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FIRST WEST YORKSHIRE LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 01990370
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1986-02-17
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-29
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49319
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“A going concern assessment has been performed for the UK Bus Division as a whole, which shows positive operating cashflows for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. The base case assumes growth in passenger volumes and yield, with some government funding.”
Subsidiaries
- Rider Holdings Limited · 100% held · Property holding company
- Indexbegin Limited · 100% held · Dormant
- Rider Travel Limited · 100% held · Dormant
- Midland Travellers Limited · 100% held · Dormant
Significant events
- “The West Yorkshire's Mayor's Fares scheme in West Yorkshire has been extended to December 2025, with the fare increasing from £2 to £2.50 from April.”
- “The BRG scheme ended on 30 June 2023.”
- “In March 2025 First Bus announced that the division had worked successfully with our local authority partners to secure an additional £20 million through the UK Government's ZEBRA 2 co-funding scheme to support bus and fleet decarbonisation across four regions.”
- “On 31 October 2023, following a consultation with affected employees, the company terminated the participation of the GMPF, with affected employees enrolled into the First Bus Retirement Savings Plan.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLIZZARD, David John Mark | Secretary | 2022-08-09 | — | — |
| HANDS, Zoe | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| HITCHMOUGH, Gary Philip | Director | 2025-03-31 | Dec 1978 | British |
| MCINNES, James Robert | Director | 2025-03-31 | May 1984 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRIE, Sidney | Secretary | 2009-12-17 | 2011-07-15 |
| BROXTON, Teresa Maria | Secretary | 1999-03-25 | 2006-05-08 |
| BURGESS, Janet | Secretary | 2006-05-08 | 2009-01-19 |
| GLIBOTA-VIGO, Silvana Nerina | Secretary | 2019-11-15 | 2020-07-31 |
| GOULDING, Lorraine | Secretary | 1993-12-20 | 1995-09-22 |
| HAMPSON, Michael | Secretary | 2016-09-28 | 2019-11-14 |
| LEWIS, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2011-07-15 | 2014-05-19 |
| PRICE, Margaret Amelia Anne | Secretary | 1995-09-22 | 1997-02-28 |
| SAVAGE, Paul Vincent | Secretary | 1997-02-28 | 1999-03-25 |
| STURGEON, Daniel Robert | Secretary | 2009-01-19 | 2009-10-23 |
| WADE, Jarlath Delphene | Secretary | 2021-06-01 | 2022-08-09 |
| WELCH, Robert John | Secretary | 2014-05-19 | 2016-09-28 |
| WHITE, Philip Michael | Secretary | — | 1993-12-20 |
| AHLERS, Keith Norman | Director | 1994-10-03 | 1996-04-24 |
| ALEXANDER, David Brian | Director | 2009-01-19 | 2021-05-21 |
| ARTHUR, Adrian Eugene | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1995-03-01 |
| ASPINALL, David Michael | Director | 2012-03-27 | 2014-04-01 |
| BRIDGE, Thomas John | Director | 2018-11-13 | 2022-11-21 |
| BROWLEE, George William | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| BROWN, Colin | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| BROXTON, Teresa Maria | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2014-04-01 |
| BROXTON, Teresa Maria | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2006-05-08 |
| BUCHAN, Ian James | Director | 1994-09-26 | 2000-09-04 |
| BUCHAN, Ian James | Director | — | 1994-09-16 |
| BURGESS, Janet | Director | 2009-01-19 | 2009-10-23 |
| CARLISLE, Simon Paul | Director | 2018-11-13 | 2022-11-21 |
| CULLEN, Andrew Charles | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2026-04-01 |
| DAVIES, James Ian | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2003-10-23 |
| DORR, Robert Stanley | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| DUNCAN, Robert Alexander | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2001-12-12 |
| EAMES, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2012-01-18 | 2013-02-11 |
| EAMES, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2009-01-19 | 2009-04-15 |
| FOSTER, Andrew Richard | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2016-04-21 |
| GILLIGAN, Benjamin Thomas | Director | 2010-09-28 | 2013-02-01 |
| GRAHAM, Stephen John | Director | 2004-09-08 | 2009-01-19 |
| HAIGH, Christine | Director | 2006-05-08 | 2009-01-19 |
| HAMILTON, Robert | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2012-04-17 |
| HARRIS, Richard | Director | 2009-01-19 | 2011-05-16 |
| HIRST, Martin Andrew | Director | 2018-11-13 | 2022-05-12 |
| HUMPHREYS, Ian | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, Ian | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2011-05-16 |
| JARVIS, Andrew Simon | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| KAYE, David Andrew | Director | 2003-10-23 | 2010-06-01 |
| KENNEDY, William Andrew | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2018-11-13 |
| LEEDER, David John | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2004-08-10 |
| LIMPITLAW, Thomas Douglas | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| MAHMED, Mubarak Hussain | Director | 2018-11-13 | 2022-05-16 |
| MATTHEWS, David Paul | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2023-03-31 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, James, Mr. | Director | 1995-01-04 | 1995-02-27 |
| MCMANUS, Ann-Marie | Director | 2013-07-31 | 2016-04-21 |
| NOBLE, Richard John | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2000-05-31 |
| O'TOOLE, Raymond | Director | 1996-05-09 | 1999-07-30 |
| OSBALDISTON, John Anthony | Director | 1995-02-28 | 1996-09-18 |
| PEARSON, Simon David | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2016-04-21 |
| PIKE, Andrew John | Director | 2011-06-06 | 2012-02-13 |
| PILBEAM, Alan Thomas | Director | 2007-09-27 | 2009-01-19 |
| RADLEY, Josie | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2024-03-30 |
| SAVAGE, Paul Vincent | Director | 1996-05-20 | 1999-03-25 |
| SCHOLEY, Andrew Mark | Director | 2004-09-08 | 2007-09-13 |
| SEPHTON, Peter John | Director | 1996-01-11 | 1999-02-22 |
| SIMMONS, Michael David | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| SOPER, Richard Michael | Director | 2012-01-18 | 2014-04-01 |
| STAFFORD, Colin | Director | 2009-01-19 | 2010-09-28 |
| TAJ, Mohammed | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1995-04-18 |
| TURNER, Robert Edward | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2001-01-26 |
| WARD, Robert | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| WHITE, Philip Michael | Director | — | 1994-06-24 |
| WOOLLEY, Victor John | Director | 1995-01-04 | 1996-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firstbus (North) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 312 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-02-05 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2025-02-05 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2025-02-05 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2025-02-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2023-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2023-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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