FIRSTGROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-17 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£76M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£944M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£96M
Period ending 2025-09-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-29 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £101,100,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £96,200,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £98,900,000 | |
| Cash | £64,000,000 | £76,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £939,200,000 | £943,900,000 | |
| Equity | £939,200,000 | £943,900,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2025 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-27 vs 2025-03-29
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2025-03-29 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.9% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.27x | 0.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | 20.63x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FIRSTGROUP PLC 1997-12-23 → present
- FIRSTBUS PLC 1995-03-31 → 1997-12-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 63 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLIZZARD, David John Mark | Secretary | 2022-04-01 | — | — |
| CABRINI, Sally Joanne | Director | 2020-01-24 | Sep 1964 | British |
| DAWES, Myrtle May | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| HAWKINGS, Claire Louise | Director | 2022-01-21 | May 1969 | British |
| LODGE, Jane Ann | Director | 2021-06-30 | Apr 1955 | British |
| LYNAS, Peter | Director | 2021-06-30 | Mar 1958 | British |
| MANGOLD, Ryan Dirk | Director | 2019-05-31 | Oct 1971 | South African,British |
| SUTHERLAND, Graham | Director | 2022-05-16 | Nov 1963 | British |
| WILSON, Lena Cooper | Director | 2025-02-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
Show 63 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRIE, Sidney | Secretary | 2005-12-20 | 2011-07-15 |
| CRANE, Julia Alison | Secretary | 2022-01-21 | 2022-04-01 |
| HAMPSON, Michael | Secretary | 2016-07-22 | 2019-11-14 |
| HUBBER, Keith Michael | Secretary | 2019-11-15 | 2020-12-01 |
| ISENEGGER, David | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2022-01-21 |
| LEWIS, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2011-07-15 | 2014-05-19 |
| OSBALDISTON, John Anthony | Secretary | 1998-02-02 | 1998-06-16 |
| RUPPEL, Brenda Louise | Secretary | 1998-06-16 | 2005-12-20 |
| WARD, David John | Secretary | 1995-04-03 | 1998-01-31 |
| WELCH, Robert John | Secretary | 2014-05-19 | 2016-07-22 |
| PAULL & WILLIAMSONS | Corporate Secretary | 1995-03-31 | 1995-04-03 |
| ADAM, Richard John | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-02-02 |
| AHLERS, Keith Norman | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1996-01-08 |
| BARCLAY, Robert Williamson | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1996-12-16 |
| BARKER, Michael John | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2017-02-17 |
| BARRIE, Sidney | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| BARRIE, Sidney | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1995-04-03 |
| BAXTER, Audrey Caroline | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| BEGG, David Andrew | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2014-06-24 |
| BRADY, Warwick | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2022-07-27 |
| CARR, Jeffrey | Director | 2009-09-29 | 2011-11-11 |
| DUNCAN, Robert Alexander | Director | 1995-04-03 | 2003-03-31 |
| DUNN, David Moncrieff | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2009-07-16 |
| FINCH, Dean Kendal | Director | 2004-02-26 | 2009-05-01 |
| FORBES, James Alexander | Director | 2000-04-25 | 2009-07-16 |
| FOREMAN, Cecil William | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1999-09-01 |
| GEORGE, Richard Thomas Glandon | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2000-01-01 |
| GILBERT, Martin James | Director | 1995-04-03 | 2013-12-31 |
| GREEN, Anthony Charles | Director | 2020-09-15 | 2025-07-25 |
| GREGORY, Matthew | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2021-09-13 |
| GROOMBRIDGE, James Victor | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2020-06-29 |
| GUNNING, Stephen William Lawrence | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-09-13 |
| HALL, John William Drummond | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2019-05-31 |
| HAUSER, Wolfhart Gunnar, Dr | Director | 2015-05-19 | 2019-07-25 |
| HIGGINSON, Andrew Thomas | Director | 1995-04-03 | 2000-10-03 |
| HOOD, Colin William | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2014-06-24 |
| LANAGHAN, Iain Malcolm, Mr. | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2004-05-31 |
| LAW, George | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2003-01-01 |
| LEEDER, David John | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2008-09-15 |
| LOCKHEAD, Moir, Sir | Director | 1995-04-03 | 2010-11-01 |
| MARTIN, David Robert | Director | 2019-08-15 | 2024-09-10 |
| MCFARLANE, John | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2015-07-16 |
| MCINTYRE, Martin James | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1995-04-03 |
| MITCHELL, Michael James Ross, Dr | Director | 1999-11-09 | 2004-09-03 |
| O'TOOLE, Timothy Terrence | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2018-05-31 |
| OSBALDISTON, John Anthony | Director | 1995-04-03 | 2001-11-30 |
| POULTER, Martha Cecilia | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2021-09-13 |
| ROBBIE, David Andrew | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2021-06-30 |
| SCOTT, Brian David | Director | 1998-04-14 | 1998-05-29 |
| SHAW, Lucy Nicola | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2010-06-08 |
| SIEVWRIGHT, John Phimister | Director | 2002-05-09 | 2014-06-24 |
| SMALLWOOD, Trevor | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1999-09-30 |
| SMITH, Colin | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1996-04-30 |
| STEYN, Julia | Director | 2019-05-02 | 2022-07-27 |
| SURCH, Christopher | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-12-01 |
| VARLEY, Graeme George Turnbull | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1998-08-31 |
| WALLACE, Brian Godman | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2017-02-24 |
| WALSH, Imelda Mary | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2020-02-14 |
| WATSON, Ellis Alan Nicholas | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2010-03-22 |
| WEATHERHEAD, Margaret Jean | Director | 1996-12-16 | 2000-01-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Martyn Whitaker | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| WINESTOCK, James | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| WOOLLEY, Victor John | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1997-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 860 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 16
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.