Limited Company
Thames News Services Ltd
Thames News Services Ltd (company number 01294454) holds 2 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, in London and the South East of England and East of England, authorising 79 vehicles and 72 trailers.
Company number 01294454 on Companies House · 2 traffic areas
- Licences
- 2
- Vehicles authorised
- 79
- Trailers authorised
- 72
- Operating centres
- 9
Key facts
- Thames News Services Ltd ranks 1,054th 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 43 vehicles, the 274th largest of 6,656 company operators there and 0.1% of their vehicles.
- Licence mix: 2 Standard National goods vehicle licences.
- Next continuation: 31 March 2028, in 17 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 29 February 2028. (Licence OF2010114.)
- Operating centres in Gravesend, Belvedere, Dartford, Luton, London, Northampton and 2 other towns.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 14 January 1977 (49 years before the register date); nature of business: other transportation support activities; next accounts due 31 December 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 14 January 197749 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 26 March 2027Last made up to 12 March 2026
- Nature of business
- Other transportation support activities (52290)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 01294454 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
| Licence | Type | Traffic area | First centre | Vehicles | Trailers | Status | Continuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OK0217331 | Standard National | London and the South East of England | London N9 | 43 | 48 | Valid | 30 Jun 2031 |
| OF2010114 | Standard National | East of England | Basildon SS14 | 36 | 24 | Valid | 31 Mar 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.
Glossary · Where the data comes from · Licence types explained · Continuation and fees
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 Thames News Services Ltd
- Is Thames News Services Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Thames News Services Ltd holds 2 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, all of them valid.
- What type of operator licence does Thames News Services Ltd hold?
- 2 Standard National goods vehicle licences.
- When is Thames News Services Ltd's continuation date?
- The next is 31 March 2028 (licence OF2010114); 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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