What type of operator licence does Ernest Cooper Ltd hold?

2 Standard National goods vehicle licences.

When is Ernest Cooper Ltd's continuation date?

The next is 31 October 2028 (licence OK2015679); 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.

Limited Company

Ernest Cooper Ltd

Ernest Cooper Ltd (company number 00839431) holds 2 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, in North East of England and London and the South East of England, authorising 106 vehicles and 126 trailers.

Company number 00839431 on Companies House · 2 traffic areas

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Licences: 2
Vehicles authorised: 106
Trailers authorised: 126
Operating centres: 6

Key facts

Ernest Cooper Ltd ranks 722nd of 48,498 company and organisation operators in Great Britain by vehicles authorised in the DVSA file.
In the North East of England traffic area it authorises 90 vehicles, the 153rd largest of 7,847 company operators there and 0.1% of their vehicles.
Licence mix: 2 Standard National goods vehicle licences.
Next continuation: 31 October 2028, in 2 years. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 September 2028. (Licence OK2015679.)
Operating centres in Gravesend, Detling and Pontefract.
Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 2 March 1965 (61 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 31 January 2027.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status: Active
Incorporated: 2 March 196561 years before the register date
Accounts: Next due 31 January 2027Last made up to 30 April 2025
Confirmation statement: Next due 4 July 2027Last made up to 20 June 2026
Nature of business: Freight transport by road (49410)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00839431 since 1 January 2026, read up to 9 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Licences

Operator licences held by Ernest Cooper Ltd
Licence	Type	Traffic area	First centre	Vehicles	Trailers	Status	Continuation
OB0152079	Standard National	North East of England	Pontefract WF9	90	110	Valid	31 May 2030
OK2015679	Standard National	London and the South East of England	Detling ME14	16	16	Valid	31 Oct 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

No written decision (published since January 2025) and no entry in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings (since January 2026) names this company's licences. All decisions on GOV.UK

About Ernest Cooper Ltd

Is Ernest Cooper Ltd licensed?: Yes. Ernest Cooper Ltd holds 2 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, all of them valid.
What type of operator licence does Ernest Cooper Ltd hold?: 2 Standard National goods vehicle licences.
When is Ernest Cooper Ltd's continuation date?: The next is 31 October 2028 (licence OK2015679); 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 7 October 2026, read 9 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 October 2026. How we read it

Company facts: Companies House register at 30 September 2026. 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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