About J & H Bunn

J & H Bunn was founded in 1816 by James Bunn adding his brothers initial because he thought it added more substance to the new enterprise! For the first century and a half, Bunns was a horse-feed merchant and general agricultural merchanting company serving local farmers and growers. At the turn of the century we also specialised in the sale of herring-guts as fertiliser for the new sugar beet industry.

Bunns became a Limited Company in 1936, registered in England no. 319780. Wallace Bunn was the limited company's first chairman with Stanley Fuller and Robert Tooley as co-directors. When Wallace died a bachelor in the 1960's he was the last Mr Bunn to be involved in the company. The Fuller & Tooley families are still involved in the company.

In the late 1960's, we began to blend our own fertilisers from imported raw materials. This process has continued ever since and now forms the bulk of our business.

In 1975, we brought in the first Big A spreaders from America to replace old-fashioned tractor & trailed-spreader arrangements.

In the 1980's we popularised the use of 'Big-bags' holding 500, 750 or 1000 Kgs.

In 1996 we were awarded the prestigious Royal Warrant for supplying fertiliser to The Queen's Sandringham Estate.

In July 2000, Bunns opened its first separate production facility to trade under the Bunns name at Sharpness, Glos to serve our customers in the Central & Southern parts of England & Wales.

David Harrod & Ian Tooley became joint managing directors in May 2000, as the business passed down to another generation. Bunns is still independent and owned by a small group of families, each of whom works daily in the business.

In summer 2002, the company set the lead again with the introduction of the 600Kg bag thus enabling our customers to take advantage of increased lorry payload, reducing packaging waste and other safety & practical benefits.

Summer 2002 also saw the re-establishment of fertiliser blending at Kings Lynn with the opening of a fertiliser facility to complement its other plants along the east coast.