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First West Yorkshire Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Previous officers 60
- Andrew Charles Cullen 2023-2026 View profile
- Josie Radley 2022-2024 View profile
- Andrew Simon Jarvis 2021-2025 View profile
- Colin Brown 2021-2025 View profile
- Thomas John Bridge 2018-2022 View profile
- Martin Andrew Hirst 2018-2022 View profile
- Mubarak Hussain Mahmed 2018-2022 View profile
- Simon Paul Carlisle 2018-2022 View profile
- William Andrew Kennedy 2015-2018 View profile
- David Paul Matthews 2014-2023 View profile
- Ann-Marie Mcmanus 2013-2016 View profile
- Robert Stanley Dorr 2013-2014 View profile
- David Michael Aspinall 2012-2014 View profile
- Richard Jonathan Eames 2012-2013 View profile
- Richard Michael Soper 2012-2014 View profile
- Simon David Pearson 2012-2016 View profile
- Andrew John Pike 2011-2012 View profile
- Robert Hamilton 2011-2012 View profile
- Andrew Richard Foster 2011-2016 View profile
- Robert Ward 2010-2015 View profile
- Benjamin Thomas Gilligan 2010-2013 View profile
- Colin Stafford 2009-2010 View profile
- Richard Harris 2009-2011 View profile
- David Brian Alexander 2009-2021 View profile
- Alan Thomas Pilbeam 2007-2009 View profile
- Ian Humphreys 2007-2014 View profile
- Christine Haigh 2006-2009 View profile
- Janet Burgess 2006-2009 View profile
- Stephen John Graham 2004-2009 View profile
- Andrew Mark Scholey 2004-2007 View profile
- David Andrew Kaye 2003-2010 View profile
- David John Leeder 2001-2004 View profile
- Robert Edward Turner 1999-2001 View profile
- Teresa Maria Broxton 1999-2014 View profile
- Robert Alexander Duncan 1997-2001 View profile
- Raymond O'Toole 1996-1999 View profile
- James Ian Davies 1996-2003 View profile
- Peter John Sephton 1996-1999 View profile
- John Anthony Osbaldiston 1995-1996 View profile
- Victor John Woolley 1995-1996 View profile
- James Mclaughlin 1995-1995 View profile
- Keith Norman Ahlers 1994-1996 View profile
- Richard John Noble 1994-2000 View profile
- Ian James Buchan 1994-2000 View profile
- Mohammed Taj 1993-1995 View profile
- Adrian Eugene Arthur 1992-1995 View profile
- George William Browlee 1994 View profile
- Thomas Douglas Limpitlaw 1992 View profile
- Michael David Simmons 1991 View profile
- Jarlath Delphene Wade 2021-2022 View profile
- Silvana Nerina Glibota Vigo 2019-2020 View profile
- Michael Hampson 2016-2019 View profile
- Robert John Welch 2014-2016 View profile
- Paul Michael Lewis 2011-2014 View profile
- Sidney Barrie 2009-2011 View profile
- Daniel Robert Sturgeon 2009-2009 View profile
- Paul Vincent Savage 1996-1999 View profile
- Margaret Amelia Anne Price 1995-1997 View profile
- Lorraine Goulding 1993-1995 View profile
- Philip Michael White 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
3 contracts · £177,178,449 totalFrom 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.
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Electrification Works at Huddersfield Depot
As part of the introduction of the Weaver Network in West Yorkshire, the Combined Authority intends that electric buses will operate from the Huddersfield Depot for the purposes of providing local services under the West Yorkshire bus franc…
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Electrification Works at Bradford Depot
As part of the introduction of the Weaver Network in West Yorkshire, the Combined Authority intends that electric buses will operate from the Bradford Depot for the purposes of providing local services under the West Yorkshire bus franchisi…
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Bus Franchising Round 1 - Tier A
Bus Franchising Round 1 Tier A Franchise Agreements: Leeds 1 (Bramley) Kirklees (Dewsbury) Kirklees (Huddersfield)
About
- Incorporated
- 17/02/1986
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.
- Firstbus (North) Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- First West Yorkshire Limited
is controlled by Firstbus (North) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Firstbus (North) Limited
is controlled by Firstgroup PLC
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-08-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Firstgroup PLC.
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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.
Grants received
3 grants · £3,540,945 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Transport · £3,540,945 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
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
- James Robert Mcinnes Director · appointed 2025
- Zoe Hands Director · appointed 2026
- Gary Philip Hitchmough Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- James Robert Mcinnes Director · appointed 2025
- Zoe Hands Director · appointed 2026
- Gary Philip Hitchmough Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Andrew Charles Cullen Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 01990370
- 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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