--- title: "Coach companies in Cardiff" canonical_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cardiff/cardiff markdown_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cardiff/cardiff.md dvsa_file_date: 2026-10-07 publisher: HaulierScope licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) --- # Coach companies in Cardiff > Check a coach or bus company in Cardiff (Cardiff) before you book: 22 PSV-licensed operators, 1,065 vehicles authorised, licence type and status. Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 October 2026 (https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2a67d1ee-8f1b-43a3-8bc6-e8772d162a3c/traffic-commissioners-goods-and-public-service-vehicle-operator-licence-records). Coach and bus operators · Cardiff Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Cardiff, Cardiff: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status. Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: **22** companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Cardiff; the largest fleet is Red & White Services Ltd (451 vehicles authorised). - **Coach and bus companies:** 22 - **PSV licences:** 29 - **Vehicles on these licences:** 1,065 - **Earned recognition:** 1 ## Coach and bus companies in Cardiff Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Cardiff, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Cardiff. Company status comes from the Companies House register. | # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Red & White Services Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/red-and-white-services-ltd-02555509) Standard International · 02555509 | 1 | 451 | Earned recognition Active | | 2 | [Cardiff City Transport Services Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg0000273) Standard National · 02001229 | 1 | 275 | Active | | 3 | [New Adventure Travel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1079161) Standard International · 06507924 | 2 | 135 | Active | | 4 | [Ferris Holidays Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1029813) Standard International · 04881112 | 2 | 35 | Active | | 5 | [Creigiau Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg0007044) Standard International · 03268068 | 2 | 33 | Active | | 6 | [Watts Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1103747) Standard International · 07549477 | 1 | 30 | Active | | 7 | [Wheadon's Group Travel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg0007038) Standard National · 02981620 | 1 | 19 | Active | | 8 | [Apollo Minibus & Coach Hire Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1050074) Standard National · 05313035 | 1 | 18 | Active | | 9 | [Ariam Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1109268) Standard National · 07702261 | 1 | 12 | Active | | 10 | [Hats Group Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/hats-group-ltd-03135655) Standard International · 03135655 | 1 | 10 | Active | | 11 | [Kings Monkton School Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2018653) Standard National · 11676081 | 1 | 10 | Active | | 12 | [Roy's Travels Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2067481) Standard National · 13216538 | 1 | 5 | Active | | 13 | [BUS4U Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/bus4u-travel-ltd-14057087) Restricted · 14057087 | 2 | 4 | Active | | 14 | [Jy Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2083650) Standard National · 15957044 | 1 | 3 | Active | | 15 | [Universal Trading Centre Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2081550) Standard International · 12708581 | 1 | 3 | Active | | 16 | [Dmd Cardiff Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2083376) Standard International · 12285436 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 17 | [TAXI2CARDIFF Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2059315) Standard International · 12364449 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 18 | [Wilson Chauffeur Services Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1090811) Restricted · 04512554 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 19 | [Duffryn Ffrwd Manor Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2014539) Restricted · 05769680 | 1 | 1 | Active | | 20 | [Espana Cars Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1076918) Restricted · 05760833 | 1 | 1 | Active | | 21 | [Ibex Shuttle Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2076156) Restricted · 12013995 | 1 | 1 | Active | | 22 | [The Maltings Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1106545) Restricted · 01365451 | 1 | 1 | Active | Plus 6 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named. ## Licence types and fleet sizes 62% of the 29 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 3. A restricted PSV licence covers two vehicles at most, and 9 to 16 seat vehicles only outside a passenger transport business: a full-size coach firm needs a standard licence. PSV licences in Cardiff by type - Standard National PSV **11** 38% - Standard International PSV **10** 34% - Restricted PSV **8** 28% PSV licences in Cardiff by vehicles authorised 1. 1 vehicles: 8 licences 2. 2 vehicles: 5 licences 3. 3–5 vehicles: 5 licences 4. 6–10 vehicles: 2 licences 5. 11–25 vehicles: 3 licences 6. 26–50 vehicles: 3 licences 7. 51–100 vehicles: 0 licences 8. 100+ vehicles: 3 licences ## Before you book a coach in Cardiff Anyone who runs a vehicle for hire or reward that can carry 9 or more passengers needs a PSV operator licence (GOV.UK). Ask the company for its licence number, open its page here and check that the licence is valid and that the vehicles you need fit its authorisation. ## More in Cardiff - [All coach companies in Cardiff](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cardiff) - [Every operator licence in Cardiff 316](https://haulierscope.co.uk/area/wales/cardiff) ## More data and tools - [**Upcoming public inquiries** Traffic Commissioner public inquiries listed for companies, by traffic area.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/public-inquiries) - [**Haulier insolvency watch** Licences held by companies in liquidation or administration.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/insolvency-watch) - [**Companies House filing watch** Hauliers whose accounts are overdue at Companies House.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/filing-watch) - [**Continuation dates by month** Which operator licences are due for continuation, and when.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/continuations) - [**DVSA earned recognition list** Operators in DVSA's earned recognition scheme, by traffic area.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/earned-recognition) - [**Data status** How old each source is and when we last checked it.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/status) - [**Applications and Decisions by area** The latest weekly bulletin in each traffic area: new applications, objection deadlines, grants and refusals.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/applications-and-decisions) - [**New operator licences granted** Every new goods and PSV licence granted, month by month, with the companies named.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/new-operator-licences) - [**Licences revoked, surrendered or terminated** Licences the Traffic Commissioners list each month as revoked, surrendered or terminated, in their own wording.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licences-ended) Guides - [How to check a PSV operator licence](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/psv-operator-licence-check) - [Types of operator licence](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/operator-licence-types) - [What curtailed, suspended and revoked mean](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/curtailed-suspended-revoked) DVSA file 7 Oct 2026 Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 October 2026, read 9 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 October 2026. [How we read it](https://haulierscope.co.uk/methodology) Contains public sector information licensed under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Company status: Companies House register. Contains Companies House data. County lookup: ONS Postcode Directory (August 2026). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. --- Canonical page: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cardiff/cardiff Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Companies House data. HaulierScope is an independent service, not affiliated with DVSA or the Traffic Commissioners. It is updated when DVSA publishes a new file, usually weekly.