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First Midland Red Buses Limited operator licence PD0000480

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ValidDVSA file 7 Sep 2026

First Midland Red Buses Limited holds a valid Standard International PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PD0000480) in the West Midlands traffic area, authorising 85 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

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Vehicles authorised
85
Trailers authorised
0
Operating centres
1
Continuation date
31 Jan 2029

Licence details

Licence number
PD0000480
Status
Valid
Licence type
Standard International
Vehicle category
Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
Traffic area
West Midlands
Vehicles
85 authorised61 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
0 authorised
Continuation date
31 January 2029The 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
01556327 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 January 2029, in 2 years and 3 months.
  • With 85 vehicles authorised, it is the 8th largest of the 148 company licences with an operating centre in Worcester, and holds 3% of the vehicles authorised there.
  • It authorises more vehicles than 98% 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 15 April 1981 (45 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
15 April 198145 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)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 01556327 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 01556327 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.

  1. Padmore Street

    Worcester, WR1 2PA

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

  1. History starts from the DVSA file dated . It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.

About First Midland Red Buses Limited

Is First Midland Red Buses Limited licensed?
Yes. First Midland Red Buses Limited holds operator licence PD0000480, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
What type of operator licence does First Midland Red Buses Limited hold?
Standard International PSV licence (PD0000480). Runs buses or coaches for payment on national and international journeys.
When is First Midland Red Buses Limited's continuation date?
31 January 2029. 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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