable experience in preparing Expert Witness Reports.

Jenny also has the practical experience of Livestock, both cattle and sheep, from selling on a weekly basis at Knighton market.

Katie joined McCartneys in August 2008 following graduating from Harper Adams University College with a First Class Honours Degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management, and became a Partner of McCartneys in January 2017. Katie is a qualified member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor (MRICS), RICS Registered Valuer and Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (FAAV). Based between our Knighton and Welshpool offices Katie undertakes Rural Professional work across Mid Wales and the Borders, as well as being an auctioneer at Knighton Livestock Market. Katie’s daily work includes sales and lettings of land, farms and rural property, valuations, landlord and tenant matters, compulsory purchase and compensation matters, Basic Payment Scheme and grant applications, planning appraisals and livestock auctioneering. Katie is a farmer’s daughter originating from Llangunllo, Radnorshire. When young enough Katie was an active member of Young Farmers! She is proud to have held the position of County Chairman of Radnor Federation. Always willing to have a go she has been lucky enough to achieve success in a variety of competitions. Her proudest moments are her stock judging and public speaking successes with memorable moments including winning the Welsh Black cattle judging and dairy Holstein judging at the Royal Welsh Show, the Butchers Lambs judging at the Royal Welsh Show Winter Fair, twice winning Radnor YFC Senior Stockman of the Year and being a member of the winning Radnor YFC Senior debating team at Wales and representing the county at National. Outside of work she enjoys helping on the family farm.

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Ellie returned to McCartneys in 2021 after graduating from Harper Adams University with a first-class honours degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management, after previously completing her placement year with the firm in 2019/2020. Ellie is a qualified member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), a RICS Registered Valuer and a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (FAAV).

Based in the Brecon and Hay-on-Wye offices, Ellie undertakes a wide range of professional services to include rural property sales, landlord and tenant advice, Red Book valuations for Inheritance and Capital Gains Tax purposes and compulsory purchase and compensation matters.

Ellie is a farmer’s daughter from Breconshire and lives near Brecon with her husband on a mixed beef, sheep and arable farm. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time on the farm, cycling, running and socialising with friends.

John Uffold was the Chairman of McCartneys and partner in charge of Ludlow Livestock Market, having joined the partnership some thirty six years ago, previously working in private practice in the West Country and East Midlands and, for a time, as a senior surveyor for the Land Service (formerly part of the then Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food – at the time John was the youngest senior surveyor appointed by the Ministry since the war). He is now a consultant with the business carrying out professional work and still selling the fat bulls at Ludlow Market each Monday.

Graduating from Reading University with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Estate Management and being the last winner of The Estates Gazette Cup for the student of the year, John is a member of The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, a fellow of the livestock auctioneers association and member of the national association of Valuers and auctioneers. (John won the Society of Valuers and Auctioneers National Competition for young auctioneer of the year more years ago now than he cares to remember).
Whether a Lord or a smallholder, John treats everybody the same and has acted for both in his time at Ludlow, firmly believing it is the job of professional men to help the vulnerable in society and not just those that can pay a good fee.

John is married to Mary, who is his secretary at McCartneys, and has two children, Oliver 23 and Ruth 27. He is a member of a small family farming partnership breeding Pedigree Texel Sheep.

Formerly a keen young farmer himself, winning a Gold Medal at Smithfield for beef cattle and carcass judging, John also representing England at the European Rally for Tractor driving and fencing.
John has been associated with the Y.F.C. since moving to Shropshire and was instrumental in McCartneys apprenticeship scheme aimed at bringing young people into the firm and giving them professional training, a career and a job for life. An outdated concept to some but not to McCartneys.

Traditional values and principles, coupled with modern efficient service and keeping the business in its widest sense relevant to the world in which we live, have been and still are John’s core principles.

Field of Expertise
Family disputes? Divorce? Probate? Partnership disputes? Then read on.

It is a truism that experience is something that you can sell but never buy. Thirty two years of experience, in private practice and government has given John a wide range of experience in all rural professional work and livestock auctioneering. His specialisms, as regards professional work are:

Valuations for tax planning
Divorce valuations
Valuations involving tenancies and legal issues
Livestock valuations of all types
As Chairman he has been involved in disputes concerning umpires, arbitrations, court cases and is known in the locality as being able to broker a deal between parties even where they are, to start with, intransigent and emotionally involved. The ability to see both sides of the argument in a pragmatic, rational and businesslike manner is the key to his success. This is particularly important when dealing with divorce cases and partnership disputes.

Beth joined McCartneys in the Kington office having completed her degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management at Harper Adams University, graduating with a first class honours degree. She is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), an RICS registered valuer and a fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (FAAV). In January 2021, Beth became an Associate Partner in McCartneys.

She undertakes a wide range of rural professional work including rural and agricultural planning, rural property sales, landlord and tenant advice, property lettings, valuations for purchase and sale and secured lending purposes and compulsory purchase and compensation matters. Beth specialises in grant funding schemes, both in England and Wales. She has successfully secured thousands of pounds of grant funding for clients for a range of purposes including agricultural grants and diversification projects. Beth also assists at Kington market on a weekly basis.

Beth is a farmer’s daughter from Herefordshire and grew up on a mixed beef, sheep, arable and cider fruit farm. Outside of work she enjoys helping out on the farm, cooking and socialising with friends.