Restricted goods vehicle licence
Hopwells Ltd operator licence OC0289040
How operator licence numbers work
Hopwells Ltd holds a valid Restricted goods vehicle operator licence (OC0289040) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 12 vehicles and 0 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 12
- Trailers authorised
- 0
- Operating centres
- 1
- Continuation date
- 30 Sep 2031
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC0289040
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Restricted
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 12 authorised10 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 0 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 30 September 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
- 01404481 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: 30 September 2031, in 4 years and 11 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 August 2031.
- With 12 vehicles authorised, it is the 29th largest of the 114 company licences with an operating centre in Ilkeston, and holds 0.3% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 79% of the 7,518 company licences in the North West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 1 operating centre, the same as the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
- Hopwells Ltd holds 3 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 8 December 1978 (47 years before the register date); nature of business: other food services; next accounts due 31 December 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 8 December 197847 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 27 December 2024
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 26 May 2027Last made up to 12 May 2026
- Nature of business
- Other food services (56290)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 01404481 since 1 January 2026, read up to 9 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Company 01404481 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 1
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Furnace Road
Ilkeston, DE7 5EP
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
DVSA file
- Continuation date changed
was 30 Sep 2026now 30 Sep 2031
- Continuation date changed
History starts from the DVSA file dated .
About Hopwells Ltd
- Is Hopwells Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Hopwells Ltd holds operator licence OC0289040, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026. It holds 3 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Hopwells Ltd hold?
- Restricted goods vehicle licence (OC0289040). Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.
- When is Hopwells Ltd's continuation date?
- 30 September 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 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 10 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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