Limited Company
R.Swain & Sons Limited
R.Swain & Sons Limited (company number 00371501) holds 4 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, in 4 traffic areas, authorising 418 vehicles and 425 trailers.
Company number 00371501 on Companies House · 4 traffic areas
- Licences
- 4
- Vehicles authorised
- 418
- Trailers authorised
- 425
- Operating centres
- 7
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Key facts
- R.Swain & Sons Limited ranks 146th of 48,498 company and organisation operators in Great Britain by vehicles authorised in the DVSA file.
- In the London and the South East of England traffic area it authorises 198 vehicles, the 49th largest of 6,656 company operators there and 0.2% of their vehicles.
- Licence mix: 4 Standard International goods vehicle licences.
- Next continuation: 30 November 2026, in 1 month. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 October 2026. (Licence OC0296881.)
- Operating centres in Croydon, Swadlincote, Manchester, Rochester, Chatham, Nottingham and 1 other town.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 26 December 1941 (84 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 30 September 2027.
- Traffic Commissioner records name its licences 4 times: 4 entries in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 26 December 194184 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 27 December 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 17 August 2027Last made up to 3 August 2026
- Nature of business
- Freight transport by road (49410)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00371501 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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Licences
| Licence | Type | Traffic area | First centre | Vehicles | Trailers | Status | Continuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OK0007845 | Standard International | London and the South East of England | Chatham ME5 | 198 | 170 | Valid | 31 Aug 2028 |
| OC0296881 | Standard International | North West of England | Swadlincote DE11 | 170 | 175 | Valid | 30 Nov 2026 |
| OB2035289 | Standard International | North East of England | Nottingham NG13 | 40 | 70 | Valid | 31 Aug 2030 |
| OF2021895 | Standard International | East of England | Stanford-le-Hope SS17 | 10 | 10 | Valid | 31 Mar 2029 |
How to read this record
- Standard International goods vehicle licence
- Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and 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 4
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 application published
Applications and Decisions 7176, 2 October 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7175, 25 September 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Application withdrawn
Applications and Decisions 7154, 1 May 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7154, 1 May 2026 (North West of England, PDF)
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About R.Swain & Sons Limited
- Is R.Swain & Sons Limited licensed?
- Yes. R.Swain & Sons Limited holds 4 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, all of them valid.
- What type of operator licence does R.Swain & Sons Limited hold?
- 4 Standard International goods vehicle licences.
- When is R.Swain & Sons Limited's continuation date?
- The next is 30 November 2026 (licence OC0296881); 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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