Company No. 03278419 · Incorporated 14 Nov 1996

Govia Limited

Registered name: GOVIA LIMITED

Part of Go-Ahead Investment Topco Limited group

SIC 70100Activities of head offices

Status: Active
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Age: 29 yrs · since 1996
Type: Private Limited Company

Accounts filed on paper

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Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Go-Ahead Investment Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
Go-Ahead Investment Midco Limited75–100%
Go-Ahead Investment Parent Limited75–100%
Go-Ahead Investment Bidco Limited75–100%
The Go-Ahead Group Limited75–100%
Go-Ahead Holding Limited50–75%
Govia Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (5)

Govia Thameslink Railway LimitedFigures not disclosed
London & Birmingham Railway LimitedFigures not disclosed
London & South Eastern Railway LimitedFigures not disclosed
New Southern Railway LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
Southern Railway LimitedFigures not disclosed

Sister companies (28)

Abingdon Bus Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Anglian Bus LimitedFigures not disclosed
Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Carousel Buses LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go North East LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go North West (Merseyside) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go North West Asset Co LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go North West LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go Northern LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go South Coast LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go South Yorkshire LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go Wear Buses LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go West Yorkshire LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go-Ahead Events Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go-Ahead Finance CompanyFigures not disclosed
Go-Ahead Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go-Ahead London Rail LimitedFigures not disclosed
Go-Ahead Property Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
GTS Rail Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
H.c.chambers & Son LimitedFigures not disclosed
Hedingham & District Omnibuses Ltd.Figures not disclosed
London Central Bus Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
London General Transport Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
On Track Retail LimitedFigures not disclosed
Plymouth Citybus LimitedFigures not disclosed
Thames Travel (Wallingford) LimitedFigures not disclosed
The City of Oxford Motor Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
The Go-Ahead Group Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed

Minority corporate shareholders

Keolis (UK) Limited 25–50%

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026