Ajs Ltd
Registered name: AJS LTD
Ajs Ltd made £20.3m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ajs Ltd’s revenue was £20.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.7m profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.7m | £30.8m | £10.1m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £22.6m | £30m | £7.7m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £745k | £2.4m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | −£3.2m | £837k | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | −£3.2m | £886k | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | −£2.5m | £662k | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | −£2.5m | £662k | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £5.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 40 | 39 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | −8.2% | 6.6% | 13.1% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 2.4% | 23.7% | 32.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £809k | £769k | £259k | £563k |
| Profit per employee | £46.5k | −£63.1k | £17k | £73.9k |
| Cash conversion | 113% | — | −149.8% | −171.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.3m | £9m | £7.8m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £4.1m | £4.8m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £68.3k | £45.9k | £38.9k | £64.3k |
| Current assets | £12.9m | £19.6m | £18.8m | £11m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £2.6m | £591k | £423k | £213k |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £2.6m | −£1.3m | −£5.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £563k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £73.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −171.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £213k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £64.3k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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