James & Jenkins

What James & Jenkins does

James & Jenkins Garages Limited is a privately held, family-run automotive services business founded in 1982 and headquartered at Tivoli Garage, 14 Station Road, Llandaff North, Cardiff, United Kingdom. The company operates a single physical site integrating four revenue streams: mechanical servicing and repairs (including MOTs, air conditioning, tyres, and exhaust work), used car sales, a Texaco-branded fuel forecourt with convenience shop, and—through its 1991-acquired subsidiary Charter Vehicle Hire—a 300+ vehicle rental fleet operating from three South Wales locations (Cardiff, Bridgend, Pontypridd). The business serves predominantly individual motorists in the Cardiff area plus a smaller base of commercial hire accounts, with no e-commerce channel, no proprietary technology platform, and no app or online booking infrastructure.

The revenue model combines transactional sales (used vehicles, fuel, retail shop items, vehicle hire on daily/weekly/monthly/annual terms) with a modest recurring element via monthly service plans that spread maintenance costs. Pricing is unit-based for vehicles, quote-based for servicing, and competitive but undisclosed for fuel. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via a physical showroom, the company website, Yell.com directory listings, and word-of-mouth referrals, with social media used for community engagement. Notable differentiators include 40+ years of local brand presence, recognition as the world's first Texaco Shining Star pilot site, and an experienced in-house team of mechanics.

James & Jenkins is incorporated in Wales (Company Number 1878964) with 11-50 employees, no external institutional investors, no parent company, and no disclosed funding rounds. The firm has a long operating history but limited evidence of recent expansion, technology investment, or strategic repositioning, suggesting a stable, mature local-services business rather than a growth-stage enterprise.

Name

James & Jenkins

Legal name

James & Jenkins Garages Limited

Website

https://jamesandjenkins.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

James & Jenkins is a Cardiff-based, family-run automotive services business operating since 1982, offering vehicle servicing and repairs, used car sales, a Texaco fuel forecourt, and vehicle hire through its Charter Vehicle Hire subsidiary to individual motorists in South Wales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automotive Garage Services and Forecourt Retail

NAICS

Used Car Dealers (441120)

SIC

Services-Auto Rental & Leasing (No Drivers) (7510), Services-Automotive Repair, Services & Parking (7500)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSAJABAF

Garage Liability & Dealers (Auto Dealers, Repair Shops)

Financial & Insurance/Insurance — Motor, Property & Casualty/Commercial Auto & Fleet Insurance

SECONDARYTLABAEAF

Tow Trucks & Recovery Vehicles Leasing & Rental

Transportation & Logistics/Fleet Leasing, Rental & Management/Specialty Vehicle Leasing/Rental (Refrigerated, Tanker, Flatbed, Utility/Service Bodies)

Keywords

• Used car sales
• Vehicle servicing
• MOT testing
• Petrol forecourt
• Vehicle hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Cardiff

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Used Vehicle Sales: Sale of quality used cars including family cars, hatchbacks, hybrids, and performance vehicles. Cars are inspected and serviced before sale.
2. Vehicle Servicing and Repairs: Full aftersales service including servicing, repairs, MOTs, air conditioning regassing, tyre replacements, and exhaust work. Service plans available to spread costs.
3. Fuel Sales: Petrol and diesel fuel sales through Texaco forecourt. Competitive pricing for local motorists.
4. Vehicle Hire: Through subsidiary Charter Vehicle Hire - rental of cars, vans, MPVs, and minibuses with daily, weekly, monthly or annual options. Business accounts at preferential rates.
5. Forecourt Shop: Retail shop offering essentials, food, drink, Paypoint services, laundry machines, National Lottery, and 24hr cash machine.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

James & Jenkins is a Cardiff-based independent garage operating a Texaco-branded forecourt that sells petrol and diesel alongside a forecourt shop, a used car showroom stocking inspected family cars, hatchbacks and hybrids, and a service department offering repairs, MOTs, air conditioning, tyres and exhaust work. Through its Charter Vehicle Hire subsidiary, it also rents over 300 cars, vans, MPVs and minibuses on daily, weekly, monthly or annual terms to consumers and businesses across South Wales.

