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Lothian Buses Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 59

  1. Colin Barnes 2023–2025 Director View profile
  2. James Armstrong 2020–2020 Director View profile
  3. Nigel Murray Serafini 2016–2022 Director View profile
  4. Richard John Hall 2016–2020 Director View profile
  5. Ian Bieniowski 2015–2020 Director View profile
  6. Charlene Wallace 2015–2018 Director View profile
  7. James Mclean Henderson Mcfarlane 2015–2024 Director View profile
  8. Robert Smith Fraser 2015–2015 Director View profile
  9. Steven Cassidy 2014–2024 Director View profile
  10. Anthony Depledge 2014–2015 Director View profile
  11. Owen Joseph Boyle 2012–2014 Director View profile
  12. Christopher John Walton 2011–2014 Director View profile
  13. John Smillie Mckay 2010–2013 Director View profile
  14. John Sharp Buchanan Martin 2010–2015 Director View profile
  15. Marjory Joan Rodger 2010–2015 Director View profile
  16. Ann Faulds 2009–2014 Director View profile
  17. Dr Ronald James Hewitt 2009–2013 Director View profile
  18. Donald Andrew Macleod 2009–2018 Director View profile
  19. Jane Gray 2009–2011 Director View profile
  20. David James Mackay 2008–2010 Director View profile
  21. Ian Craig 2006–2016 Director View profile
  22. Jane Elizabeth Saren 2003–2009 Director View profile
  23. Andrew William Gordon Guest 2002–2009 Director View profile
  24. Brian John Cox 2002–2009 Director View profile
  25. Iain Gilmour Coupar 2001–2010 Director View profile
  26. James Dixon 2001–2008 Director View profile
  27. William Gerard Gallagher 2001–2008 Director View profile
  28. Irene Kitson 2001–2010 Director View profile
  29. Alison Morag Ross 2001–2010 Director View profile
  30. Phyllis Herriot 1999–2000 Director View profile
  31. William Watson Campbell 1999–2016 Director View profile
  32. William Devlin 1999–2016 Director View profile
  33. Neil John Renilson 1999–2008 Director View profile
  34. Angus John Mackay 1998–1999 Director View profile
  35. Paul Walter Nolan 1998–2002 Director View profile
  36. Peter Henry Stillwell 1997–2003 Director View profile
  37. Begg, David, Councillor 1997–1997 Director View profile
  38. William Peter Bradshaw 1997–1999 Director View profile
  39. James Hendry Gray 1995–2002 Director View profile
  40. Ronald House 1993–1999 Director View profile
  41. Peter James Green-Sargent 1992–2001 Director View profile
  42. Pilmar Smith 1992–2009 Director View profile
  43. John Patrick Mulvey 1990–1997 Director View profile
  44. William St John Cogan Spence 1994 Director View profile
  45. Neil Donald Grant Mackenzie 1993 Director View profile
  46. Robert Bruce Weatherstone 1992 Director View profile
  47. Robert Crawford Banks Forman 1990 Director View profile
  48. John Richard Edmund Russell 1997 Director View profile
  49. Alexander Harper Kitson 1997 Director View profile
  50. John James Grant 1992 Director View profile
  51. Charles Evans 1998 Director View profile
  52. Burness Paull LLP 2025–2025 Corporate-secretary View profile
  53. John Millar Benson 2021–2025 Secretary View profile
  54. Roger Cotton 2019–2022 Secretary View profile
  55. Graham Alan Moorhouse 2018–2018 Secretary View profile
  56. Roger Cotton 2017–2018 Secretary View profile
  57. Norman James Strachan 2000–2017 Secretary View profile
  58. John Edward Douglas Gordon 1999–2000 Secretary View profile
  59. George Brunton Kirk 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
17/01/1986

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Lothian Buses Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

16 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.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

10 directors on the board

6.3y median 6.7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (8)

0
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 25Other services 2Business services 1Education 1Professional services 1Property 1Retail 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
SC096849
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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