Standard International goods vehicle licence
Explore Transport Limited operator licence OC1140207
Explore Transport Limited holds a valid Standard International goods vehicle operator licence (OC1140207) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 160 vehicles and 475 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 160
- Trailers authorised
- 475
- Operating centres
- 10
- Continuation date
- 31 Aug 2030
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC1140207
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard International
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 160 authorised68 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 475 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 August 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
- Earned recognition
- Listed in DVSA’s earned recognition schemeDVSA list updated 1 October 2026. Accredited 18 March 2022.
- Company number
- 09403776 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 August 2030, in 3 years and 10 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 July 2030.
- With 160 vehicles authorised, it is the 4th largest of the 55 company licences with an operating centre in Winsford, and holds 7% 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 10 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
- Explore Transport Limited holds 7 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 23 January 2015 (11 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 31 December 2026.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 18 March 2022.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 23 January 201511 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 27 May 2027Last made up to 13 May 2026
- Nature of business
- Freight transport by road (49410)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 09403776 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 10
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Wharton Industrial Estate Cemex Winsford Concrete Plant Nat Lane
Winsford, CW7 3BS
Gillibrands Road Graylaw International Freight Ltd
Skelmersdale, WN8 9TA
Bridge Trading Estate Cemex Ltd - Bury Plant Bolton Road
Bury, BL8 2AQ
Castleway Lane Cemex - Burton Plant
Willington, DE65 6BW
Barlborough Junction Business Park Chesterfield Road Barlborough
Chesterfield, S43 4TT
Preston Street Cemex - Gorton Plant
Manchester, M18 8DB
Hope Street Cemex
Salford, M5 4WH
Megaloughton Lane Cemex Materials Spondon
Derby, DE21 7BR
Road Three Winsford 137
Winsford, CW7 3GE
Markham Lane Ws Tanker Logistics Ltd Duckmanton
Chesterfield, S44 5HS
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 Explore Transport Limited
- Is Explore Transport Limited licensed?
- Yes. Explore Transport Limited holds operator licence OC1140207, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 7 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Explore Transport Limited hold?
- Standard International goods vehicle licence (OC1140207). Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
- When is Explore Transport Limited's continuation date?
- 31 August 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.Earned recognition: DVSA’s list updated .Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.
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