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First Capital East 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 57
- Andrew Simon Jarvis 2022-2025 View profile
- Julia Alison Crane 2022-2022 View profile
- Seema Kamboj 2021-2022 View profile
- Colin Brown 2021-2025 View profile
- David Brian Alexander 2017-2021 View profile
- Neil James Barker 2014-2017 View profile
- Jeroen Marcel Weimar 2013-2014 View profile
- David Julian Squire 2013-2013 View profile
- Karen Doores 2013-2013 View profile
- Michael Branigan 2013-2013 View profile
- David Leslie Marshall 2013-2014 View profile
- Stephen Anthony Wickers 2013-2013 View profile
- Nigel Barrett 2013-2013 View profile
- Satnam Singh Cheema 2011-2013 View profile
- Gavin Peace 2009-2011 View profile
- Lawrence Breach 2009-2013 View profile
- Lucy Nicola Shaw 2009-2010 View profile
- Russell John Hargrave 2008-2009 View profile
- David Andrew Kaye 2008-2009 View profile
- Jeffrey Tucker 2007-2008 View profile
- Paul Bromfield 2006-2009 View profile
- Graham Richard Belgum 2006-2008 View profile
- Choudhary Ishtiaq 2005-2006 View profile
- Adrian Mark Jones 2005-2013 View profile
- Joseph Gilchrist 2002-2006 View profile
- David John Leeder 2001-2004 View profile
- Dr Michael James Ross Mitchell 2001-2004 View profile
- Michael Forster 2001-2002 View profile
- Alan James Coney 2000-2007 View profile
- Anthony Roy Wilson 1999-2006 View profile
- Alexander Jones 1998-2000 View profile
- Steven John Norris 1998-2003 View profile
- Robert Alexander Duncan 1998-2000 View profile
- Sir Hendy, CBE, Peter Gerard 1998-2000 View profile
- John Alan Whitworth 1998-2000 View profile
- Daniels, OBE, Leon Alistair 1998-2011 View profile
- Hong Cho Wu 1996-1998 View profile
- Norman Mclean Kemp 1995-1995 View profile
- Belinda Ma 1994-1997 View profile
- John Charles Clymo 1995 View profile
- Edward Lyndon Rees 1995 View profile
- Tsun Wing Yau 1995 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
- Jim Dow 2008-2013 View profile
- Colman Moher 2007-2008 View profile
- Vasant Mistry 2005-2007 View profile
- David Laurence Quinn 2000-2005 View profile
- Brendan Francis Glyde 1998-2000 View profile
- John Anthony Storey 1998-2000 View profile
- Paul David Strudwick 1997-1998 View profile
- Brian Fitzgerald 1995-1997 View profile
- Simon Alistair Cooper 1993 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
- 05/02/1988
- Registered office
- London
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- GRT BUS Group Limited
significant influence · notified 2025-03-26 - CCB Holdings Limited ceased 2025-03-26
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- First Capital East Limited
is controlled by GRT BUS Group Limited
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2025-03-26 · source: Companies House PSC register - GRT BUS Group Limited
is controlled by Firstgroup PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · 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.
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.
2 directors on the board
- William Alexander Forbes Director · appointed 2025
- James Thomas Bowen Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- William Alexander Forbes Director · appointed 2025
- James Thomas Bowen Director · appointed 2025
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
- 02218277
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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