Limited Company
Wincanton Holdings Limited
Wincanton Holdings Limited (company number 02155951) holds 8 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, in 8 traffic areas, authorising 8,701 vehicles and 10,917 trailers.
Company number 02155951 on Companies House · 8 traffic areas
- Licences
- 8
- Vehicles authorised
- 8,701
- Trailers authorised
- 10,917
- Operating centres
- 102
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Key facts
- Wincanton Holdings Limited ranks 2nd of 48,498 company and organisation operators in Great Britain by vehicles authorised in the DVSA file.
- In the East of England traffic area it authorises 2,641 vehicles, the largest of 10,896 company operators there and 2% of their vehicles.
- Licence mix: 8 Standard International goods vehicle licences.
- Next continuation: 31 January 2029, in 2 years and 3 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 December 2028. (Licence OF2071131.)
- Operating centres in Birmingham, Oldbury, Tamworth, Yeovil, Blackburn, Bury and 10 other towns.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 20 August 1987 (39 years before the register date); nature of business: activities of distribution holding companies; next accounts due 30 September 2026.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 9 October 2026).
- Traffic Commissioner records name its licences 27 times: 27 entries in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 20 August 198739 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2026Last made up to 31 December 2024
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 14 January 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
- Nature of business
- Activities of distribution holding companies (64204)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02155951 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OF2071131 | Standard International | East of England | Lutterworth LE17 | 2,641 | 3,497 | Valid | 31 Jan 2029 |
| OD2071130 | Standard International | West Midlands | Birmingham B46 | 1,312 | 2,132 | Valid | 31 Jan 2029 |
| OC2071127 | Standard International | North West of England | Bury BL0 | 1,226 | 1,776 | Valid | 31 Jan 2029 |
| OH2071134 | Standard International | West of England | Plymouth PL4 | 1,188 | 1,343 | Valid | 31 Jan 2029 |
| OK2071136 | Standard International | London and the South East of England | London N17 | 961 | 689 | Valid | 31 Jan 2029 |
| OB2070823 | Standard International | North East of England | Barnsley S71 | 852 | 977 | Valid | 31 Jan 2029 |
| OM2071137 | Standard International | Scotland | Motherwell ML1 | 447 | 404 | Valid | 31 Jan 2029 |
| OG2071132 | Standard International | Wales | Bridgend CF33 | 74 | 99 | Valid | 31 Jan 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 27
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 7169, 14 August 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 6721, 12 August 2026 (North East of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 5599, 5 August 2026 (East of England, PDF)Variation granted
Applications and Decisions 5598, 29 July 2026 (East of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 5594, 1 July 2026 (East of England, PDF)Variation granted
Applications and Decisions 5965, 25 June 2026 (West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 6713, 17 June 2026 (North East of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7159, 5 June 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation granted
Applications and Decisions 5962, 4 June 2026 (West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 5961, 28 May 2026 (West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 5958, 7 May 2026 (West of England, PDF)Variation granted
Applications and Decisions 5586, 6 May 2026 (East of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 5582, 8 April 2026 (East of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 5953, 2 April 2026 (West of England, PDF)Variation granted
Applications and Decisions 5949, 5 March 2026 (West of England, PDF)Variation granted
Applications and Decisions 5577, 4 March 2026 (East of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 6696, 18 February 2026 (North East of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 5945, 5 February 2026 (West of England, PDF)
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About Wincanton Holdings Limited
- Is Wincanton Holdings Limited licensed?
- Yes. Wincanton Holdings Limited holds 8 operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026, all of them valid.
- What type of operator licence does Wincanton Holdings Limited hold?
- 8 Standard International goods vehicle licences.
- When is Wincanton Holdings Limited's continuation date?
- The next is 31 January 2029 (licence OF2071131); 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 12 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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