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First West Yorkshire Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 60

  1. Andrew Charles Cullen 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Josie Radley 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Andrew Simon Jarvis 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Colin Brown 2021-2025 Director View profile
  5. Thomas John Bridge 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Martin Andrew Hirst 2018-2022 Director View profile
  7. Mubarak Hussain Mahmed 2018-2022 Director View profile
  8. Simon Paul Carlisle 2018-2022 Director View profile
  9. William Andrew Kennedy 2015-2018 Director View profile
  10. David Paul Matthews 2014-2023 Director View profile
  11. Ann-Marie Mcmanus 2013-2016 Director View profile
  12. Robert Stanley Dorr 2013-2014 Director View profile
  13. David Michael Aspinall 2012-2014 Director View profile
  14. Richard Jonathan Eames 2012-2013 Director View profile
  15. Richard Michael Soper 2012-2014 Director View profile
  16. Simon David Pearson 2012-2016 Director View profile
  17. Andrew John Pike 2011-2012 Director View profile
  18. Robert Hamilton 2011-2012 Director View profile
  19. Andrew Richard Foster 2011-2016 Director View profile
  20. Robert Ward 2010-2015 Director View profile
  21. Benjamin Thomas Gilligan 2010-2013 Director View profile
  22. Colin Stafford 2009-2010 Director View profile
  23. Richard Harris 2009-2011 Director View profile
  24. David Brian Alexander 2009-2021 Director View profile
  25. Alan Thomas Pilbeam 2007-2009 Director View profile
  26. Ian Humphreys 2007-2014 Director View profile
  27. Christine Haigh 2006-2009 Director View profile
  28. Janet Burgess 2006-2009 Director View profile
  29. Stephen John Graham 2004-2009 Director View profile
  30. Andrew Mark Scholey 2004-2007 Director View profile
  31. David Andrew Kaye 2003-2010 Director View profile
  32. David John Leeder 2001-2004 Director View profile
  33. Robert Edward Turner 1999-2001 Director View profile
  34. Teresa Maria Broxton 1999-2014 Director View profile
  35. Robert Alexander Duncan 1997-2001 Director View profile
  36. Raymond O'Toole 1996-1999 Director View profile
  37. James Ian Davies 1996-2003 Director View profile
  38. Peter John Sephton 1996-1999 Director View profile
  39. John Anthony Osbaldiston 1995-1996 Director View profile
  40. Victor John Woolley 1995-1996 Director View profile
  41. James Mclaughlin 1995-1995 Director View profile
  42. Keith Norman Ahlers 1994-1996 Director View profile
  43. Richard John Noble 1994-2000 Director View profile
  44. Ian James Buchan 1994-2000 Director View profile
  45. Mohammed Taj 1993-1995 Director View profile
  46. Adrian Eugene Arthur 1992-1995 Director View profile
  47. George William Browlee 1994 Director View profile
  48. Thomas Douglas Limpitlaw 1992 Director View profile
  49. Michael David Simmons 1991 Director View profile
  50. Jarlath Delphene Wade 2021-2022 Secretary View profile
  51. Silvana Nerina Glibota Vigo 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  52. Michael Hampson 2016-2019 Secretary View profile
  53. Robert John Welch 2014-2016 Secretary View profile
  54. Paul Michael Lewis 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
  55. Sidney Barrie 2009-2011 Secretary View profile
  56. Daniel Robert Sturgeon 2009-2009 Secretary View profile
  57. Paul Vincent Savage 1996-1999 Secretary View profile
  58. Margaret Amelia Anne Price 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
  59. Lorraine Goulding 1993-1995 Secretary View profile
  60. Philip Michael White 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts · £177,178,449 total

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.

  • Electrification Works at Huddersfield Depot Buyer: West Yorkshire Combined Authority £10,550,368 2026-08-27 Source: Find a Tender

    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…

  • Electrification Works at Bradford Depot Buyer: West Yorkshire Combined Authority £16,628,081 2026-08-27 Source: Find a Tender

    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…

  • Bus Franchising Round 1 - Tier A Buyer: West Yorkshire Combined Authority £150,000,000 2026-08-19 Source: Find a Tender

    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.

Group

  1. 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
  2. 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.

127 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.

Grants received

3 grants · £3,540,945 total

360Giving 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 £02020-04-01
  • Department for Transport £1,770,4732020-04-01
  • Department for Transport £1,770,4732020-04-01
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)

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 43Professional services 7Business services 5Finance 3Property 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
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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