Standard International PSV licence
Bluebird Buses Limited operator licence PM0000005
Reading an operator licence number
Bluebird Buses Limited holds a valid Standard International PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PM0000005) in the Scotland traffic area, authorising 406 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 406
- Trailers authorised
- 0
- Operating centres
- 20
- Continuation date
- 30 Sep 2030
Licence details
- Licence number
- PM0000005
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard International
- Vehicle category
- Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
- Traffic area
- Scotland
- Vehicles
- 406 authorised309 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 0 authorised
- Continuation date
- 30 September 2030The 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 25 January 2019.
- Company number
- SC019039 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: 30 September 2030, in 3 years and 11 months.
- With 406 vehicles authorised, it is the largest of the 22 company licences with an operating centre in Ellon, and holds 44% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 4,092 company licences in the Scotland traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 20 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the Scotland traffic area.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 3 April 1936 (90 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 January 2027.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 25 January 2019.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 3 April 193690 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 January 2027Last made up to 3 May 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 3 May 2027Last made up to 19 April 2026
- Nature of business
- Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) (49319)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company SC019039 since 1 January 2026, read up to 7 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Company SC019039 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
Traffic Commissioner decisions
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Operating centres 20
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Castle Road Ellon Park & Ride
Ellon, AB41 9RY
East Road Bluebird Buses Ltd
Elgin, IV30 1XU
Scotsburn Road Stagecoach In Tain
Tain, IV19 1PP
Wick Industrial Estate Stagecoach
Wick, KW1 4QS
Broom Place Stagecoach In Skye
Portree, IV51 9HL
Edinbane Hazelbank
Portree, IV51 9PR
MYRTLEFIELD Stagecoach
Aviemore, PH22 1SB
Lover's Lane Stagecoach
Thurso, KW14 7EQ
Broadford Ford Road
Isle of Skye, IV49 9AB
Lonmore Layby On A863
Isle of Skye, IV56 8FA
Duffshill Road A & M SMITH SKIP HIRE LTD
Aberdeen, AB12 4RX
Rendall Tingwall House
Orkney, KW17 2HB
Dounby Primary School
Orkeny, KW17 2JA
Stenness Stenness Primary School
Stromness, KW16 3LB
Scott's Road Stagecoach In Orkney Hatston Industrial Estate
Kirkwall, KW15 1GR
Burray Burray Primary School
Orkney, KW17 2SS
Union Road
Macduff, AB44 1UJ
Hillview Road
Aberdeen, AB12 3HL
Grange Road
Peterhead, AB42 1WN
Guild Street Bus Station
Aberdeen, AB11 6NA
The DVSA file cuts this list off at 1,024 characters, so some centres may be missing.
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 Bluebird Buses Limited
- Is Bluebird Buses Limited licensed?
- Yes. Bluebird Buses Limited holds operator licence PM0000005, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- What type of operator licence does Bluebird Buses Limited hold?
- Standard International PSV licence (PM0000005). Runs buses or coaches for payment on national and international journeys.
- When is Bluebird Buses Limited's continuation date?
- 30 September 2030. 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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