Standard National PSV licence
Shiel Buses Ltd operator licence PM0002951
Reading an operator licence number
Shiel Buses Ltd holds a valid Standard National PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PM0002951) in the Scotland traffic area, authorising 50 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 50
- Trailers authorised
- 0
- Operating centres
- 7
- Continuation date
- 31 Mar 2030
Licence details
- Licence number
- PM0002951
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
- Traffic area
- Scotland
- Vehicles
- 50 authorised54 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 0 authorised
- Continuation date
- 31 March 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
- Company number
- SC201989 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 March 2030, in 3 years and 5 months.
- With 50 vehicles authorised, it is the 2nd largest of the 5 company licences with an operating centre in Acharacle, and holds 15% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 94% of the 4,092 company licences in the Scotland traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 7 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the Scotland traffic area.
- Shiel Buses Ltd holds 2 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 1 December 1999 (26 years before the register date); nature of business: other passenger land transport; next accounts due 31 December 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 1 December 199926 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 1 May 2027Last made up to 17 April 2026
- Nature of business
- Other passenger land transport (49390)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company SC201989 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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Traffic Commissioner decisions
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Operating centres 7
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Blain Garage
Acharacle, PH36 4JY
Lochaline Village Hall Second Car Park
Lochaline, PA34 5XT
Morar Motor Ltd
Mallaig, PH40 4PA
Glen Nevis Business Park Unit 1
Fort William, PH33 6RX
Caol Industrial Estate 4 Ardgour Road Caol
Fort William, PH33 7PH
1 Beech Gardens
Portree, IV51 9UR
Glen Nevis Business Park Unit 4 Claggan
Fort William, PH33 6RX
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 Shiel Buses Ltd
- Is Shiel Buses Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Shiel Buses Ltd holds operator licence PM0002951, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 2 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Shiel Buses Ltd hold?
- Standard National PSV licence (PM0002951). Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
- When is Shiel Buses Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 March 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 . How we read it
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