A Brief History
The business was initially established in the small Mid Somerset
City of Wells in 1925 by Robert Tincknell to meet the needs of the
local farming community for general blacksmithing and ironmongery
products. By 1935 when Frank Tincknell joined his father as a
partner of R Tincknell & Son, the business had grown steadily and
employed 12 people trading and repairing agricultural machinery.
In 1954 the company also acquired a distributorship for petroleum products for Shell Mex and BP Ltd for a limited area within a 15 mile radius of Wells.
Tincknell Fuels Ltd was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of R Tincknell & Son to distribute Shell products throughout Somerset and parts of Dorset following the separation of the Shell Mex and BP brands in 1973. Gradually further expansion took place north into Gloucester and south into Devon and Cornwall. This means that today the company covers much of the South West of England supplying Fuels for Domestic, Agricultural and Commercial use. Tincknell Fuels also has a very active Heating Services Division, providing both oil and gas servicing, repair and installation support throughout the Tincknell Fuels area of operation.
The Tincknell Group is still a family owned and run business with Philip Tincknell as the Chairman with his son Robert as Managing Director of Tincknell Ltd and Dave Sexton as General Manager of Tincknell Fuels Ltd
In 1954 the company also acquired a distributorship for petroleum products for Shell Mex and BP Ltd for a limited area within a 15 mile radius of Wells.
Tincknell Fuels Ltd was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of R Tincknell & Son to distribute Shell products throughout Somerset and parts of Dorset following the separation of the Shell Mex and BP brands in 1973. Gradually further expansion took place north into Gloucester and south into Devon and Cornwall. This means that today the company covers much of the South West of England supplying Fuels for Domestic, Agricultural and Commercial use. Tincknell Fuels also has a very active Heating Services Division, providing both oil and gas servicing, repair and installation support throughout the Tincknell Fuels area of operation.
The Tincknell Group is still a family owned and run business with Philip Tincknell as the Chairman with his son Robert as Managing Director of Tincknell Ltd and Dave Sexton as General Manager of Tincknell Fuels Ltd