Limited Company
W H Bowker Ltd
W H Bowker Ltd (company number 00364757) holds 3 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, in 3 traffic areas, authorising 344 vehicles and 426 trailers.
Company number 00364757 on Companies House · 3 traffic areas
- Licences
- 3
- Vehicles authorised
- 344
- Trailers authorised
- 426
- Operating centres
- 10
Key facts
- W H Bowker Ltd ranks 175th 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 196 vehicles, the 47th largest of 7,505 company operators there and 0.2% of their vehicles.
- Licence mix: 2 Standard National goods vehicle licences, 1 Standard International goods vehicle licence.
- Next continuation: 31 October 2026, in under a month. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 September 2026. (Licence OB1147701.)
- Operating centres in Bradford, Goole, Doncaster, Ripon, Liverpool, Rochdale and 3 other towns.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 8 January 1941 (85 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
- 8 January 194185 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 5 November 2026Last made up to 22 October 2025
- Nature of business
- Freight transport by road (49410)
- Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities (52103)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00364757 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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Company 00364757 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
Licences
| Licence | Type | Traffic area | First centre | Vehicles | Trailers | Status | Continuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OC0099160 | Standard International | North West of England | Preston PR5 | 196 | 213 | Valid | 31 Oct 2030 |
| OB1147701 | Standard National | North East of England | Selby YO8 | 123 | 178 | Valid | 31 Oct 2026 |
| OD1147700 | Standard National | West Midlands | Droitwich WR9 | 25 | 35 | Valid | 31 Oct 2026 |
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 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 6722, 19 August 2026 (North East of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7143, 13 February 2026 (North West of England, PDF)
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About W H Bowker Ltd
- Is W H Bowker Ltd licensed?
- Yes. W H Bowker Ltd holds 3 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, all of them valid.
- What type of operator licence does W H Bowker Ltd hold?
- 2 Standard National goods vehicle licences, 1 Standard International goods vehicle licence.
- When is W H Bowker Ltd's continuation date?
- The next is 31 October 2026 (licence OB1147701); 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.Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.
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