{"name":"AJ ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED","company_number":"05157754","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2004-06-18","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Unit 11/12, City Works, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2NB","postcode":"M11 2NB","sic_codes":[{"code":30990,"description":"Manufacture of other transport equipment not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company continued to be that of fabrication, welding and special vehicle preparation.","previous_names":[],"warnings":["The confirmation statement for this company is overdue."],"accounts":{"category":"Small","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":22,"accounts_date":"2022-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","turnover":3445598,"net_assets":2168602,"cash":1319675,"average_employees":22},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","turnover":3470935,"net_assets":2037984,"cash":1270441,"average_employees":22},{"financial_date":"2020-12-31","net_assets":1710160,"cash":1025605},{"financial_date":"2019-12-31","net_assets":1464355,"cash":811527}],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":7,"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":3,"outstanding":3},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"AJ Engineering Services Limited is a well-established niche player in the UK specialist transport equipment manufacturing sector, demonstrating stable revenues of approximately £3.4m and an exceptionally strong balance sheet with £1.32m cash reserves. While 2022 saw gross margin compression consistent with industry-wide material cost inflation, the dramatic increase in trade debtors to £1.9m (DSO of ~201 days) represents a significant working capital concern that warrants close monitoring. The company's competitive positioning as a mid-tier specialist fabricator is supported by two decades of profitable trading and above-average labour productivity, though aged plant and machinery may require future capital reinvestment.","website":"https://ajengineeringservices.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/aj-engineering-services","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aj-engineering-services/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aj-engineering-services/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05157754","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aj-engineering-services/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aj-engineering-services/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aj-engineering-services/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aj-engineering-services/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/aj-engineering-services"}