{"name":"A F J LIMITED","company_number":"05763677","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2006-03-31","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Afj Business Centre Afj Limited, 2 - 18 Forster Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, B7 4JD","postcode":"B7 4JD","sic_codes":[{"code":45200,"description":"Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles"},{"code":49390,"description":"Other passenger land transport"}],"principal_activity":"trading","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Medium","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":420,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","turnover":14400404,"profit_loss":473997,"cash":2840811,"average_employees":420},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","turnover":15170360,"profit_loss":1233932,"cash":1629564,"average_employees":353},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","turnover":13637676,"cash":2772850},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","turnover":11849924,"cash":2226067},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":3029125,"cash":1857982}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":6,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"A F J Limited has built an impressive asset base and market position over eight years of sustained growth, but now faces a strategic inflection point marked by margin compression and revenue decline. The company's property-backed balance sheet and strong cash generation provide the foundation for a pivot toward fleet electrification services, geographic expansion, or M&A consolidation—but only if management addresses the structural pricing pressure and public sector concentration that drove the FY2025 underperformance. The £2.84M cash reserve and debt-light structure give the company strategic optionality; the critical question is whether leadership will deploy this optionality proactively or continue managing defensively in a challenging macro environment.","website":"http://www.afjltd.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/a-f-j","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/a-f-j/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/a-f-j/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05763677","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/a-f-j/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/a-f-j/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/a-f-j/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/a-f-j/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/a-f-j"}