Company · Park, Sunderland
Arriva UK BUS Limited
Activities of head offices
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 37
- Susan Barlow 2024-2026 View profile
- Jens Abromeit 2023-2025 View profile
- Alice Elizabeth Herring 2022-2025 View profile
- Marcos Hart 2022-2026 View profile
- Andrew Ross Whitehouse 2020-2023 View profile
- Mark Christopher Hemus 2020-2023 View profile
- Paul O'Neil 2019-2023 View profile
- David Francis Wells 2019-2019 View profile
- Mark Richard Noakes 2018-2020 View profile
- Iain Mulligan Jago 2018-2019 View profile
- Ruth Cecilia Abdey 2017-2021 View profile
- Kevin O'Connor 2017-2018 View profile
- Daniel Peter Ratcliffe 2016-2018 View profile
- David Matthews 2016-2018 View profile
- Peter Charles Davison 2015-2017 View profile
- Kenneth Mcintyre Carlaw 2014-2016 View profile
- Steven Dickinson 2012-2014 View profile
- Martin James Hibbert 2010-2017 View profile
- David Christopher John Applegarth 2010-2015 View profile
- Richard Anthony Bowler 2000-2016 View profile
- Stephen John Clayton 1999-2009 View profile
- John Alfred Ray 1998-2002 View profile
- Stephen Philip Lonsdale 1996-2010 View profile
- David Anthony Powell 1995-1998 View profile
- Richard Charles Bowler 1994-1995 View profile
- Stephen Bayfield 1994-1997 View profile
- Michael Adrian Jones 1994-1997 View profile
- David Robert Martin 1992-2002 View profile
- Honourable Richard Morgan Oliver Stanley 1992-1994 View profile
- Jonathan Mark Stephens 1992-1992 View profile
- Dawson Thomas Williams 1992-1996 View profile
- Liam Edward Mcdermott 2018-2023 View profile
- Lorna Edwards 2013-2018 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Davies 2005-2013 View profile
- David Paul Turner 1996-2005 View profile
- Gordon George Watt 1992-1996 View profile
- Stephen Charles Whitmore 1992-1992 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of head offices
- Incorporated
- 19/10/1992
- Registered office
- Park, Sunderland
- Previous names
- British BUS Limited (until 10/11/2017)
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.
- Arriva UK BUS Holdings Limited
75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Arriva UK BUS Limited
is controlled by Arriva UK BUS Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - 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 - Arriva UK BUS Investments Limited
is controlled by Arriva Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
97 other companies in this group
- Arriva Passenger Services Pension Trustees Limited
- Arriva Merseyside Limited
- Arriva London Pension Scheme Trustee Limited
- Grand Central Railway Company Limited
- Arriva UK BUS Holdings Limited
- Arriva London South Limited
- Arriva Yorkshire Limited
- Arriva Finance Lease Limited
- Arriva ABC GP Limited
- Arriva International Trains (Leasing) Limited
- Arriva Holdco Limited
- Arriva Kent Thameside Limited
- APS (Leasing) Limited
- Arriva International (Northern Europe) Limited
- London Pride Sightseeing Limited
- Arriva East Herts & Essex Limited
- Arriva Derby Limited
- Wrexham Shropshire & Marylebone Railway Company Limited
- Teamdeck Limited
- MTL Services Limited
- 07473965
- Arriva UK BUS Investments Limited
- Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Limited
- Arriva Tees & District Limited
- TGM Services Limited
- AT Seat Catering (2003) Limited
- Arriva West Sussex Limited
- Alliance Rail Holdings LTD
- Arriva Trains Wales/Trenau Arriva Cymru Limited
- Arriva South Eastern Rail Limited
- Arriva International (Southern Europe) Limited
- Arriva Limited
- 00741078 Limited
- Sunderland Smartzone Limited
- Great North Western Railway Company Limited
- Transcare Solutions Limited
- Arriva BUS ABU Dhabi Limited
- Arriva Treasury Company Limited
- Durham City Smartzone Limited
- Tgmgroup Limited
- TGM (Holdings) Limited
- Pickering's Transport Services Limited
- Arriva Teesside Limited
- Arriva Motor Holdings Limited
- Centrebus Holdings Limited
- Arriva Durham County Limited
- Arriva Rail LO Limited
- Yorkshire Tiger Limited
- White Rose BUS Company Limited
- Arriva Midlands Limited
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.
3 directors on the board
- Martijn Lee Gilbert Director · appointed 2025
- Alistair Jonathon Hands Director · appointed 2018
- Nigel Anthony Eggleton Director · appointed 2022
4.2y median 3.6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Alistair Jonathon Hands Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Martijn Lee Gilbert Director · appointed 2025
- Alistair Jonathon Hands Director · appointed 2018
- Nigel Anthony Eggleton Director · appointed 2022
0
also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Marcos Hart Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- Susan Barlow Director · appointed 2024 · 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.
Professional services 5Business services 3Construction 3Transport 2Retail and trade 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
- 02756876
- 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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