{"name":"FIRSTGROUP PLC","company_number":"SC157176","status":"Active","type":"Public Limited Company","incorporated":"1995-03-31","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"395 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5RP","postcode":"AB24 5RP","sic_codes":[{"code":49100,"description":"Passenger rail transport, interurban"},{"code":49319,"description":"Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"FIRSTBUS PLC","changed_on":"1997-12-23"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Group","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2026-03-28","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":15,"resigned":56,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[{"date":"2026-10-16","kind":"other"},{"date":"2026-09-25","kind":"other"},{"date":"2026-09-08","kind":"other"},{"date":"2026-08-21","kind":"insolvency"}],"insolvency_outcome":{"active_today":true,"filings":[]},"ai_summary":"FirstGroup PLC is a dominant player in the UK passenger transport sector, leveraging its scale across both bus and rail operations to maintain a strong competitive position against peers like Stagecoach and National Express. The company's performance is heavily influenced by the ongoing structural reform of the UK rail industry towards concession models, post-pandemic shifts in commuter behaviour, and the capital-intensive transition to zero-emission bus fleets. While its domestic focus provides clear strategic clarity, it leaves the group highly sensitive to UK government policy and public sector industrial relations.","website":"https://www.firstbus.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/firstgroup","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/firstgroup/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/firstgroup/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC157176","gazette":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/firstgroup/gazette","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/firstgroup/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/firstgroup/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/firstgroup"}