Standard National goods vehicle licence
Royal Mail Group Ltd operator licence OB0230416
Reading an operator licence number
Royal Mail Group Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OB0230416) in the North East of England traffic area, authorising 767 vehicles and 425 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 767
- Trailers authorised
- 425
- Operating centres
- 14
- Continuation date
- 28 Feb 2031
Licence details
- Licence number
- OB0230416
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North East of England
- Vehicles
- 767 authorised541 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 425 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 28 February 2031The 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
- 04138203 on Companies House
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.
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Key facts
- Next continuation: 28 February 2031, in 4 years and 4 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 January 2031.
- With 767 vehicles authorised, it is the 3rd largest of the 59 company licences with an operating centre in Normanton, and holds 11% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 7,859 company licences in the North East of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 14 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North East of England traffic area.
- Royal Mail Group Ltd holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 10 January 2001 (25 years before the register date); nature of business: postal activities under universal service obligation; next accounts due 28 December 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 10 January 200125 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 28 December 2026Last made up to 30 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 25 November 2026Last made up to 11 November 2025
- Nature of business
- Postal activities under universal service obligation (53100)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 04138203 since 1 January 2026, read up to 3 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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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 14
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Express Way Silkstone House Wakefield Europort
Normanton, WF6 2XX
Skelton Grange Road Yorkshire Parcel Centre
Leeds, LS10 1RD
Earlsway Newcastle Mail Centre Team Valley Trading Estate
Gateshead, NE11 0YY
Manton Wood Enterprise Park Manton 70
Worksop, S80 2RS
North East Industrial Estate Stephenson Road
Peterlee, SR8 5AY
Skelton Grange Road Yard 2
Leeds, LS10 1RZ
Leeds Cc York's Parcel Centre Rmss Skelton Grange Road
Leeds, LS10 1RD
Stone Arches Bradford South Delivery Office
Bradford, BD5 7RS
Royal Mail House Darlington Mail Centre 2 St Cuthberts Way
Darlington, DL1 1AA
Middle Bank Doncaster Mail Centre
Doncaster, DN4 5NE
Hull Mail Centre Malmo Road
Hull, HU7 0AA
Leodis Way Stourton Leeds Mail Centre
Leeds, LS10 1AZ
2 Cannon Park Way Middlesbrough Mail Centre
Middlebrough, TS1 1AA
Boulevard Business Park Nottingham Mail Centre Padge Road Beeston
Nottingham, NG9 2RR
The DVSA file cuts this list off at 1,024 characters, so some centres may be missing.
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.
About Royal Mail Group Ltd
- Is Royal Mail Group Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Royal Mail Group Ltd holds operator licence OB0230416, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Royal Mail Group Ltd hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OB0230416). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is Royal Mail Group Ltd's continuation date?
- 28 February 2031. 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 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 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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