ARRIVA MIDLANDS NORTH LIMITED
Company number 01556305 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Arriva Midlands North Limited is a subsidiary of one of the UK's "Big Five" bus operators, operating in the strategically significant but increasingly uncertain Midlands regional bus market. The company benefits from group scale, established infrastructure, and a reasonably dense operating territory, but faces structural headwinds from post-COVID patronage shifts, driver cost inflation, the zero-emission fleet transition, and — most critically — the potential for franchising in the West Midlands which could fundamentally reshape its commercial autonomy. As a financially dependent subsidiary with minimal standalone capitalisation, its strategic trajectory is determined by parent group decisions under new private equity ownership, making group-level capital allocation the key variable for future investment capacity.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-04-15
- Registered office
- 1 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business, Park, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR3 3XP
- Postcode
- SR3 3XP
- Capital
- 4 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-22
- Next due by
- 2027-06-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49319 Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Officers 4 current · 63 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ARRIVA UK BUS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6157635 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
6.4%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- arriva.co.uk
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MIDLAND RED (NORTH) LIMITED | 1998-04-02 |
| CALMIMAGE LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 ADMIRAL WAY DOXFORD, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK, SUNDERLAND, TYNE & WEAR SR3 3XP | 2007-06-04 |
| MILLFIELD HOUSE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7BA | 1998-08-28 |
| DELTA WAY,, LONGFORD ROAD,, CANNOCK,, STAFFORDSHIRE. WS11 3XB | 1996-08-27 |
| ENDLESS HOUSE,, 52-54, ENDLESS STREET,, SALISBURY,, WILTSHIRE., SP1 3QY. | 1988-02-29 |
| DELTA WAY, LONGFORD ROAD, CANNOCK, STAFFS WS11 3XB | 1988-02-08 |
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,484 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2018-05-11
- Where
- Shropshire (2), Merseyside (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL252958 | Shropshire | Leasehold | 2018-05-11 | — |
| SL210148 | Shropshire | Freehold | 2010-12-24 | — |
| MS70719 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 1993-01-05 | — |
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