Restricted goods vehicle licence
Macfarlane Group UK Ltd operator licence OB0198838
Reading an operator licence number
Macfarlane Group UK Ltd holds a valid Restricted goods vehicle operator licence (OB0198838) in the North East of England traffic area, authorising 44 vehicles and 31 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 44
- Trailers authorised
- 31
- Operating centres
- 5
- Continuation date
- 31 Jan 2029
Licence details
- Licence number
- OB0198838
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Restricted
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North East of England
- Vehicles
- 44 authorised23 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 31 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 January 2029The 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.
- Operator type
- Limited Company
- Company number
- 01630389 on Companies House
How to read this record
- Restricted goods vehicle licence
- Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.
- 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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Key facts
- Next continuation: 31 January 2029, in 2 years and 3 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 December 2028.
- With 44 vehicles authorised, it is the 68th largest of the 515 company licences with an operating centre in Nottingham, and holds 0.3% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 94% of the 7,861 company licences in the North East of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 5 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North East of England traffic area.
- Macfarlane Group UK Ltd holds 7 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 20 April 1982 (44 years before the register date); nature of business: packaging activities; next accounts due 30 September 2027.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 20 April 198244 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 5 January 2027Last made up to 22 December 2025
- Nature of business
- Packaging activities (82920)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 01630389 since 1 January 2026, read up to 8 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Company 01630389 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
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 licence number. All decisions on GOV.UK
Operating centres 5
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Fairham Business Park Unit 4 Foresters Avenue Fairham
Nottingham, NG11 2AF
Brunel Road 41 Ind Estate Century Park Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate
Wakefield, WF2 0XG
Kingfisher Boulevard The Waterfront Newburn
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NZ
Lenton Lane
Nottingham, NG7 2NR
Teesside Industrial Estate Unit 119a, Dukesway Thornaby On Tees
Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9LT
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . No changes recorded since then.
About Macfarlane Group UK Ltd
- Is Macfarlane Group UK Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Macfarlane Group UK Ltd holds operator licence OB0198838, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026. It holds 7 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Macfarlane Group UK Ltd hold?
- Restricted goods vehicle licence (OB0198838). Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.
- When is Macfarlane Group UK Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 January 2029. 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 9 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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