Restricted goods vehicle licence
Bates Farms & Dairy Ltd operator licence OC0046929
How operator licence numbers work
Bates Farms & Dairy Ltd holds a valid Restricted goods vehicle operator licence (OC0046929) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 48 vehicles and 2 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 48
- Trailers authorised
- 2
- Operating centres
- 2
- Continuation date
- 31 May 2027
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC0046929
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Restricted
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 48 authorised42 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 2 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 May 2027The 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
- 00605246 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 May 2027, in 7 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 April 2027.
- With 48 vehicles authorised, it is the 7th largest of the 34 company licences with an operating centre in Southport, and holds 2% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 95% of the 7,497 company licences in the North West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 2 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 29 May 1958 (68 years before the register date); nature of business: other retail sale of food in specialised stores; next accounts due 28 February 2027.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 29 May 195868 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 28 February 2027Last made up to 31 May 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 28 July 2027Last made up to 14 July 2026
- Nature of business
- Other retail sale of food in specialised stores (47290)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00605246 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
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Operating centres 2
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
21 Stamford Road
Southport, PR8 4ER
Knowsley 2 Randles Road
Prescott, L34 9HX
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 Bates Farms & Dairy Ltd
- Is Bates Farms & Dairy Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Bates Farms & Dairy Ltd holds operator licence OC0046929, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- What type of operator licence does Bates Farms & Dairy Ltd hold?
- Restricted goods vehicle licence (OC0046929). Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.
- When is Bates Farms & Dairy Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 May 2027. 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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