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Employee-Owned Trust:
As of 25th November 2025, Mole End Farms Ltd is now an Employee Owned Trust.
This succession planning was seen as providing the most stable future for the business and sees the majority shareholding held by an Employee Owned Trust which operates solely for the benefit of those employed here.
About Us
Our Team
As a business farming for over 30 years, we believe that a team of loyal and dedicated staff is our most important asset who share the same goals of achieving the best produce for our customers.
Many members of staff have been with us for more than a decade and provide an invaluable wealth of knowledge and experience that benefits our younger team members, seasonal staff and ultimately customers.
Seasonal workers are vital in order for the business to be successful during harvest, packing and pruning times. By using and adhering to the seasonal workers scheme as well as undertaking rigorous audits of our labour providers, we succeed in welcoming staff to a safe and friendly working environment. This encourages workers to return, season after season.
Founding Mole End Farms in 1994, Paul steered the business to become what it is today – the biggest Organic Top Fruit Farm in the UK. He is an award-winning Top Fruit producer and credits the hard working and loyal Mole End Farm team for the success of the business.
The process of converting the business into an Employee-Owned Trust was completed in November 2025, ensuring its sustainability for the future. Paul remains a director of the business.
Paul Ward
Founder and Director
James joined Mole End Farms in August 2020 as part of the packhouse team after a ten-year career in hospitality. He rose through the ranks to become Agri-Business Manager and as of September 2023 Business Director, CEO. His responsibilities involve managing customer relationships and sales, business administration, health and safety, compliance and auditing. As well as these responsibilities he is very much boots on, being a qualified spray operator and tractor driver.
James Langley-Hunt
Farm and Business Director, CEO
Paul is our longest serving team member having joined Mole End Farms almost from the beginning. As well as managing the packhouse and relevant logistics, Paul is also qualified as a spray operative and is trained in all aspects of tractor driving.
Paul Chittenden
Packhouse Manager
Tomasz came to Mole End Farms in 2009 as a picker and returned in 2014 when he became a permanent member of staff. During the next 10 years he qualified as a spray operator and is trained in all aspects of tractor driving, including all attached implements.
In 2017 Tomasz became our Assistant Farm Manager – Operations.
Tomasz Blawut
Assistant Farm Manager – Field Operations
Jarek, previously a qualified builder in his native Poland came to Mole End Farms in 2015 as a picker and returned in 2016 to become a permanent member of staff. Since then he has gained qualifications as a spray operative and all aspects of tractor driving
Jarek has held the position of Harvest Manager since 2023. In November 2025 he was voted by other staff members as an employee director of the Employee Owned Trust.
Jarek Bakiera
Harvest Manager Employee Director of EOT
Stephen is our newest member of the team, having joined Mole End Farms in June 2023. He came to us from a background in workshop managing and is our Head of Maintenance and Repairs, ensuring our equipment is maintained and running efficiently to minimise down time of any of our agricultural appliances.
Stephen Adams
Head of Maintenance and Repairs
Gabriela joined the Mole End Team in 2019 to be with her partner Tomasz. Gabriela showed a natural talent for organisation and now holds the position of supervisor when the packhouse is in operation.
Gabriela Skowronek
Farm and Packhouse Operative/Supervisor
Dobrinka worked in the hospitality industry in her native Bulgaria before coming to Mole End Farms as a seasonal worker. She returned for three consecutive seasons before joining the permanent team in 2022. Dobrinka works equally as well in both picking and packing operations and is training in orchard husbandry.
Dobrinka Chapkanova
Farm Operative