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title: "Coach companies in Powys"
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# Coach companies in Powys

> Check a coach or bus company's PSV licence before you book: 17 operators in Powys, 395 vehicles authorised, fleet sizes, 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 · Wales

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Powys principal area: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and Companies House status for each company.

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: **17** companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Powys principal area, plus 14 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Lloyds Coaches Limited, authorised for 74 vehicles.

- **Coach and bus companies:** 17
- **PSV licences:** 31
- **Vehicles on these licences:** 395
- **Standard licences:** 23

## Coach and bus companies in Powys

Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Powys, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Powys. Company status comes from the Companies House register.

| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Lloyds Coaches Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1106541) Standard National · 07106672 | 4 | 74 | Active |
| 2 | [R E Morris & Sons Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/r-e-morris-and-sons-ltd-03759163) Standard International · 03759163 | 2 | 48 | Active |
| 3 | [Williams Motors (Cwmdu) Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg0005881) Standard International · 01324639 | 2 | 45 | Earned recognition Active |
| 4 | [Celtic Travel (Llanidloes) Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1129715) Standard International · 07781631 | 4 | 33 | Active |
| 5 | [Herdman Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1135249) Standard National · 09214814 | 1 | 26 | Active |
| 6 | [Owens of Oswestry Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg0007530) Standard International · 02584905 | 2 | 26 | Active |
| 7 | [Cookson Travel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1117790) Standard National · 08319062 | 1 | 18 | Active |
| 8 | [Owens Motors Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg0004797) Standard National · 00634801 | 1 | 12 | Active |
| 9 | [Geoff Williams Minibuses Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1031525) Standard National · 04700853 | 1 | 11 | Active |
| 10 | [D L Jones (Wales) Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2066100) Standard International · 05189178 | 1 | 6 | Active |
| 11 | [Radnorshire Travel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2003485) Standard National · 10615714 | 3 | 6 | Active |
| 12 | [Pc & Pd Harley Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2072237) Standard National · 15515826 | 3 | 5 | Active |
| 13 | [Brian Davies & Son Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1054834) Standard National · 04765820 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 14 | [Rhiew Valley Motors Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1050194) Standard International · 04205646 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 15 | [Highway Adventures Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg2049433) Standard International · 12626909 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 16 | [Proactive Adventure Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1102754) Restricted · 06146607 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 17 | [Knighton Taxis Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pg1147436) Restricted · 06557534 | 1 | 1 | Active |

Plus 14 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

## Where they are based

Operating-centre towns in Powys with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.

- Welshpool 3
- Brecon 2
- Builth Wells 2
- Knighton 2
- Llandrindod Wells 2
- Llanymynech 2
- Montgomery 2
- Newtown 2
- Crickhowell 1
- Llanbrynmair 1
- Llanidloes 1
- Machynlleth 1
- Meifod 1

## Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Powys

1. Postcode district SY21: 3 company licences
2. Postcode district SY22: 3 company licences
3. Postcode district LD1: 2 company licences
4. Postcode district LD2: 2 company licences
5. Postcode district LD3: 2 company licences
6. Postcode district LD7: 2 company licences
7. Postcode district SY15: 2 company licences
8. Postcode district SY16: 2 company licences
9. Postcode district SY19: 1 company licences
10. Postcode district NP8: 1 company licences

## Licence types and fleet sizes

48% of the 31 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 6. 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 Powys by type

- Standard National PSV **14** 45%
- Standard International PSV **9** 29%
- Restricted PSV **8** 26%

PSV licences in Powys by vehicles authorised

1. 1 vehicles: 4 licences
2. 2 vehicles: 7 licences
3. 3–5 vehicles: 4 licences
4. 6–10 vehicles: 5 licences
5. 11–25 vehicles: 5 licences
6. 26–50 vehicles: 5 licences
7. 51–100 vehicles: 1 licences
8. 100+ vehicles: 0 licences

## Before you book a coach in Powys

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.

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- [Hauliers in Powys](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/powys)
- [All counties](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators)

## 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 8 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 8 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.

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