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Company · Park, Sunderland

Arriva the Shires Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 54

  1. Gerald Edward O'Leary 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Leighsen Tomkins 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Leon Wayne Hall 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Nicholas Charles Bland 2023-2024 Director View profile
  5. Christopher David Burley 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Godley 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Simon William Mathieson 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Alison Ashcroft 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Tina Colleen Edwards 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. Simon Joseph Finnie 2018-2022 Director View profile
  11. Cora Woodhouse 2017-2019 Director View profile
  12. Mark Andrew Thornley 2017-2018 Director View profile
  13. Kevin Liam O'Leary 2017-2023 Director View profile
  14. Jason Mathew Perkin 2016-2024 Director View profile
  15. Mark Antony Bowd 2016-2021 Director View profile
  16. Robbie Lamerton 2015-2016 Director View profile
  17. Maqbool Hussein Yusuf Alibhai 2014-2018 Director View profile
  18. Nathanael Christopher Mellor 2013-2014 Director View profile
  19. Beverley Elizabeth Lawson 2010-2013 Director View profile
  20. Kevin Paul Hawkins 2010-2015 Director View profile
  21. Mark David James Yexley 2010-2015 Director View profile
  22. Paul Stephen Adcock 2010-2016 Director View profile
  23. Heath Williams 2009-2015 Director View profile
  24. Christian Hopkins 2009-2010 Director View profile
  25. Jenifer Richmond 2008-2008 Director View profile
  26. Keith Martyn Spicer 2006-2008 Director View profile
  27. David Graham Johnstone 2004-2005 Director View profile
  28. Brian Drury 2002-2010 Director View profile
  29. Richard Anthony Bowler 2000-2016 Director View profile
  30. Brian Barraclough 1999-2015 Director View profile
  31. Robert John Davies 1998-2002 Director View profile
  32. John Alfred Ray 1998-2002 Director View profile
  33. Stephen John Clayton 1998-2002 Director View profile
  34. Nigel Wilfrid Eggleton 1997-2001 Director View profile
  35. Dennis Roy Upton 1997-2001 Director View profile
  36. David Paul Turner 1996-2005 Director View profile
  37. Stephen Philip Lonsdale 1996-2002 Director View profile
  38. Michael Adrian Jones 1996-1997 Director View profile
  39. Stephen Bayfield 1995-1997 Director View profile
  40. David Robert Martin 1995-1996 Director View profile
  41. Peter Harvey 1994-2002 Director View profile
  42. Gordon George Watt 1994-1996 Director View profile
  43. Dawson Thomas Williams 1994-1996 Director View profile
  44. David Michael Abel 1993-1994 Director View profile
  45. Christopher Pitcher 1990-1994 Director View profile
  46. Peter Collins 1993 Director View profile
  47. John Banks Hargreaves 1994 Director View profile
  48. John Dyson Kingham 1994 Director View profile
  49. Richard Charles Dyball 1999 Director View profile
  50. Lorna Edwards 2013-2020 Secretary View profile
  51. Elizabeth Anne Davies 2005-2013 Secretary View profile
  52. British BUS (Company Secretaries) Limited 1995-1996 Corporate-secretary View profile
  53. Alan William Severn 1994-2010 Secretary View profile
  54. Graham Jackson Cumming 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Incorporated
30/03/1987
Registered office
Park, Sunderland

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. Arriva the Shires Limited is controlled by Arriva UK BUS Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Arriva UK BUS Holdings Limited is controlled by Arriva UK BUS Investments Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Arriva UK BUS Investments Limited is controlled by Arriva Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Arriva Limited is controlled by Arriva International Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-05-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Arriva International Group Limited is controlled by Arriva Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-09-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Arriva Holdco Limited is controlled by Arriva Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-09-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. Arriva Midco Limited is controlled by Arriva International Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-09-19 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Arriva International Holdings Limited.

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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

1 grant · £0 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 · £0

Most recent

  • Department for Transport £02020-04-01
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

1.3y median 1.4y
average tenure
1.8y
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 9

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
02116519
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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