CJC LEE (Saxthorpe) Ltd
CJC Lee (Saxthorpe) Ltd is a family run and owned primarily agricultural business based in North Norfolk. With the family being able to trace back their farming roots in Norfolk since the mid nineteenth century.
The business became incorporated as a limited company in 1948 when Corbett James Cook Lee was in control. His great nephew Peter Seaman took over the role of Managing Director in 1969 and in 2015 his daughter Pixie Flather joined the business to continue the family involvement at CJC Lee.
Today the business farms 3500 acres set across 6 farms consisting of owned, rented and contract farmed land. Over the years the business has successfully diversified from its core agricultural heritage. The company has achieved this by expanding its haulage fleet and by creating Seaman Transport, a green waste compost facility and expanding its housing portfolio. Through this expansion today the company employs over 40 people and is continuing to develop and envolve into different sectors.
1910 – Corbett James Cook Lee begins farming at Great Farm, Saxthorpe
1949 – First HGV lorry purchased
1974 – JG Seaman Ltd at Becketts Farm, Hempstead merges with CJC Lee
2001 – Acquires Upwood Farm, Barningham
2007 – Reservoir and Irrigation main installed
2015 – Pixie Flather joins the company as Director
2016 – Expansion of the Haulage business
1885 – The family begin farming in North Norfolk
1948 – CJC Lee (Saxthorpe) Ltd became incorporated
1969 – Peter Seaman joins the company as Managing Director
1999 – Dairy herd sold
2004 – ORM North Norfolk composting plant begins
2010 – New purpose built office opens
2014 – Acquires Manor Farm, Lower Bodham