FIRSTGROUP PLC

Company number SC157176 ·

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Overview

Company type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
1995-03-31
Registered office
395 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5RP
Postcode
AB24 5RP
Capital
37 GBP
Accounts category
Group
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2026-03-28
Next due by
2027-09-30
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)

  • 49100 Passenger rail transport, interurban
  • 49319 Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)

Officers 15 current · 56 resigned

Subscribers only Director
Subscribers only Appointed 2025-02-01
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2022-05-16
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2022-04-01
Subscribers only Secretary
Appointed 2022-01-21
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2022-01-21

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Group structure 28 subsidiaries

Showing 12 of 28.

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) — 6 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.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z4635247 (Tier 2), registered since 2000.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Political donations 1

£2,000 in registered political donations since 2011.

  • Labour Party
    £2,000 2011-02-22 Cash

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contact details

Website
firstgroup.com
Phone
03456460707

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
FIRSTBUS PLC1997-12-23

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 281 similar companies in AB — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1995

The class of 1995

45%

of the 34,000 companies incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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