FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-10-05
- Registered office
- Taunton Depot, Hamilton Road, Taunton, England, England, TA1 2EH
- Postcode
- TA1 2EH
- Capital
- 27 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 1 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
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49319 Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Officers 7 current · 64 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
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
0.3%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FIRST DEVON & CORNWALL LIMITED | 2015-08-06 |
| FIRST WESTERN NATIONAL BUSES LIMITED | 2004-02-11 |
| WESTERN NATIONAL LIMITED | 1999-02-05 |
| GAMBADON LIMITED | 1982-12-22 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE RIDE, CHELSON MEADOW, PLYMOUTH, DEVON, PL9 7JT | 2015-08-14 |
| WESTERN HOUSE, TABERNACLE STREET, TRURO, CORNWALL | 2004-02-17 |
| WESTERN HOUSE, 38 LEMON STREET, TRURO, CORNWALL TR1 2NS | 2001-06-05 |
| 21A PYDAR STREET, TRURO, CORNWALL, TR1 2AY | 1995-01-17 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 226 similar companies in TA — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1982
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,655 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2026-02-04
- Price paid, where recorded
- £230,000
- Where
- Cornwall (3), Somerset (1), Devon (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL393625 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2026-02-04 | — |
| ST339338 | Somerset | Freehold | 2024-04-09 | £230,000 |
| CL376746 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2023-03-14 | — |
| DN215902 | Devon | Freehold | 2013-01-08 | — |
| CL174892 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2001-09-20 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.