Bridge Farm itself is a small family farm (c.60ha) and doesn’t seem to have any corporate structure. So it’s owned by Pat and Tony, with Helen and Tom likely to inherit 50/50 in due course. Natasha has no “share” in any BF business and none of them have any share in Summer Orchard. #TheArchers - ThreadSky

wenlock.bsky.social • 132 days ago

Bridge Farm itself is a small family farm (c.60ha) and doesn’t seem to have any corporate structure. So it’s owned by Pat and Tony, with Helen and Tom likely to inherit 50/50 in due course. Natasha has no “share” in any BF business and none of them have any share in Summer Orchard. #TheArchers

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brendaselwyn.bsky.social•132 days ago

I thought I recalled a meeting many years ago at which Pat & Tony said it was time Helen & Tom became equal partners in the business. Whether that implies the farm business is a partnership I don't know. #TheArchers

wenlock.bsky.social•132 days ago

I don’t remember it being an issue with Helen’s divorce, unlike with Alice’s. That suggests she doesn’t own any of the farm. #TheArchers

jacquicroftie.bsky.social•132 days ago

Might the partnership have happened afterwards? Also, did Rob say he didn’t want anything from the divorce, or did I misremember that? #TheArchers

jacquicroftie.bsky.social•132 days ago

Sorry, where are my manners? Thank you, Stephen, for the info! #TheArchers

wenlock.bsky.social•132 days ago

I think that there would have to have been a reason for setting up a partnership. But I don’t recall Tom’s marriage or the birth of N&S triggering any such discussion. And it would be a lot of fuss for a pretty small farm. #TheArchers

jacquicroftie.bsky.social•131 days ago

I vaguely recall a conversation about retirement, succession planning, and passing over the farm decision-making, but no outcome. My memory with #TheArchers is not the most reliable, though.

wenlock.bsky.social•132 days ago

The only complicating factor is Johnny, but I think he may have walked away from farming for good, so while he might be left something in Pat or Tony’s will, it won’t be part of the farm. #TheArchers

brendaselwyn.bsky.social•132 days ago

You don't think he'll come back & get involved in one of the inheritance disputes of which #TheArchers is so fond?

wenlock.bsky.social•132 days ago

That will be Ruairí’s role. Johnny might make his fortune and come back as a distributor of largesse. It would make a change. #TheArchers

chickenprincess.bsky.social•132 days ago

Where did Johnny go? One minute he was ostentatiously hiding his bald spot with a cap then he disappeared and I missed it.

wenlock.bsky.social•132 days ago

He went to Ibiza with Freddie and fell in with some people looking for a crew to sail a yacht to Uruguay(?) He is now sailing the seas as the Dread Pirate Phillips. #TheArchers

chickenprincess.bsky.social•132 days ago

Ah. Good for him.

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