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Company · Leicester

First Potteries Limited

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

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Previous officers 68

  1. Gareth John Davies 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Gary Philip Hitchmough 2025-2026 Director View profile
  3. Zoe Hands 2023-2026 Director View profile
  4. Michael Nathan Watson 2023-2023 Director View profile
  5. Ian Humphreys 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Simon Jarvis 2021-2025 Director View profile
  7. Kevin John Belfield 2020-2022 Director View profile
  8. Carl John Woolley 2020-2022 Director View profile
  9. Robert James Arthur Hughes 2020-2022 Director View profile
  10. David Brian Alexander 2016-2021 Director View profile
  11. Simon Chadfield 2016-2024 Director View profile
  12. James Thomas Bowen 2014-2016 Director View profile
  13. Neil James Barker 2014-2016 Director View profile
  14. Stuart Ian Munro 2014-2014 Director View profile
  15. David Julian Squire 2014-2015 Director View profile
  16. Michael Branigan 2014-2015 Director View profile
  17. Patrick Shaw 2014-2016 Director View profile
  18. Nigel Wilfrid Eggleton 2013-2022 Director View profile
  19. Jeroen Marcel Weimar 2013-2014 Director View profile
  20. Karen Doores 2012-2013 Director View profile
  21. Peter Anthony Joseph Mhagrh 2011-2013 Director View profile
  22. Stephen Anthony Wickers 2011-2013 Director View profile
  23. David Leslie Marshall 2010-2014 Director View profile
  24. Steven Zanker 2010-2011 Director View profile
  25. Nigel Barrett 2010-2013 Director View profile
  26. Peter Walch 2007-2011 Director View profile
  27. Kenneth Charles Poole 2006-2011 Director View profile
  28. Paul Desantis 2004-2010 Director View profile
  29. Peter James Iddon 2004-2006 Director View profile
  30. James Ian Davies 2004-2005 Director View profile
  31. David Andrew Kaye 2004-2010 Director View profile
  32. Robert Hamilton 2004-2006 Director View profile
  33. Christopher David Blyth 2004-2005 Director View profile
  34. Alfred Thomas Bligh 2004-2004 Director View profile
  35. Colin Stafford 2003-2004 Director View profile
  36. Barry Dennis Pybis 2003-2004 Director View profile
  37. Julie Ann Roy 2003-2004 Director View profile
  38. John Andrew Campbell 2003-2003 Director View profile
  39. David John Leeder 2001-2004 Director View profile
  40. Russell John Gard 2000-2004 Director View profile
  41. Garry Stuart Raven 1999-2003 Director View profile
  42. Raymond O'Toole 1999-1999 Director View profile
  43. Steven Paul Chapman 1998-2003 Director View profile
  44. Robert Edward Turner 1998-2000 Director View profile
  45. Ian Mackintosh 1998-2003 Director View profile
  46. Robert Alexander Duncan 1997-2001 Director View profile
  47. Dr Michael James Ross Mitchell 1997-1999 Director View profile
  48. John Stephen Tanner 1997-2004 Director View profile
  49. John Anthony Osbaldiston 1995-1996 Director View profile
  50. Nigel John Barrett 1994-1997 Director View profile
  51. Victor John Woolley 1994-1996 Director View profile
  52. James Mclaughlin 1994-1995 Director View profile
  53. Graeme George Turnbull Varley 1994-1997 Director View profile
  54. John Edward Anthony Marsh 1998 Director View profile
  55. Michael George Frewer 1998 Director View profile
  56. Steven Robert Ellis 2000 Director View profile
  57. Michael Eric Moors 1994 Director View profile
  58. Jarlath Delphene Wade 2021-2022 Secretary View profile
  59. Silvana Nerina Glibota Vigo 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  60. Michael Hampson 2016-2019 Secretary View profile
  61. Robert John Welch 2014-2016 Secretary View profile
  62. Paul Michael Lewis 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
  63. Sidney Barrie 2009-2011 Secretary View profile
  64. Simon Davies 2004-2009 Secretary View profile
  65. Valerie Brown 2001-2004 Secretary View profile
  66. Guy Alan Houston 2000-2005 Secretary View profile
  67. Mark James Sullivan 1997-2000 Secretary View profile
  68. John Beatty 1996-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £1,534,143 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.

  • Bus Service Enhancements (Phase 4) - S094 Buyer: Stoke on Trent City Council £1,534,143 2026-09-02 Source: Find a Tender

    Stoke on Trent City Council wish to appoint contractors to provide additional bus services to enhance the existing bus network by increasing the frequency, hours of operation and introducing weekend services across the existing commercial n…

About

What it does
Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Incorporated
31/08/1988
Registered office
Leicester
Previous names
First PMT Limited (until 15/05/2007)

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 Potteries Limited is controlled by First North West Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. First North West 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
  3. 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

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

0.6y median 0.3y
average tenure
1.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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 61Professional services 9Business services 5Finance 5Arts and leisure 1Property 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
02291753
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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