Limited Company
Explore Transport Limited
Explore Transport Limited (company number 09403776) holds 7 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, in 7 traffic areas, authorising 403 vehicles and 939 trailers.
Company number 09403776 on Companies House · 7 traffic areas
- Licences
- 7
- Vehicles authorised
- 403
- Trailers authorised
- 939
- Operating centres
- 40
Key facts
- Explore Transport Limited ranks 152nd of 48,498 company and organisation operators in Great Britain by vehicles authorised in the DVSA file.
- In the North West of England traffic area it authorises 160 vehicles, the 60th largest of 7,505 company operators there and 0.2% of their vehicles.
- Licence mix: 4 Standard National goods vehicle licences, 3 Standard International goods vehicle licences.
- Next continuation: 31 December 2026, in 2 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 November 2026. (Licence OD2000328.)
- Operating centres in Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Oldbury, Sutton Coldfield, Bury, Bristol and 14 other towns.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 23 January 2015 (11 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 31 December 2026.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026).
- Traffic Commissioner records name its licences 1 time: 1 entry in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 23 January 201511 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 27 May 2027Last made up to 13 May 2026
- Nature of business
- Freight transport by road (49410)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 09403776 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
| Licence | Type | Traffic area | First centre | Vehicles | Trailers | Status | Continuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OC1140207 | Standard International | North West of England | Skelmersdale WN8 | 160 | 475 | Valid | 31 Aug 2030 |
| OB1140210 | Standard International | North East of England | Newark NG24 | 91 | 225 | Valid | 31 Aug 2030 |
| OF1140205 | Standard International | East of England | St Neots PE19 | 78 | 160 | Valid | 31 Aug 2030 |
| OD2000328 | Standard National | West Midlands | Sutton Coldfield B75 | 46 | 25 | Valid | 31 Dec 2026 |
| OH2013104 | Standard National | West of England | Hallen BS10 | 15 | 20 | Valid | 31 May 2028 |
| OG2007122 | Standard National | Wales | Cardiff CF10 | 8 | 4 | Valid | 31 Oct 2027 |
| OK1140212 | Standard National | London and the South East of England | Dartford DA1 | 5 | 30 | Valid | 31 Aug 2030 |
How to read this record
- Standard International goods vehicle licence
- Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
- 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.
Glossary · Where the data comes from · Licence types explained · Continuation and fees
Traffic Commissioner decisions 1
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 8943, 4 February 2026 (Wales, PDF)
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About Explore Transport Limited
- Is Explore Transport Limited licensed?
- Yes. Explore Transport Limited holds 7 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, all of them valid.
- What type of operator licence does Explore Transport Limited hold?
- 4 Standard National goods vehicle licences, 3 Standard International goods vehicle licences.
- When is Explore Transport Limited's continuation date?
- The next is 31 December 2026 (licence OD2000328); 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 10 October 2026. How we read it
Company facts: Companies House register at . Contains Companies House data.Earned recognition: DVSA’s list updated .Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.
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