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The BIG BUS Company Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 14

  1. Gerrard Albert Price 2021-2024 Director View profile
  2. David John Stafford 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Philip Nathan Boggon 2017-2026 Director View profile
  4. Christopher John Preston 2016-2016 Director View profile
  5. Ghias El Yafi 2012-2016 Director View profile
  6. Michael Clifford 2012-2014 Director View profile
  7. Judith Maybury 2011-2015 Director View profile
  8. Abdallah El-Azm 2011-2013 Director View profile
  9. Michael Forde 2002-2016 Director View profile
  10. David Sidney Warmisham 1994-1994 Director View profile
  11. Richard Patrick Maybury 2012 Director View profile
  12. Desmond John Maybury 2010 Director View profile
  13. Caroline Anne Swain-Fenton 2004-2016 Secretary View profile
  14. Eleanor Mary Maybury 2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
29/03/1978

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. The BIG BUS Company Limited is controlled by BIG BUS Tours Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. BIG BUS Tours Limited is controlled by BIG BUS Tours Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. BIG BUS Tours Group Limited is controlled by BIG BUS Tours Holdings 2 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. BIG BUS Tours Holdings 2 Limited is controlled by BIG BUS Tours Newco 3 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-12-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. BIG BUS Tours Newco 3 Limited is controlled by BIG BUS Tours Newco 2 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-11-27 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. BIG BUS Tours Newco 2 Limited is controlled by BIG BUS Tours Newco 1 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-11-26 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. BIG BUS Tours Newco 1 Limited is controlled by BIG BUS Tours Holdings 1 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-11-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. BIG BUS Tours Holdings 1 Limited is controlled by BIG BUS Tours Group Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. BIG BUS Tours Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Merlin Entertainments Group Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  10. Merlin Entertainments Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Charcoal Newco 1 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

The ownership chain above The BIG BUS Company Limited is unusually long; showing the first 10 steps.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

3 directors on the board

9.5y median 2.3y
average tenure
25.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 31Transport 5Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01360202
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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