The independent company said it had concluded deals worth more than £8m during the past six months, involving property ranging from upland farms through to large-scale commercial forest of Sitka spruce and lowland woods.
Director Colin Lees-Millais said: “More investors are being attracted to forestry. It is seen to provide 100% relief of inheritance tax in a passive investment with no requirement for working capital or complicated management agreements.”
FIM said woodlands were an attractive long-term investment, with timber prices just 53% in real terms of peak prices achieved in 1995. It predicts price rises in the future.
FIM has around £100m funds comprising 130,000 acres of commercial timber in the UK under management.
