“The relationship with Land Securities on Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter and the Westgate Centre in Oxford are examples of The Crown Estate working in partnership with an eminent property owner. These joint ventures benefit from an alignment of interests and a sharing of expertise and knowledge to achieve mutually beneficial objectives of both The Crown Estate and Land Securities.” Joanna Lea – The Crown Estate
“The relationship with Land Securities on Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter and the Westgate Centre in Oxford are examples of The Crown Estate working in partnership with an eminent property owner. These joint ventures benefit from an alignment of interests and a sharing of expertise and knowledge to achieve mutually beneficial objectives of both The Crown Estate and Land Securities.”
Joanna Lea – The Crown Estate
“Our partnership with The Crown Estate has achieved a successful year, strengthening the two shopping centres. Both companies have similar cultures, which have added to a positive work environment. And we enjoy working with the team and look forward to help deliver added value and growth next year.” Suzi Clay – Land Securities
“Our partnership with The Crown Estate has achieved a successful year, strengthening the two shopping centres. Both companies have similar cultures, which have added to a positive work environment. And we enjoy working with the team and look forward to help deliver added value and growth next year.”
Suzi Clay – Land Securities
“Round 3 contract managers from The Crown Estate are located with the developers in their development office. Through their involvement in the SMart Wind consortium, Mainstream has embraced this situation. Their transparent and proactive manner has resulted in an excellent interaction between the two businesses. Mainstream provides valuable input to The Crown Estate’s programme-wide activity.” Will Apps – The Crown Estate
“Round 3 contract managers from The Crown Estate are located with the developers in their development office. Through their involvement in the SMart Wind consortium, Mainstream has embraced this situation. Their transparent and proactive manner has resulted in an excellent interaction between the two businesses. Mainstream provides valuable input to The Crown Estate’s programme-wide activity.”
Will Apps – The Crown Estate
“Mainstream has enjoyed a collaborative relationship with The Crown Estate for a number of years. Both are delivery-focused organisations that place strong emphasis on shared values; particularly around respect and integrity. The success of the partnership lies in the fact that our common goals were clearly aligned from the outset; to see safe, cost effective and efficiently delivered wind farms that have minimal impacts on stakeholders and their local environments.” Chris Hill – Mainstream
“Mainstream has enjoyed a collaborative relationship with The Crown Estate for a number of years. Both are delivery-focused organisations that place strong emphasis on shared values; particularly around respect and integrity. The success of the partnership lies in the fact that our common goals were clearly aligned from the outset; to see safe, cost effective and efficiently delivered wind farms that have minimal impacts on stakeholders and their local environments.”
Chris Hill – Mainstream
“We have been pleased to work in partnership with Chris and his family to develop a number of diversifications and commercial lets at Roundway Hill Farm enabling them to add value to the farming business. Working jointly with the Combe family has made it possible for The Crown Estate and our tenant to enhance business performance for mutual benefit.” Danny Connolly – The Crown Estate
“We have been pleased to work in partnership with Chris and his family to develop a number of diversifications and commercial lets at Roundway Hill Farm enabling them to add value to the farming business. Working jointly with the Combe family has made it possible for The Crown Estate and our tenant to enhance business performance for mutual benefit.”
Danny Connolly – The Crown Estate
“I have worked closely with The Crown Estate to develop a range of commercial buildings and businesses on the farm. In addition to providing a valuable source of income, unrelated to the fluctuations of agricultural commodity prices, this has resulted in the restoration of some Victorian farm buildings and led to the employment of over 100 people.” Chris Combe – Roundway Hill Farm
“I have worked closely with The Crown Estate to develop a range of commercial buildings and businesses on the farm. In addition to providing a valuable source of income, unrelated to the fluctuations of agricultural commodity prices, this has resulted in the restoration of some Victorian farm buildings and led to the employment of over 100 people.”
Chris Combe – Roundway Hill Farm
“We are extremely grateful for the support the Forestry Commission have given to our ambitious project of clearing over 120 hectares of rhododendron from the forests at Windsor. The Forestry Commission has long been an important partner for The Crown Estate at Windsor, supporting many initiatives from long-term forest plans to recreation management and we look forward to this continuing into the future.” John Deakin – The Crown Estate
“We are extremely grateful for the support the Forestry Commission have given to our ambitious project of clearing over 120 hectares of rhododendron from the forests at Windsor.
The Forestry Commission has long been an important partner for The Crown Estate at Windsor, supporting many initiatives from long-term forest plans to recreation management and we look forward to this continuing into the future.”
John Deakin – The Crown Estate
“The Forestry Commission has worked in a close, enjoyable and rewarding partnership with The Crown Estate for over 30 years, helping to achieve a wide range of aims and objectives. Subsequently, over this period The Crown Estate has created an exemplar estate which the Forestry Commission are proud to be associated with. We look forward to working closely together for many more years to come.” Andy Glover – Forestry Commission
“The Forestry Commission has worked in a close, enjoyable and rewarding partnership with The Crown Estate for over 30 years, helping to achieve a wide range of aims and objectives. Subsequently, over this period The Crown Estate has created an exemplar estate which the Forestry Commission are proud to be associated with. We look forward to working closely together for many more years to come.”
Andy Glover – Forestry Commission
This had been a year of tremendous activity and achievement for The Crown Estate. We have made a record return of £230.9 million and held firm to our values of stewardship, sustainability and integrity
Despite the economic downturn in the wider UK economy, The Crown Estate has had a landmark year – with record profits and a number of major partnerships driving our performance forward
Sustainability is integral to our values of commercialism, integrity and stewardship. During 2009 we implemented a new sustainability strategy and the last 12 months has seen us put this into practice.
Find out how we’ve performed across each of our four key estates: