Standard International PSV licence
First Potteries Ltd operator licence PD0000003
How operator licence numbers work
First Potteries Ltd holds a valid Standard International PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PD0000003) in the West Midlands traffic area, authorising 200 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 200
- Trailers authorised
- 0
- Operating centres
- 1
- Continuation date
- 31 Oct 2028
Licence details
- Licence number
- PD0000003
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard International
- Vehicle category
- Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
- Traffic area
- West Midlands
- Vehicles
- 200 authorised90 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 0 authorised
- Continuation date
- 31 October 2028The 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
- Earned recognition
- Listed in DVSA’s earned recognition schemeDVSA list updated 1 October 2026. Accredited 21 June 2018.
- Company number
- 02291753 on Companies House
How to read this record
- Standard International PSV licence
- Runs buses or coaches for payment on national and international journeys.
- 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 October 2028, in 2 years.
- With 200 vehicles authorised, it is the 11th largest of the 470 company licences with an operating centre in Stoke-on-Trent, and holds 2% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 6,632 company licences in the West Midlands 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 West Midlands traffic area.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 31 August 1988 (38 years before the register date); nature of business: other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar); next accounts due 31 December 2026.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 21 June 2018.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 31 August 198838 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 29 March 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 02291753 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 02291753 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.
Adderley Green Dividy Road
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 0AJ
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 First Potteries Ltd
- Is First Potteries Ltd licensed?
- Yes. First Potteries Ltd holds operator licence PD0000003, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- What type of operator licence does First Potteries Ltd hold?
- Standard International PSV licence (PD0000003). Runs buses or coaches for payment on national and international journeys.
- When is First Potteries Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 October 2028. 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 . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 October 2026. How we read it
Company facts: Companies House register at . Contains Companies House data.Earned recognition: DVSA’s list updated .Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.
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