Standard National goods vehicle licence
Dpdgroup UK Ltd operator licence OC0280685
Reading an operator licence number
Dpdgroup UK Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OC0280685) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 273 vehicles and 235 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 273
- Trailers authorised
- 235
- Operating centres
- 8
- Continuation date
- 31 Aug 2027
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC0280685
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 273 authorised120 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 235 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 August 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
- Earned recognition
- Listed in DVSA’s earned recognition schemeDVSA list updated 1 October 2026. Accredited 25 January 2018. Founder member.
- Company number
- 00732993 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: 31 August 2027, in 10 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 July 2027.
- With 273 vehicles authorised, it is the 8th largest of the 501 company licences with an operating centre in Preston, and holds 2% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 7,497 company licences in the North West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 8 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
- Dpdgroup UK Ltd holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 21 August 1962 (64 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 30 September 2026.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 25 January 2018.
- Traffic Commissioner records name this licence 16 times: 16 entries in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 21 August 196264 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2026Last made up to 29 December 2024
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 3 December 2026Last made up to 19 November 2025
- Nature of business
- Freight transport by road (49410)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00732993 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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Company 00732993 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
Traffic Commissioner decisions 16
Written decisions published on GOV.UK, and entries in the Traffic Commissioner’s weekly publication for this licence. Each links to the official document.
Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7175, 25 September 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7174, 18 September 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7171, 28 August 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7163, 3 July 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7162, 26 June 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7162, 26 June 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7162, 26 June 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7160, 12 June 2026 (North West of England, PDF)Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 7160, 12 June 2026 (North West of England, PDF)
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All Traffic Commissioner decisions on GOV.UKOffice of the Traffic Commissioner, GOV.UK. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Operating centres 8
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Ribbleton Millennium Road
Preston, PR2 5BL
Stretton Green Distribution Park Unit 20 Langford Way Appleton
Warrington, WA4 4TQ
Unit 1 Dpd Carlisle Bacard Way Kingmoor Park North
Carlisle, CA6 4FD
Unit 2 East Dpd Preston Trefoil Way
Preston, PR2 5PH
Unit 2 DPD Exchange Hub Bacard Way Kingmoor Park North
Carlisle, CA6 4FD
Unit 4 Easter Park Dpd Bolton Wingates Industrial Estate
Bolton, BL5 3XU
19 Sugarbrook Drive
Liverpool, L11 2BD
Satellite Park Unit 2 Middleton Oldham
Manchester, M24 1RU
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 Dpdgroup UK Ltd
- Is Dpdgroup UK Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Dpdgroup UK Ltd holds operator licence OC0280685, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Dpdgroup UK Ltd hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OC0280685). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is Dpdgroup UK Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 August 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 . 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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