Standard National goods vehicle licence
Great Bear Distribution Ltd operator licence OC0284691
Reading an operator licence number
Great Bear Distribution Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OC0284691) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 275 vehicles and 615 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 275
- Trailers authorised
- 615
- Operating centres
- 8
- Continuation date
- 30 Jun 2029
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC0284691
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 275 authorised110 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 615 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 30 June 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
- 02899719 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: 30 June 2029, in 2 years and 8 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 May 2029.
- With 275 vehicles authorised, it is the largest of the 93 company licences with an operating centre in Skelmersdale, and holds 13% 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.
- Great Bear Distribution Ltd holds 5 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 17 February 1994 (32 years before the register date); nature of business: operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities; next accounts due 30 September 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 17 February 199432 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2026Last made up to 31 December 2024
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 3 March 2027Last made up to 17 February 2026
- Nature of business
- Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities (52103)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02899719 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 02899719 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 8
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Staveley Road Staveley Industrial Estate
Skelmersdale, WN8 8DZ
Woodthorpe Unit 3 Seymour Link Road Mastin Moor
Chesterfield, S43 3FG
The Causeway Unit 1 Oldham Broadway Business Park Chadderton
Oldham, OL9 9XP
4 Buckshaw Avenue Conair Group Revolution
Chorley, PR6 7AJ
Thermal Road
Wirral, CH62 4YB
Markham Lane The Colin Mcdavid Way East Markham Vale
Chesterfield, S44 5HY
Port Salford Unit 1 Port Salford Way
Manchester, M30 7RT
Warrington Road Saica Paper Goose Green
Wigan, WN3 6XD
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . No changes recorded since then.
About Great Bear Distribution Ltd
- Is Great Bear Distribution Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Great Bear Distribution Ltd holds operator licence OC0284691, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026. It holds 5 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Great Bear Distribution Ltd hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OC0284691). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is Great Bear Distribution Ltd's continuation date?
- 30 June 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 8 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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