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THE ORIGINAL TOUR LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 02328599
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1988-12-14
- Last accounts made up
- 2023-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49319
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at the date of authorisation, the parent company has declared its continued support to the company to ensure that it continues to operate over the next 12 months and that it does not intend to call in any balances owed to them for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. This together with the increased turnover and the improved overall performance of the Company allow the directors to believe that preparing the accounts on a going concern basis is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The year also saw the entry into the London market of a new competitor.”
- “Summer 2023 saw the entrant into the market of a new competitor.”
- “Events after the balance sheet date include further improvement in trading conditions, work on the electrification of the bus fleet and investment in the Wandsworth Garage facilities including that of facilities for the sourcing of renewable energy.”
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
3 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Colin | Director | 2025-12-10 | Feb 1968 | British |
| CAHILL, William John | Director | 2025-12-10 | May 1956 | British |
| MCINNES, James Robert | Director | 2025-12-10 | May 1984 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASSOM, Andrew George | Secretary | — | 1994-10-07 |
| DAVIES, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2005-01-18 | 2013-12-16 |
| EDWARDS, Lorna | Secretary | 2013-12-16 | 2014-09-29 |
| HOYLES, Gary Stephen | Secretary | 1996-02-01 | 1997-12-04 |
| HUNT, Philip Swinson | Secretary | 1995-09-22 | 1996-02-01 |
| SCOTT, Russell Pringle | Secretary | 1994-10-07 | 1995-09-22 |
| TURNER, David Paul | Secretary | 1997-12-04 | 2005-01-18 |
| ATKINS, Colin Anthony John | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| BAGRIDGE, Terence | Director | 1994-09-01 | 1996-02-01 |
| BASSOM, Andrew George | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| BATLLE, Laurence | Director | 2014-09-29 | 2016-12-31 |
| BENNETT, Edward Vine | Director | 1991-10-17 | 1992-05-18 |
| BOIS, Ronan | Director | 2014-09-29 | 2020-02-24 |
| BOSSY, Stephan Alexandre | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| BOWLER, Richard Anthony | Director | 2000-07-27 | 2014-09-29 |
| CHANDLER, Mark | Director | 1992-09-23 | 1995-11-22 |
| COHEN, Norman Victor | Director | — | 1992-05-18 |
| COUTURIER, Thierry Claude Henry Alexandre | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2020-08-31 |
| FERRIERE, Romain | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| FRASER, Alistair John Charles | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2017-07-10 |
| GOODBOURN, Howard Charles | Director | 2016-07-04 | 2016-12-31 |
| HART, Alison | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2000-01-23 |
| HODGSON, Gordon William | Director | 1997-12-04 | 1998-12-31 |
| HUNT, Philip Swinson | Director | 1995-06-15 | 1997-12-04 |
| JACKSON, Timothy David Wyse | Director | 2014-09-29 | 2018-10-18 |
| LEWIS, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2019-02-26 |
| LONSDALE, Stephen Philip | Director | 1997-12-04 | 2002-05-01 |
| MASSON, Arnaud Max | Director | 2020-02-24 | 2025-12-10 |
| NEYLON, Darren Lee | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2021-02-28 |
| NEYLON, Darren Lee | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2018-02-16 |
| PANGBOURNE, Rodney Bryan | Director | — | 1991-10-17 |
| PORTER, Gedffrey John | Director | 1991-10-17 | 1992-05-18 |
| RAY, John Alfred | Director | 1998-09-15 | 2002-05-01 |
| SAINT-FELIX, Marc | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| SCOTT, Russell Pringle | Director | 1992-09-23 | 1995-09-22 |
| SCOWEN, Robert | Director | 2006-02-22 | 2014-09-29 |
| SEWELL, Alan James | Director | 1999-05-10 | 2010-04-09 |
| SPICER, Keith Martyn | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| WATERMAN, Patrick William Mark | Director | — | 1997-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Bus Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-10 | Active |
| Ratp Dev Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-01-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | certificate change of name company |
| 2026-01-21 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-12-10 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-04-01 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-04-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-02-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-10-28 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Credit score
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Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory