The Estate has a number of enterprises up and running to contribute to the overall farming income. These activities are run from the Trinley office and make use of the resources currently found on the Estate.

Shoot

To help protect and proliferate the bio diversity on the Estate a shoot is maintained. The benefits of the Finkley Shoot are numerous and some are listed below.

• Good woodland management is an essential part of producing quality game birds. The management of both the canopy and understory benefits all plant and animal life.

• Vermin control - protecting ground nesting birds such as gray partridge, lapwings and skylark.

• Through the use of over wintering cover strips the wild bird population have a good source of food during the winter months.

• Warm, wide, sunny rides created in the middle of the woodland for pheasant shooting are hugely beneficial for a diverse range of plants and animals. With Britain's wildlife under continuous pressure, these valuable woodland habitats which shooting provide, are essential for both fauna and flora.
  

Storage

In June 2006 'Andover Storage' was opened to provide both commercial and residential storage for Andover and surrounding areas. The project was partly funded by a Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs'(Defra's) Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES) grant. This helped convert redundant livestock buildings at Finkley Manor Farm into a modern facility, housing lockable shipping containers. Some of these containers have been modified to provide a greater selection of unit sizes.

The Secretary manages the facility from the Estate office and the project has been a great success, bringing in an extra source of revenue. Visit the 'Andover Storage' web site for more details and pictures.

Cottages

As well as the land and farm buildings, there are 12 residential properties on the Estate managed by the Trinley Estate partnership. A variety of tenants; some private, some ex-employees and some current employees occupy these. The properties bring additional income to the Estate and are being modernised to maximise their full potential.

Water

All the estate's water is provided from boreholes. We have recently installed an upgraded water supply which ensures that all residential properties on the estate as well as a number of others, are supplied with a constant supply of good clean water.

Visitors

The estate has a extensive network of footpaths and bridle ways which enable public assess to large parts of the farmed land.Over the coming years we will hold a number of educational visits and partaking in a number of local school educational fairs.

On June 13th we held our first 'Open Farm Sunday' event and we attracted 4oo visitors from our local town and villages. We enlisted the support of neighbouring farmers and others to show the public what farming is achieving in the countryside.We are ably supported by 'LEAF' (linking environment and farming), the NFU and many other organisations.

Charity Ball

During the summer of 2007 we hosted a summer Masked Ball in aid of Naomi House Children's Hospice. We did this with the help of 'Intense Nightclub'.

This year we hope to hold a party in September to raise money for 'Help for Hero's'