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Lothian Buses Limited

UK company SC096849, incorporated on 17 January 1986.

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Lothian has been keeping Edinburgh moving for over 100 years, connecting local communities across Edinburgh and the Lothians. With over 70 services and 700 buses running day and night throughout the year, Lothian are part of the fabric of the local communities we serve, providing key and critical journeys for our customers.

Company number
SC096849
Incorporated
17 Jan 1986
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
17 January 1986

Company number SC096849

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Legal name
LOTHIAN BUSES LIMITED
Company type
Private Limited Company
Region
Scotland
Registered address
55 ANNANDALE STREET
EDINBURGH
MIDLOTHIAN
EH7 4AZ
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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CRN SC096849
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CRN 00443895

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
30 Sep
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

09 Oct
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

27 Dec
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

25 Sep
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

17 Jan
1986

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

2 awards
First funded
2009
Funded years
2009, 2012
Age at first award
23 years

Projects

2012 Collaborative R&D

Retrofittable System for Vehicle Energy Recovery

1 Dec 2012 to 31 Jan 2015

Awarded
£65,724
Total cost £131,448

Artemis Intelligent Power, Alexander Dennis Limited and Lothian Buses will jointly develop and demonstrate a new system based on Artemis’s Digital Displacement® hydraulic technology that will significantly improve the efficiency and reduce the emissions of vehicles such as buses that operate in urban environments. The system will allow more optimal sizing...

2009 Collaborative R&D

High efficiency digital hydraulic motor for kinetic energy recovery

1 Sep 2009 to 30 Nov 2011

Awarded
£45,000
Total cost £91,992

"We aim to demonstrate a high power, high efficiency hydraulic motor based on our unique Digital Displacement (DD) technology, which will be suitable for application to hybrid systems in heavy duty vehicles such as delivery trucks, buses and commuter rail. In conjunction with a pneumatic accumulator, and an electronic controller integrated with the existi...

Product types

Collaborative R&D