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First Travel Solutions Limited

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

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 39

  1. Gary Philip Hitchmough 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Joseph Andrew Thompson 2021-2022 Director View profile
  3. Colin Brown 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Richard Kirk 2017-2022 Director View profile
  5. Melanie Jarrott 2015-2015 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Mark Scholey 2014-2026 Director View profile
  7. Michael Thomas Davies 2012-2016 Director View profile
  8. Teresa Maria Broxton 2011-2014 Director View profile
  9. David Brian Alexander 2011-2014 Director View profile
  10. Hugh Patrick Clancy 2010-2011 Director View profile
  11. Christopher Sean Lee Coleman 2009-2010 Director View profile
  12. Vernon Ian Barker 2008-2011 Director View profile
  13. Paul Desmond Furze-Waddock 2008-2009 Director View profile
  14. Nicholas Sean Robert Tempest Vane 2007-2012 Director View profile
  15. Julia White 2007-2022 Director View profile
  16. Adrian Mark Jones 2005-2008 Director View profile
  17. Maurice Duckworth 2004-2014 Director View profile
  18. Joseph Gilchrist 2003-2006 Director View profile
  19. Anthony Roy Wilson 2002-2006 Director View profile
  20. Daniels, OBE, Leon Alistair 2001-2011 Director View profile
  21. David Beverley Fowles 1998-2001 Director View profile
  22. Robert Alexander Duncan 1997-2001 Director View profile
  23. David Allen Brown 1996-1998 Director View profile
  24. Sir Hendy, CBE, Peter Gerard 1996-2000 Director View profile
  25. Robert Menzies Muir 1996-2000 Director View profile
  26. John Alan Whitworth 1996-2001 Director View profile
  27. Andrew Taylor 1995 Director View profile
  28. Leonard James Wright 1996 Director View profile
  29. David Frederick James 1996 Director View profile
  30. Silvana Nerina Glibota Vigo 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  31. Michael Hampson 2016-2019 Secretary View profile
  32. Robert John Welch 2014-2016 Secretary View profile
  33. Paul Michael Lewis 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
  34. Julia Michelle White 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  35. Sidney Barrie 2006-2011 Secretary View profile
  36. David Laurence Quinn 2000-2005 Secretary View profile
  37. John Anthony Storey 1996-2000 Secretary View profile
  38. Richard Michael Soper 1992-1996 Secretary View profile
  39. Malcolm Philip Brownlie 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

About

What it does
Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Incorporated
28/11/1985
Registered office
Accrington
Previous names
First Rail Support Limited (until 31/05/2016)

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. First Travel Solutions Limited is controlled by First Beeline Buses Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. First Beeline Buses Limited is controlled by Centrewest Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Centrewest Limited.

5 other companies 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

1y median 1.3y
average tenure
1.3y
longest tenure
0
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.

Transport 56Professional services 11Business services 10Finance 4Property 3

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
01966624
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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