Standard National PSV licence
Preston Bus Limited operator licence PC0001777
Preston Bus Limited holds a valid Standard National PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PC0001777) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 130 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 130
- Trailers authorised
- 0
- Operating centres
- 1
- Continuation date
- 31 Dec 2026
Licence details
- Licence number
- PC0001777
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 130 authorised74 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 0 authorised
- Continuation date
- 31 December 2026The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.
- Operator type
- Limited Company
- Company number
- 02004022 on Companies House
How to read this record
- Standard National PSV licence
- Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
- Valid
- The licence is listed as valid in the DVSA file.
- Vehicles and trailers authorised
- The most vehicles and trailers the operator may use under the licence. The number specified is how many are listed on it now.
- Operating centre
- Where the vehicles are kept when not in use. A licence can have several.
- Continuation date
- The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.
- Traffic area
- The Traffic Commissioner's area that issued the licence. Its letter is the second letter of the licence number.
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Key facts
- Next continuation: 31 December 2026, in 2 months.
- With 130 vehicles authorised, it is the 22nd largest of the 501 company licences with an operating centre in Preston, and holds 1.0% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 98% of the 7,497 company licences in the North West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 1 operating centre, the same as the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 25 March 1986 (40 years before the register date); nature of business: other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar); next accounts due 30 November 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 25 March 198640 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 November 2026Last made up to 28 February 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 17 January 2027Last made up to 3 January 2026
- Nature of business
- Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) (49319)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02004022 since 1 January 2026, read up to 3 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Company 02004022 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
Traffic Commissioner decisions
No written decision (published since January 2025) and no entry in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings (since January 2026) names this licence number. All decisions on GOV.UK
Operating centres 1
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
221 Deepdale Road
Preston, PR1 6NY
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.
About Preston Bus Limited
- Is Preston Bus Limited licensed?
- Yes. Preston Bus Limited holds operator licence PC0001777, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- What type of operator licence does Preston Bus Limited hold?
- Standard National PSV licence (PC0001777). Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
- When is Preston Bus Limited's continuation date?
- 31 December 2026. The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.
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DVSA file 7 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . How we read it
Company facts: Companies House register at . Contains Companies House data.Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.
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