Product overview

James & Jenkins is a traditional automotive services business operating as a single-location garage in Llandaff North, Cardiff, with over 35 years of experience since 1982. The company offers a unified service portfolio consisting of vehicle servicing and maintenance, used car sales, fuel/forecourt retail operations under the Texaco brand, and vehicle hire through its Charter Vehicle Hire subsidiary (acquired in 1991). The core offering combines mechanical services with retail fuel and vehicle sales, while the Charter subsidiary extends the business into rental vehicles across South Wales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vehicle Servicing & Maintenance Comprehensive mechanical servicing, repairs, MOT testing, air conditioning regassing, tyre replacements, and exhaust work performed by skilled mechanics, with monthly service plans available to spread the cost. Targeted at local Cardiff motorists and owners of used cars purchased from the garage.
• Used Car Sales Sale of quality inspected used cars including family cars, hatchbacks, hybrids and performance vehicles from brands such as Vauxhall, Ford, KIA, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Mini, Peugeot and Porsche, with part exchange options available. Targeted at individual car buyers in Cardiff and the surrounding area.
• Fuel and Forecourt Shop Texaco-branded petrol station offering petrol and diesel at competitive prices, plus an attached shop selling essentials, food, drink, Paypoint services, laundry machines, National Lottery, and a 24-hour cash machine. Open 7am–10:30pm to serve local motorists.
• Charter Vehicle Hire Rental of over 300 vehicles including cars, vans, MPVs and minibuses with automatic and manual transmission options from brands such as Ford, Hyundai, Subaru, Vauxhall, Citroen, Mercedes, Peugeot and Kia. Available on daily, weekly, monthly or annual hire terms from three South Wales sites in Cardiff, Bridgend and Pontypridd, with preferential rates for business accounts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Every vehicle sold is carefully checked to ensure mechanically sound and safe to drive
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Charter Vehicle HirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1991Charter Vehicle Hire is a subsidiary company that has been part of the James & Jenkins family since 1991. One of the oldest independent vehicle hire companies in South Wales, offering reliable and competitively priced hire service with over 300 vehicles including cars, vans, MPVs and minibuses. Operates three locations in Cardiff, Bridgend and Pontypridd.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Evans Halshaw: UK car dealer group with integrated sales, servicing, MOT and parts operations across multiple franchises. Comparable combined dealer-and-aftersales model.
• Inchcape UK: Global automotive distributor with UK retail operations spanning vehicle sales and aftersales. Comparable combined sales-and-service structure at materially larger scale.
• Arnold Clark: UK's largest independently owned car dealer group combining new/used vehicle sales with aftersales servicing. Highly comparable integrated model, but at national scale.
• Halfords: UK retailer combining auto parts, service centres, and motoring products with national footprint. Broader offering but significant overlap in servicing, MOTs, and parts.
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Major global vehicle rental operator with strong UK presence across cars, vans and commercial fleets. Closest large-scale analogue to the Charter Vehicle Hire subsidiary's model.
• Vertu Motors: UK car dealership group operating sales, servicing and MOT operations across multiple brands. Comparable integrated dealer-and-aftersales model, listed and substantially larger.

Direct peers

• ATS Euromaster: UK tyre, MOT and vehicle maintenance chain with national centres. Directly comparable to the tyre, exhaust, MOT and servicing components of James & Jenkins' offering.
• Kwik Fit: UK's largest independent automotive servicing chain offering tyres, exhausts, MOTs, and general vehicle servicing. Directly comparable to James & Jenkins' service and MOT operations at a national scale.
• We Buy Any Car: UK used car purchasing and retail platform buying directly from consumers. Direct competitor for the supply side of James & Jenkins' used car inventory and adjacent to its retail offering.

Regional players

• Pentagon Group: Regional UK car dealer group with multi-brand sales and aftersales servicing. Comparable integrated operating model at a regional rather than single-city scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jamesandjenkins

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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