FIRST WEST YORKSHIRE LIMITED

1. FIRST WEST YORKSHIRE LIMITED 2003-03-24 → present
2. YORKSHIRE RIDER LIMITED 1986-08-04 → 2003-03-24
3. WEST YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED 1986-02-17 → 1986-08-04

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

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.”

Group structure

1. FIRST WEST YORKSHIRE LIMITED · parent
   1. Rider Holdings Limited 100% · Property holding company
   2. Indexbegin Limited 100% · Dormant
   3. Rider Travel Limited 100% · Dormant
   4. Midland Travellers Limited 100% · 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +5.9%

  £137,798,000 → £145,912,000

• Cash

  +42.1%

  £7,377,000 → £10,486,000

• Net assets

  +63.1%

  £24,454,000 → £39,884,000

• Employees

  +0.9%

  2,012 → 2,031

• Operating profit

  +121.2%

  -£76,197,000 → £16,166,000

• Profit before tax

  +119.8%

  -£76,568,000 → £15,159,000

• Wages

  +5.3%

  £61,321,000 → £64,565,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers