EDINBURGH TRANSPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-04
- EDINBURGH TRANSPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025-12-04 → present
- TRANSPORT FOR EDINBURGH LIMITED 2013-03-04 → 2025-12-04
- RANDOTTE (NO. 700) LIMITED 2013-02-28 → 2013-03-04
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- EDINBURGH TRANSPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Edinburgh Trams Ltd 100%
- Lothian Buses Ltd 91.01%
- East Coast Buses Ltd 100%
- Edinburgh Bus Tours Ltd 100%
- Eve Coaches Ltd 100%
- Lothian Region Transport Ltd 100%
- Majestic Tours Edinburgh Ltd 100%
- Edinburgh City Transport Ltd 100%
- City Sightseeing Edinburgh Ltd 100%
- Lothian Coaches Ltd 100%
- Lothian Country Buses Ltd 100%
- Leith Walk Property Ltd 100%
- Mactours Ltd 100%
- Lothian Trams Ltd 100%
- Lothian Transport Ltd. 100%
- Trams for Edinburgh Ltd. 100%
- Edinburgh Buses Ltd 100%
- Edinburgh Bus and Tram Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2024, the Company realigned its activities with its revised responsibility as solely a shareholding entity. 'The Company held its last Board with executive functionality on 10 May 2024, with those executive responsibilities transferring to the individual Boards of Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams.”
- “On 26 June 2025, the TEC approved the next phase of the integration process, formally, approving the new governance structure for Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams as outlined above.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARWELL, Gareth Eamonn | Director | 2025-08-01 | Mar 1981 | British |
| LLOYD-BITHELL, Richard Lawrence Ian | Director | 2025-08-01 | Aug 1994 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRACHAN, Norman James | Secretary | 2013-10-28 | 2015-08-23 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-18 | 2018-03-23 |
| ARTHUR, Scott, Dr | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2024-08-28 |
| BAGSHAW, Nigel David, Councillor | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2017-05-25 |
| BANDEL, Julia Debora | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2025-08-01 |
| BEAL, Alan Christopher, Councillor | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2025-08-01 |
| BLAIN, Andrew John | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2013-03-01 |
| BOOTH, Charles William | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2019-06-27 |
| CAMPBELL, William Watson | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2016-03-31 |
| CARDOWNIE, Archibald Stephen | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2014-06-26 |
| CASSIDY, Steven | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2018-12-17 |
| CRAIG, William Ian Gold | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2016-01-31 |
| DAY, Cameron Blyth, Cllr | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2017-06-29 |
| DEPLEDGE, Anthony | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2015-06-26 |
| DEVLIN, William | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2016-04-16 |
| DORAN, Karen, Councillor | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2022-06-30 |
| FAULDS, Ann | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2014-11-12 |
| HAZEL, George Mclean, Dr | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2025-08-01 |
| HINDS, Lesley Adelaide | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2017-05-25 |
| INNES MILLER, Claire Helen | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2022-06-30 |
| LAIDLAW, Callum | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2022-06-30 |
| LOWDER, George Edward | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2024-08-31 |
| MACINNES, Lesley Jane, Cllr | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2025-08-01 |
| MACLEAN, Alastair David | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2013-11-08 |
| MACLEOD, Donald Andrew | Director | 2019-05-02 | 2023-12-31 |
| MCFARLANE, James Mclean Henderson | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2024-11-11 |
| MCVEY, Adam Robert, Councillor | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2017-06-29 |
| MONHEIM, Charles William | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| MOWAT, Joanna Claire, Councillor | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2016-07-01 |
| NARAYANAN, Daisy | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2021-05-16 |
| NEAL, Andrew David | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2025-08-01 |
| STRACHAN, Norman James | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2015-08-23 |
| WALLACE, Charlene | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-01-14 |
| WHYTE, Iain | Director | 2016-08-25 | 2017-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The City Of Edinburgh Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 5
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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