Rex Brown Capital has taken a long-term stake in The Farm’s Newman Street operation, backing the post house’s growth plans

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Post-production house The Farm on Newman Street has secured Rex Brown Capital as a long-term investment partner and announced that its joint-CEO Simon Kanjee has exited the company.

The investment covers only The Farm business based on Newman Street, London, and doesn’t include Farm Soho on Great Malborough Street, London.

Farm Soho is now a separate company and no longer part of The Farm’s business. Farm Soho is led by David Barrett and is reportedly also in negotiations to find a potential buyer.

Rex Brown Capital’s funding will support The Farm’s growth plan and “continued commitment to clients far into the future,” says The Farm.

Rex Brown Capital has investments in a large portfolio of companies, including music studio Metropolis.

The Farm has been through a fairly turbulent period of late. It was originally founded by Nicky Sargent and Vikki Dunn in 1998, and grew to have multiple facilities across London, Bristol and Manchester as well as operations inside BBC North, UKTV and Fremantle.

In 2019, Streamland Media acquired The Farm Group, and, in 2021 it also acquired Technicolor Post and VFX. The following year the companies were rebranded Picture Shop.

Then, in February 2025, Granary Media Holdings Ltd acquired Streamland Media’s Picture Shop post-production operations in London and Cardiff. Granary Media’s Simon Kanjee and David Barrett took over operations of Picture Shop’s Lexington Street and Cardiff (both formerly Technicolor) facilities and the former The Farm HQ on Newman Street.

It immediately reinstated The Farm branding back to the Newman Street office, to replace Picture Shop.

Granary Media already owned Grand Central at 51-53 Great Marlborough Street, and transitioned The Lexington Street operations into Great Marlborough street, rebranding the operation Farm Soho.

Until the latest changes, The Farm Group, including The Farm and Farm Soho, were both run by David Barrett and Simon Kanjee.

In a statement given to Broadcast Tech, The Farm said: “It is testament to the hard work and talent of the Farm’s staff that such a landmark deal has been achieved at a time of great instability across the post sector and the industry as a whole.

“This investment is strategically important, allowing us to build upon the Farm’s great reputation for creative and technical delivery across all genres. We will continue to invest in our people and technologies, to innovate and improve our offering to the industry over the coming years.”

With Simon Kanjee’s departure from the company, Martin Rivers will now assume the role of MD. He said: “The Farm has built a reputation over 28 years of providing excellence and reliability in post-production. We will focus relentlessly on exceeding our client’s expectations both technically and creatively. I am very excited to be part of a team with a wealth of experience who I know will contribute to a hugely successful future because of the love they have for what they do. 

“We would like to thank Simon for all his hard work over the last 18 months or so steadying the ship as Farm Post operations were extricated from Streamland Media and in securing this long-term investment, which in turn secures the long term future of the Farm.”

Following the investment, The Farm’s management team responsible for the day to day operations of the The Farm includes Darren Musgrove as commercial director, Jamie Barton as head of operations, Mike Rigby as engineering manager, Aidan Farrell as head of grading and Nick Fry as head of audio.

It has a staff of 80 people, including online editors David Frisby, Jake Malby, Jason Chambers, Jonno Field, Beth Sayer, Tamer Osman, Thomas Holborow and Tim Ellison. Its grading artists are Aidan Farrell, Nuala Sheridan and Tim O’Brien. Its audio team includes Nick Fry, Andrew Godwin, Liam Milner, Lydia Brown and Will Malins, along with sound designers Danny Mulvenna, Jason Pinches and Louis Salter.

The company’s projects include Ann Droid (Boffola Pictures for BBC1), Small Prophets (Sphere Abacus for BBC and Apple TV), 24Hrs in Police Custody (The Garden for Channel 4), Taskmaster (Avalon for Channel 4), Drive to Survive (Box to Box for Netflix), Ellie & Tash (CPL for BBC), The Crash (Raw TV for Netflix) and Parents Evening (Ranga Bee for ITV).