Standard National goods vehicle licence
Bestway Northern Ltd operator licence OC0286631
Reading an operator licence number
Bestway Northern Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OC0286631) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 42 vehicles and 1 trailer, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 42
- Trailers authorised
- 1
- Operating centres
- 7
- Continuation date
- 31 May 2030
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC0286631
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 42 authorised14 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 1 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 May 2030The 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
- 02675585 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 May 2030, in 3 years and 7 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 April 2030.
- With 42 vehicles authorised, it is the 6th largest of the 31 company licences with an operating centre in Darwen, and holds 8% 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 7 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
- Bestway Northern Ltd holds 3 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 7 January 1992 (34 years before the register date); nature of business: non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco; next accounts due 31 March 2027.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 7 January 199234 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 March 2027Last made up to 30 June 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 21 January 2027Last made up to 7 January 2026
- Nature of business
- Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (46390)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02675585 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 7
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
18 Lower Eccleshill Road
Darwen, BB3 0RP
Raynesway West Service Road
Derby, DE21 7BL
Off Oldham Road Monsall Road Newton Heath
Manchester, M40 8WT
Yew Street Stockport Trading Estate
Stockport, SK4 2JZ
Kingsway Park Bestway Cash & Carry St. Anne Street
Liverpool, L3 3JA
Express Trading Estate Bestway Cash & Carry Stone Hill Road Farnworth
Bolton, BL4 9TP
Aintree, 30 Heysham Road Netherton
Bootle, L30 6UZ
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 Bestway Northern Ltd
- Is Bestway Northern Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Bestway Northern Ltd holds operator licence OC0286631, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 3 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Bestway Northern Ltd hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OC0286631). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is Bestway Northern Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 May 2030. 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.Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.
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