--- title: "Coach companies in Stoke-on-Trent" canonical_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/staffordshire/stoke-on-trent markdown_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/staffordshire/stoke-on-trent.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 Stoke-on-Trent > Check a coach or bus company in Stoke-on-Trent (Staffordshire) before you book: 17 PSV-licensed operators, 515 vehicles authorised, licence type and… 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 · Staffordshire Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status. Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: **17** companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Stoke-on-Trent; the largest fleet is First Potteries Ltd (200 vehicles authorised). - **Coach and bus companies:** 17 - **PSV licences:** 26 - **Vehicles on these licences:** 515 - **Earned recognition:** 1 ## Coach and bus companies in Stoke-on-Trent Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Stoke-on-Trent, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Stoke-on-Trent. Company status comes from the Companies House register. | # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [First Potteries Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd0000003) Standard International · 02291753 | 1 | 200 | Earned recognition Active | | 2 | [D & G Bus Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/d-and-g-bus-limited-06918592) Standard National · 06918592 | 1 | 75 | Active | | 3 | [Harry Shaw (Dm) Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd0000355) Standard International · 00660011 | 1 | 50 | Active | | 4 | [Copelands Tours (Stoke on Trent) Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd0000097) Standard International · 01472032 | 1 | 24 | Active | | 5 | [G E Scragg & Sons Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd1093497) Standard International · 04363135 | 1 | 20 | Active | | 6 | [Hollinshead Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd0001007) Standard International · 02362184 | 1 | 20 | Active | | 7 | [Pauls of Stoke Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd1142232) Standard National · 09437175 | 1 | 18 | Active | | 8 | [Ajs Passenger Travel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd2084168) Standard National · 16303988 | 1 | 15 | Active | | 9 | [Johnston Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/johnston-coaches-ltd-08707173) Standard International · 08707173 | 1 | 14 | Active | | 10 | [Plants Luxury Travel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd1068814) Standard International · 06014947 | 1 | 10 | Active | | 11 | [Abc Coaches (2002) Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd1120139) Standard National · 04370782 | 1 | 6 | Active | | 12 | [Boydons Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd2021404) Standard National · 11832984 | 1 | 5 | Active | | 13 | [Global Travel (Staffordshire) Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd1131743) Standard International · 06551471 | 1 | 4 | Active | | 14 | [K E Coach Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd2077115) Standard International · 15951050 | 1 | 4 | Active | | 15 | [Cabability Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd2072664) Restricted · 10209616 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 16 | [Travel Express 247 Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd2034987) Restricted · 08993091 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 17 | [Allinson Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pd2091365) Standard National · 16534857 | 1 | 1 | Active | Plus 9 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named. ## Licence types and fleet sizes 54% of the 26 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 5. 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 Stoke-on-Trent by type - Standard International PSV **11** 42% - Standard National PSV **11** 42% - Restricted PSV **4** 15% PSV licences in Stoke-on-Trent by vehicles authorised 1. 1 vehicles: 4 licences 2. 2 vehicles: 3 licences 3. 3–5 vehicles: 7 licences 4. 6–10 vehicles: 2 licences 5. 11–25 vehicles: 7 licences 6. 26–50 vehicles: 1 licences 7. 51–100 vehicles: 1 licences 8. 100+ vehicles: 1 licences ## Before you book a coach in Stoke-on-Trent 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 Staffordshire - [Burton-on-Trent 9](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/staffordshire/burton-on-trent) - [All coach companies in Staffordshire](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/staffordshire) - [Every operator licence in Stoke-on-Trent 471](https://haulierscope.co.uk/area/west-midlands/stoke-on-trent) ## 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 11 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/staffordshire/stoke-on-trent 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.