FIRST CYMRU BUSES LIMITED

Company number 00133884 ·

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Executive summary

First Cymru Buses Limited stands as a legacy-dominated regional operator leveraging the institutional scale of FirstGroup to maintain a defensive moat in the South Wales transit market. The path to sustainable growth requires capitalizing on Welsh transport franchising opportunities and decarbonization mandates, while strategically mitigating labor constraints and the capital-intensive demands of fleet modernization.

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1914-02-10
Registered office
Heol Gwyrosydd, Penlan, Swansea, West Glamorgan, SA5 7BN
Postcode
SA5 7BN
Capital
1,382,540 GBP
Accounts category
Audit Exemption Subsidiary
Charges
2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-29
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-01-03
Next due by
2027-01-17
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 49319 Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)

Officers 5 current · 59 resigned

Zoe HANDS Director
Appointed 2026-04-01
Appointed 2026-04-01
Appointed 2025-03-31
Appointed 2019-11-15
REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR Appointed 2016-05-03

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

Controlled by FIRST BUS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2025-03-29) as part of the FIRSTGROUP PLC group statement — 3 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

0%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top 10% for parity

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Contact details

Website
firstcymru.co.uk

Our UK Bus division operates around a fifth of local bus services in the UK and is one of the largest bus operators with a fleet of approximately 6,400 buses around the England, Scotland and Wales. We have bus routes serving 40 of the UK’s largest towns and cities providing great value public transport for students, commuters, leisure travellers and concession travellers.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
SOUTH WALES TRANSPORT COMPANY,LIMITED.(THE)1999-03-26

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
HEOL GWYROSYDD, PENLAN, SWANSEA, WEST GLAMORGAN SA5 7BN1999-08-08
31 RUSSEL STREET, SWANSEA, SOUTH WALES1986-05-20

Among its peers

The oldest

of 11 similar companies in SA, trading since 1914

Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2011-06-22
Where
Swansea
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
CYM530487 Swansea Leasehold 2011-06-22

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