Jonathan Cook
Jonathan set the business up in 2012 a few years after he left the Royal Agricultural college. He had studied environmental and woodland management as an elective module in his final year which helped with the foundation for the business today. Jonathan mainly operates some of the equipment in the forestry side of the business and co ordinates and organises the daily running of all operations.
Company Director
George Gilder
George joined the company in the early days back in 2014. He has been here ever since and has helped the growth and expansion to get things to where they are today. He operates the forestry machinery, mainly the John Deere forwarders but also runs the sawmill back at HQ. He’s like one of the family and a massive asset to the business!
Harvesting operations and Sawmill coordinator
Leanne Crimmings
Leanne joined the team in March 2021. She takes care of everything admin, and since she has been with us things have dramatically improved, Her broad knowledge of book work and administration has helped to stream line certain aspects of the company.
Office and Accounts Manager
Jim Ford
Jim joined in March 2020 and is valuable asset to us, he helps George to run the sawmill and makes sure that the day to day running of the yard is in top form.
Sawmill, Processor & Yard Maintenance
Jimmy Ricketts
Jimmy is our full time in house mechanic. He's in charge of maintaining the maintenance of our fleet of machinery and vehicles and also dealing with breakdowns. He's a real asset to the business with his wealth of knowledge in all aspects of mechanics
Mechanics and Maintenance
Dean Gardner
Dean has been with us since Autumn 2021, He not only leads the arb team when their on various jobs, but he is the one who goes out beforehand to look at jobs for us to be able to provide the quotes.
Arb team Laeder
Paul Evans
Paul helps keep the yard clean and also helps out on the arb team and delivering logs. He’s been with us since summer 2021 and has been a massive help so far!
Yard Worker
Team JCFS
The business was established in 2010 and is owned and run by Jonathan, he has a select team that is always noted for their work ethic, quality of work, and manners. We have a wealth of knowledge and experience in many fields of trade, please take a moment to see the services we offer and view some of our past projects.
Over the past 10 years, there has been a natural progression with expansion and workload but we have remained true to our roots, offering a quality service at a reasonable price. Currently, the business employs 10 members of full-time staff and a number of subcontractors.