Is Ratho Coaches Ltd licensed?

Yes. Ratho Coaches Ltd holds operator licence PM1071788, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

What type of operator licence does Ratho Coaches Ltd hold?

Standard International PSV licence (PM1071788). Runs buses or coaches for payment on national and international journeys.

When is Ratho Coaches Ltd's continuation date?

31 July 2027. 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.

Standard International PSV licence

Ratho Coaches Ltd operator licence PM1071788

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ValidDVSA file 7 Oct 2026

Ratho Coaches Ltd holds a valid Standard International PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PM1071788) in the Scotland traffic area, authorising 70 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

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Vehicles authorised: 70
Trailers authorised: 0
Operating centres: 2
Continuation date: 31 Jul 2027

Licence details

Licence number: PM1071788
Status: Valid
Licence type: Standard International
Vehicle category: Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
Traffic area: Scotland
Vehicles: 70 authorised73 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers: 0 authorised
Continuation date: 31 July 2027The 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: SC216681 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 July 2027, in 9 months.
With 70 vehicles authorised, it is the 3rd largest of the 3 company licences with an operating centre in Midlothian, and holds 18% of the vehicles authorised there.
It authorises more vehicles than 96% of the 4,092 company licences in the Scotland traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
It lists 2 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 12 March 2001 (25 years before the register date); nature of business: operation of bus and coach passenger facilities at bus and coach stations; next accounts due 31 December 2026.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status: Active
Incorporated: 12 March 200125 years before the register date
Accounts: Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
Confirmation statement: Next due 26 March 2027Last made up to 12 March 2026
Nature of business: Operation of bus and coach passenger facilities at bus and coach stations (52213)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company SC216681 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 SC216681 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 2

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

11a Newbridge Industrial Estate
Midlothian, EH28 8PJ
LADY VICTORIA BUSINESS CENTRE UNIT 1H-1 and YARD NEWTONGRANGE
Dalkeith, EH22 4QN

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

History starts from the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. No changes recorded since then.

About Ratho Coaches Ltd

Is Ratho Coaches Ltd licensed?: Yes. Ratho Coaches Ltd holds operator licence PM1071788, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
What type of operator licence does Ratho Coaches Ltd hold?: Standard International PSV licence (PM1071788). Runs buses or coaches for payment on national and international journeys.
When is Ratho Coaches Ltd's continuation date?: 31 July 2027. 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 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 October 2026, read 8 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 8 October 2026. How we read it

Company facts: Companies House register at 30 September 2026. 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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