Founder-led forestry and alternative asset management for family offices, private investors, pension funds, and charities across the UK and Ireland.
Giles Asset Management is an independent, founder-led firm specialising in forestry and alternative assets — built for investors who demand institutional rigour without institutional distance.
Matthew Giles MICFor brings over twenty years of hands-on forestry investment experience, including senior roles managing large-scale UK and Irish forest portfolios across acquisition, operations, carbon, and ESG. His experience spans direct asset management, family office advisory, and institutional fund management.
Giles Asset Management was established to serve investors seeking a genuinely independent adviser — one whose interests are entirely aligned with their own. We carry no legacy positions, no competing mandates, and no institutional overhead. Every engagement is direct, specific, and accountable.
We provide forestry acquisition advisory, ongoing asset management, and carbon and natural capital advice on a direct, non-discretionary basis — giving clients full visibility and control at every stage.
Independent identification, appraisal, and negotiation support for UK and Irish forest acquisitions. We assess timber yield, carbon potential, ecological value, and management condition — providing a clear-eyed view of risk and return before commitment.
Ongoing management of established forest portfolios: harvesting planning, restocking, certification (FSC/UKWAS), contractor procurement and oversight, and regulatory compliance with the relevant forestry regulator across the UK and Ireland.
Woodland Carbon Code project development and unit strategy; carbon, peat and natural capital appraisal at acquisition; and forest ESG data for investors’ climate and nature reporting. Peatland restoration and biodiversity net gain are delivered with specialist partners.
Institutional-grade portfolio reporting for individual forest assets and multi-property portfolios. Yield projections, valuation commentary, harvest outturns, and ESG data — delivered in formats suited to family offices, trustees, and investment committees.
Practical, independent support for owners of woodland and land, acting on your side. Where specialist input is needed we bring in trusted associates, with a single point of contact throughout.
Independent valuation and negotiation for landowners affected by overhead lines, cables, pipelines and grid upgrades. We assess timber lost to premature felling, loss of future rotations, new windblow edges and access and reinstatement, and negotiate a fair settlement with the utility and its agents. In many cases the utility contributes to the landowner’s reasonable professional fees.
Surveys of trees along roads, tracks, boundaries and public access routes, carried out by a qualified specialist associate, so owners can show they are meeting their duty of care and prioritise any remedial work.
Every engagement begins with a clear brief: investment objectives, time horizon, income requirements, and any ESG or ethical constraints.
We bring market knowledge, yield modelling, and on-the-ground assessment to every opportunity — before any commercial terms are engaged.
Ongoing management with transparent reporting: harvesting, restocking, certification, and ESG — with clear accountability at every step.
Forestry is a generational asset class. We take a multi-decade view on portfolio construction, balancing income generation with sustainable productivity.
“Forestry rewards patience and penalises speculation. Our job is to align management with the natural cadence of the asset.”
The final decision is always yours. We give you a clear, independent view of every option, so you can make it with confidence.
Fees are structured to align with client outcomes: retainer-based for ongoing management, success-based for acquisitions, and per-hectare for portfolio management. There are no hidden charges, no cross-referral arrangements, and no conflicts of interest.
Every week we gather the woodland, forestry blocks and forest estates on the open market across South Scotland and the North of England, from the specialist agents and portals, into one list. We are not the selling agent for any of these properties. If one interests you, we can appraise it independently and act for you as buyer.
Whether you are considering a first forestry investment or reviewing an existing portfolio, we welcome an initial, confidential discussion.
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