Restricted goods vehicle licence
A & B Containers Ltd operator licence OC0294584
How operator licence numbers work
A & B Containers Ltd holds a valid Restricted goods vehicle operator licence (OC0294584) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 18 vehicles and 15 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 18
- Trailers authorised
- 15
- Operating centres
- 3
- Continuation date
- 31 Mar 2030
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC0294584
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Restricted
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 18 authorised15 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 15 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 March 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
- 02242483 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 March 2030, in 3 years and 5 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 28 February 2030.
- With 18 vehicles authorised, it is the 211th largest of the 935 company licences with an operating centre in Manchester, and holds 0.1% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 86% of the 7,497 company licences in the North West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 3 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 8 April 1988 (38 years before the register date); nature of business: other service activities n.e.c.; next accounts due 31 March 2027.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 8 April 198838 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 March 2027Last made up to 30 June 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 15 December 2026Last made up to 1 December 2025
- Nature of business
- Other service activities n.e.c. (96090)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02242483 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
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 3
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Beacon Road A&b Yard Trafford Park
Manchester, M17 1AF
Ashburton Road West Royce Trading Estate Trafford Park
Manchester, M17 1RY
Trafford Park Elevator Road
Manchester, M17 1FT
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 A & B Containers Ltd
- Is A & B Containers Ltd licensed?
- Yes. A & B Containers Ltd holds operator licence OC0294584, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- What type of operator licence does A & B Containers Ltd hold?
- Restricted goods vehicle licence (OC0294584). Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.
- When is A & B Containers Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 March 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 . 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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