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Bja Trading Limited

ActiveCompany no. 05547795Private limited companyWholesale of agricultural machinery,…Stokenchurch

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Size: Medium-sized filer; Accounts category, Companies House
Revenue: £30.4m; Year to 31 Dec 2024
Balance sheet worth: £3.6m; Year to 31 Dec 2024
Tribunal claims: None found; Not a clean record; Details

Source: Companies House · 1 Oct 2026View on Companies House

Accounts

Official filing

Year to 31 Dec 2024 (12 months), compared with year to 31 Dec 2023 (12 months).

Revenue: £30.4m; Up from £26.2m (+16%)
Profit after tax: £1.7m; Up from £538k (+224%)
Net assets: £3.6m; Up from £1.9m (+85%)

Read the filed accounts on Companies House

All filed figures, 3 periods

Trading

Revenue (turnover)

31 Dec 2022: not disclosed — this company files abridged (filleted) small-company accounts
31 Dec 2023: £26,204,082
31 Dec 2024: £30,423,884

Profit or loss for the year

31 Dec 2022: not disclosed — this company files abridged (filleted) small-company accounts
31 Dec 2023: £538,345
31 Dec 2024: £1,744,057

Net assets on the balance sheet

31 Dec 2022: £1,736,472
31 Dec 2023: £1,939,084
31 Dec 2024: £3,589,384

Net current assets

31 Dec 2022: £1,807,766
31 Dec 2023: £1,101,025
31 Dec 2024: £2,417,274

Average employees during the year

31 Dec 2022: 49
31 Dec 2023: 87
31 Dec 2024: 82

Trading figures filed by BJA TRADING LIMITED, one column per filed period.
Figure	Year to 31 Dec 2022	Year to 31 Dec 2023	Year to 31 Dec 2024
Revenue (turnover)	not disclosed — this company files abridged (filleted) small-company accounts	£26,204,082	£30,423,884
Profit or loss for the year	not disclosed — this company files abridged (filleted) small-company accounts	£538,345	£1,744,057
Net assets on the balance sheet	£1,736,472	£1,939,084	£3,589,384
Net current assets	£1,807,766	£1,101,025	£2,417,274
Average employees during the year	49	87	82

Change across the filed periods

Revenue (turnover) up 16.1% between 31 Dec 2023 and 31 Dec 2024
Profit or loss for the year up 224% between 31 Dec 2023 and 31 Dec 2024
Net assets on the balance sheet up 106.7% between 31 Dec 2022 and 31 Dec 2024
Net current assets up 33.7% between 31 Dec 2022 and 31 Dec 2024
Average employees during the year up 67.3% between 31 Dec 2022 and 31 Dec 2024

Balance sheet

Fixed assets

31 Dec 2022: £800,839
31 Dec 2023: £1,002,307
31 Dec 2024: £1,351,801

Current assets

31 Dec 2022: £4,235,032
31 Dec 2023: £4,013,380
31 Dec 2024: £13,039,618

Total assets less current liabilities

31 Dec 2022: £2,608,605
31 Dec 2023: £2,103,332
31 Dec 2024: £3,769,075

Shareholders' equity (book value)

31 Dec 2022: not disclosed — this company files abridged (filleted) small-company accounts
31 Dec 2023: not disclosed — this figure is not present in the accounts this company filed
31 Dec 2024: not disclosed — this figure is not present in the accounts this company filed

Balance sheet figures filed by BJA TRADING LIMITED, one column per filed period.
Figure	Year to 31 Dec 2022	Year to 31 Dec 2023	Year to 31 Dec 2024
Fixed assets	£800,839	£1,002,307	£1,351,801
Current assets	£4,235,032	£4,013,380	£13,039,618
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,608,605	£2,103,332	£3,769,075
Shareholders' equity (book value)	not disclosed — this company files abridged (filleted) small-company accounts	not disclosed — this figure is not present in the accounts this company filed	not disclosed — this figure is not present in the accounts this company filed

Directors' pay, as filed

Directors' emoluments, all directors (as filed)

31 Dec 2022: not disclosed — a company filing under the small companies regime is not required to publish what its directors were paid
31 Dec 2023: not disclosed — this figure is not present in the accounts this company filed
31 Dec 2024: not disclosed — this figure is not present in the accounts this company filed

Highest paid director (as filed)

31 Dec 2022: not disclosed — a company filing under the small companies regime is not required to publish what its directors were paid
31 Dec 2023: not disclosed separately — this company publishes a total paid to all its directors, but no separate figure for its highest paid director. ApplySafer will not present the total as one person's pay
31 Dec 2024: not disclosed separately — this company publishes a total paid to all its directors, but no separate figure for its highest paid director. ApplySafer will not present the total as one person's pay

Directors' emoluments including payments to third parties (as filed)

31 Dec 2022: Not stated in the full accounts.
31 Dec 2023: £0
31 Dec 2024: £33,750

Directors' pay figures, exactly as filed filed by BJA TRADING LIMITED, one column per filed period.
Figure	Year to 31 Dec 2022	Year to 31 Dec 2023	Year to 31 Dec 2024
Directors' emoluments, all directors (as filed)	not disclosed — a company filing under the small companies regime is not required to publish what its directors were paid	not disclosed — this figure is not present in the accounts this company filed	not disclosed — this figure is not present in the accounts this company filed
Highest paid director (as filed)	not disclosed — a company filing under the small companies regime is not required to publish what its directors were paid	not disclosed separately — this company publishes a total paid to all its directors, but no separate figure for its highest paid director. ApplySafer will not present the total as one person's pay	not disclosed separately — this company publishes a total paid to all its directors, but no separate figure for its highest paid director. ApplySafer will not present the total as one person's pay
Directors' emoluments including payments to third parties (as filed)	Not stated in the full accounts.	£0	£33,750

Change across the filed periods

Directors' emoluments including payments to third parties (as filed) up between 31 Dec 2023 and 31 Dec 2024

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Public records

Official record

Employment tribunal decisions: None found
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Register record

Official filing

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Incorporated: 26 Aug 2005
Accounts filing: Filed to 31 Dec 2025 · next due 30 Sep 2027 · not overdue
Registered office: GRANVILLE HOUSE THE HEIGHTS BUSINESS PARK, IBSTONE ROAD, STOKENCHURCH, HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP14 3BG
Nature of business: Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies (46610); Freight transport by road (49410)
Confirmation statement: Last dated 8 Jan 2026 · next due 22 Jan 2027
Accounts category: Medium
Former names: Birkdale Sales Limited (until 27 Jan 2015)
Charges: 3 registered, 1 outstanding (register as at 1 Oct 2026)
Directors: 2 currently appointed (all on 26 Aug 2005) · 3 ever appointed

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