Platform, Data & Integrations
The Single Farm Account
One account. Every holding. Four nations. Every adviser you choose.
The account is the spine of the platform. It reconciles every identifier a UK farm business carries — business, customer, holding, parcel and the devolved equivalents — into one coherent record, and it governs who can see and do what, across the business, its advisers, its contractors and its buyers.
- 12 capabilities
- 4 linked schemes
- Flagship module
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 5
- Interactive tools
- 4
- Linked support schemes
- 5
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in farm account in the UK
A UK farm business is identified differently by every system it touches: a Single Business Identifier and Customer Reference Number in the English rural payments estate, County Parish Holding numbers for livestock, and separate identifiers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Government policy has signalled movement towards a single digital farming account over time, and the identifier reconciliation is the technical foundation on which every cross-module feature depends.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Farm account, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Farm Account — a walkthrough
A working pass through farm account: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Farm Account does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Business, holding and person records with the full identifier graph
- Identifier reconciliation across SBI, CRN, CPH and devolved equivalents
- Multi-holding and multi-nation business structures
Operate and monitor
- Federated sign-in with government identity where available
- Role-based and attribute-based access control at holding and module level
- Adviser, agent, contractor and vendor access with scoped, revocable permissions
Comply and evidence
- Consent management with a visible record of every data sharing agreement
- Delegation and successor access for continuity planning
- Two-factor authentication and session security
Analyse and improve
- Complete audit trail of every access and change
- Data export in open formats under a farmer-owns-their-data policy
- Account closure with defined data retention and deletion
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Identifier graph viewer showing how every reference resolves to one business
Identifier graph viewer showing how every reference resolves to one business
ChartAccess control matrix by person, holding and module
Access control matrix by person, holding and module
ToolConsent dashboard listing every active data sharing agreement with a revoke control
Consent dashboard listing every active data sharing agreement with a revoke control
DashboardAudit trail viewer filterable by person, record and date
Audit trail viewer filterable by person, record and date
ToolData export builder producing a complete portable archive
Data export builder producing a complete portable archive
BuilderEnd to end
How Farm Account runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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1
Create the business account
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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2
Add holdings and identifiers
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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3
Reconcile the identifier graph
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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4
Invite people and assign roles
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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5
Grant scoped adviser and vendor access
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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6
Record consents for data sharing
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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7
Operate with full audit logging
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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8
Export, transfer or close with defined retention
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Farm business owner
Multiple holdings across two nations
Needs one login and one coherent view of the whole business.
Land agent
Acting for several clients
Needs scoped access granted and revoked by the client, not by a shared password.
Successor
Taking over
Needs continuity of access without reconstructing the records.
Data protection officer
Compliance
Needs consent records and audit trails available on demand.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Pay farmers for environmental actions taken alongside food production, as the principal replacement for area-based direct payments in England.
Defra / Rural Payments Agency WalesSustainable Farming Scheme
Replace area-based direct payments in Wales with a scheme rewarding sustainable land management outcomes.
Welsh Government / Rural Payments Wales Northern IrelandFarm Sustainability Payment
Provide an area-based safety-net payment to Northern Ireland farm businesses with sustainability conditionality.
DAERA ScotlandScottish Base and Enhanced Level Direct Payments
Provide base level income support conditional on essential standards, with an enhanced tier for additional climate and nature action.
Scottish Government / Rural Payments and Inspections DivisionRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Businesses with a complete identifier graph
- 02Adviser access grants active
- 03Consents recorded and current
- 04Authentication success rate
- 05Data export requests fulfilled
Working view
Farm Account, at a glance
The numbers you would check before doing anything else in farm account. Each one is live against your own record, and each one tells you where it came from.
Choose a view
Businesses with a complete identifier graph
77 %
+5 pts
target 95%
Adviser access grants active
16
+6.0%
Consents recorded and current
53
+2.0%
Authentication success rate
70 %
+7 pts
target 95%
Data export requests fulfilled
30
+3.0%
What needs attention
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Action needed
Identifier mismatch producing wrong-holding data
mitigated by explicit reconciliation with human confirmation
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For information
Over-broad adviser access
mitigated by scoped, time-limited grants
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For information
Data protection obligations
met through consent records, audit trails and a documented impact assessment
Your farm account
One account, every holding, four nations
A UK farm business carries a different reference in every nation it farms in, plus a separate one for livestock premises. The account holds them together so nothing is re-keyed and nothing is reconciled by hand.
The identifiers the account holds together
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SBI
Applies to: England
Single Business Identifier, nine digits -
BRN
Applies to: Scotland
Business Reference Number -
CRN
Applies to: Wales
Customer Reference Number -
DAERA Business ID
Applies to: Northern Ireland
DAERA Business Identifier -
CPH
Applies to: All nations
County Parish Holding, 00/000/0000 -
VAT number
Applies to: All nations
GB followed by nine digits -
Company number
Applies to: All nations
If the business is incorporated -
Herd or flock mark
Applies to: All nations
As issued for your species
Setting it up, in the order it has to happen
- Name the business The trading name as it appears on scheme correspondence.
- Add your identifiers One per nation you farm in, plus your CPH for livestock.
- Import your parcels From the land register for your nation, or a shapefile you already hold.
- Select your enterprises This is what switches the right modules on and the irrelevant ones off.
- Invite anyone who helps An adviser acts for you with an audit trail, without becoming you.
What each tier opens
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Open
£0 free, permanently
Indicative price. Nothing on the platform takes a payment yet.
The scheme catalogue, every calculator, and the guide library. No holding data required.
- All 53 scheme profiles across four nations
- All 23 calculators, each showing its method
- The full guide library
- Deadline reminders by email
Limits One holding · No evidence export
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Most chosen
Holding
£29 per month, indicative
Indicative price. Nothing on the platform takes a payment yet.
The working platform for one farm business: records, evidence packs and the compliance calendar.
- Everything in Open
- All 84 modules against your own holding data
- Evidence packs assembled and exportable
- The four-nation compliance calendar
- Marketplace listings and enquiries
Limits Up to three holdings · Two users
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Estate
£89 per month, indicative
Indicative price. Nothing on the platform takes a payment yet.
Multiple holdings, multiple users, and the tenancy and contract-farming structures that come with them.
- Everything in Holding
- Unlimited holdings and parcels
- Ten users with per-holding permissions
- Tenancy, contract and share-farming structures
- Benchmarking against comparable businesses
- API access
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Adviser
£0 priced per client book
Indicative price. Nothing on the platform takes a payment yet.
For land agents, agronomists and accountants acting for many farm businesses at once.
- Everything in Estate, per client
- Act-for-client access with an audit trail
- Bulk deadline view across the whole book
- White-labelled evidence packs
- Client onboarding workflow
Questions answered
What people ask about Farm Account
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Farm Account is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Identifier mismatch producing wrong-holding data. Mitigated by explicit reconciliation with human confirmation. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
One Account, Four Nations: Reconciling Farm Business Identifiers
The practical handbook for farm account: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
farm account — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
farm account — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for farm account, for advisers and software partners.
See Farm Account running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours