Tim Wells started learning the cello with William Bruce while a chorister at Westminster Cathedral Choir School and continued at the Royal College of Music, Junior Department. He went on to read Music with both Choral and Instrumental Scholarships at Christ Church, Oxford, and there gave performances of Saint-Saëns' 1st Cello Concerto and the Elgar Cello Concerto.

Tim studied with Mats Lidström at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won most of the cello prizes and, in 1999, gave performances of Saint-Saëns' lesser-known Second Cello Concerto. He has performed the Schumann Cello Concerto with the Royal Academy of Music Sinfonia, Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra and Kew Sinfonia, and more recently performed Dvořák's Cello Concerto. A versatile performer, his engagements have taken him all over the world, from guest principal cellist in the Queen Elizabeth Hall to performing as a solo artist on Malaysian television.

He has won numerous awards including those from the Thames Valley Young Musicians Platform and The Countess of Munster Musical Trust. In 1999, Tim became a Live Music Now! artist and the following year won a National Federation of Music Societies (Making Music) Award.

An avid arranger, composer and inventor, Tim has had published a book of cello and piano arrangements (including items selected for the Associated Board syllabus), has composed music for television, and is the inventor of the BowGroover. He also examines for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.