Limited Company
Arla Foods Limited
Arla Foods Limited (company number 02143253) holds 8 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, in 8 traffic areas, authorising 908 vehicles and 857 trailers.
Company number 02143253 on Companies House · 8 traffic areas
- Licences
- 8
- Vehicles authorised
- 908
- Trailers authorised
- 857
- Operating centres
- 14
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Key facts
- Arla Foods Limited ranks 52nd of 48,498 company and organisation operators in Great Britain by vehicles authorised in the DVSA file.
- In the East of England traffic area it authorises 460 vehicles, the 22nd largest of 10,896 company operators there and 0.4% of their vehicles.
- Licence mix: 8 Standard National goods vehicle licences.
- Next continuation: 30 June 2027, in 8 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 May 2027. (Licence OK0219322.)
- Operating centres in Hatfield, Westbury, Creamery, Chester, Burton-on-Trent, Lockerbie and 6 other towns.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 30 June 1987 (39 years before the register date); nature of business: liquid milk and cream production; next accounts due 30 September 2027.
- Traffic Commissioner records name its licences 6 times: 6 entries in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 30 June 198739 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 11 October 2026Last made up to 27 September 2025
- Nature of business
- Liquid milk and cream production (10511)
- Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats (46330)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02143253 since 1 January 2026, read up to 11 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Company 02143253 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
Licences
| Licence | Type | Traffic area | First centre | Vehicles | Trailers | Status | Continuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OF0218248 | Standard National | East of England | Aylesbury HP22 | 460 | 360 | Valid | 30 Nov 2027 |
| OB0197500 | Standard National | North East of England | Creamery BD24 | 158 | 162 | Valid | 30 Jun 2028 |
| OM1055200 | Standard National | Scotland | Lockerbie DG11 | 75 | 75 | Valid | 31 Jan 2031 |
| OD1126890 | Standard National | West Midlands | Montgomery SY15 | 71 | 76 | Valid | 31 Jan 2029 |
| OH0222237 | Standard National | West of England | Westbury BA13 | 64 | 69 | Valid | 30 Nov 2028 |
| OK0219322 | Standard National | London and the South East of England | London N13 | 30 | 70 | Valid | 30 Jun 2027 |
| OC2068872 | Standard National | North West of England | Chester CH4 | 25 | 25 | Valid | 30 Sep 2028 |
| OG2068881 | Standard National | Wales | Llanymynech SY22 | 25 | 20 | Valid | 30 Sep 2028 |
How to read this record
- Standard National goods vehicle licence
- Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- 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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Traffic Commissioner decisions 6
Written decisions published on GOV.UK, and entries in the Traffic Commissioner’s weekly publications for this company's licences. Each links to the official document.
Variation granted
Applications and Decisions 3212, 13 July 2026 (West Midlands, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 3208, 15 June 2026 (West Midlands, PDF)Variation granted
Applications and Decisions 3197, 30 March 2026 (West Midlands, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 3193, 2 March 2026 (West Midlands, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 3188, 26 January 2026 (West Midlands, PDF)
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About Arla Foods Limited
- Is Arla Foods Limited licensed?
- Yes. Arla Foods Limited holds 8 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, all of them valid.
- What type of operator licence does Arla Foods Limited hold?
- 8 Standard National goods vehicle licences.
- When is Arla Foods Limited's continuation date?
- The next is 30 June 2027 (licence OK0219322); each licence has its own date, listed in the table above. 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 , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 11 October 2026. How we read it
Company facts: Companies House register at . 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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