Standard International goods vehicle licence
Thomas Harwood & Son Ltd operator licence OC0296864
How operator licence numbers work
Thomas Harwood & Son Ltd holds a valid Standard International goods vehicle operator licence (OC0296864) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 24 vehicles and 30 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 24
- Trailers authorised
- 30
- Operating centres
- 2
- Continuation date
- 31 Oct 2026
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC0296864
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard International
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 24 authorised19 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 30 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 October 2026The 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
- 04260803 on Companies House
How to read this record
- Standard International goods vehicle licence
- Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and 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 October 2026, in under a month. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 September 2026.
- With 24 vehicles authorised, it is the 48th largest of the 332 company licences with an operating centre in Bolton, and holds 0.4% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 90% of the 7,497 company licences in the North West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 2 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 27 July 2001 (25 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 31 December 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 27 July 200125 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 10 August 2027Last made up to 27 July 2026
- Nature of business
- Freight transport by road (49410)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 04260803 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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Traffic Commissioner decisions
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Operating centres 2
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
131 Church Street Francis Place Little Lever
Bolton, BL3 1BW
Coal Pit Lane Unit 12 Atherton
Manchester, M46 0LW
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . No changes recorded since then.
About Thomas Harwood & Son Ltd
- Is Thomas Harwood & Son Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Thomas Harwood & Son Ltd holds operator licence OC0296864, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- What type of operator licence does Thomas Harwood & Son Ltd hold?
- Standard International goods vehicle licence (OC0296864). Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
- When is Thomas Harwood & Son Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 October 2026. 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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