What type of operator licence does Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd hold?

Standard International goods vehicle licence.

When is Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd's continuation date?

30 April 2028 (licence OC0051353). 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

Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd

Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd (company number 00505225) holds 1 operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, in North West of England, authorising 21 vehicles and 21 trailers.

Company number 00505225 on Companies House

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Licences: 1
Vehicles authorised: 21
Trailers authorised: 21
Operating centres: 1

Key facts

Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd ranks 4,549th 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 21 vehicles, the 772nd largest of 7,505 company operators there and 0.0% of their vehicles.
Licence mix: 1 Standard International goods vehicle licence.
Next continuation: 30 April 2028, in 18 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 March 2028. (Licence OC0051353.)
Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 8 March 1952 (74 years before the register date); nature of business: wholesale of waste and scrap; next accounts due 31 December 2026.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status: Active
Incorporated: 8 March 195274 years before the register date
Accounts: Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
Confirmation statement: Next due 3 February 2027Last made up to 20 January 2026
Nature of business: Wholesale of waste and scrap (46770)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00505225 since 1 January 2026, read up to 10 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Licences

Operator licences held by Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd
Licence	Type	Traffic area	First centre	Vehicles	Trailers	Status	Continuation
OC0051353	Standard International	North West of England	Darwen BB3	21	21	Curtailed	30 Apr 2028

How to read this record

Standard International goods vehicle licence: Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
Curtailed: A traffic commissioner has reduced what the licence allows, for example fewer vehicles, for a period.
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 Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd

Is Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd licensed?: Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd holds 1 operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026: 1 curtailed.
What type of operator licence does Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd hold?: Standard International goods vehicle licence.
When is Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd's continuation date?: 30 April 2028 (licence OC0051353). 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 10 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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