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Arriva UK BUS Holdings Limited

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

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Previous officers 27

  1. Susan Barlow 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Jens Abromeit 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Alice Elizabeth Herring 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Marcos Hart 2022-2026 Director View profile
  5. Andrew Ross Whitehouse 2020-2023 Director View profile
  6. Mark Christopher Hemus 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Paul O'Neil 2019-2023 Director View profile
  8. David Francis Wells 2019-2019 Director View profile
  9. Mark Richard Noakes 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. Iain Mulligan Jago 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Ruth Cecilia Abdey 2017-2021 Director View profile
  12. Kevin O'Connor 2017-2018 Director View profile
  13. Rachel Helen Baldwin 2017-2017 Director View profile
  14. Daniel Peter Ratcliffe 2016-2018 Director View profile
  15. Peter Charles Davison 2015-2017 Director View profile
  16. Kenneth Mcintyre Carlaw 2012-2016 Director View profile
  17. Martin James Hibbert 2010-2017 Director View profile
  18. Stephen Philip Lonsdale 2007-2010 Director View profile
  19. David Christopher John Applegarth 2007-2015 Director View profile
  20. Richard Anthony Bowler 2002-2015 Director View profile
  21. Stephen John Clayton 2002-2009 Director View profile
  22. John Alfred Ray 2001-2002 Director View profile
  23. Liam Edward Mcdermott 2018-2023 Secretary View profile
  24. Lorna Edwards 2013-2018 Secretary View profile
  25. Elizabeth Anne Davies 2007-2013 Secretary View profile
  26. John Virtue 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  27. David Paul Turner 2001-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
23/02/2001
Registered office
Sunderland
Previous names
Arriva (2007) Limited (until 10/11/2017)
Arriva Passenger Services (Holdings) Limited (until 26/07/2007)

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. 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
  2. Arriva UK BUS Investments Limited is controlled by Arriva Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.

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

4.2y median 3.6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

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.

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
04166672
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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