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Standard International goods vehicle licence

Wincanton Holdings Limited operator licence OC2071127

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ValidDVSA file 7 Oct 2026

Wincanton Holdings Limited holds a valid Standard International goods vehicle operator licence (OC2071127) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 1,297 vehicles and 1,935 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

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Vehicles authorised
1,297
Trailers authorised
1,935
Operating centres
13
Continuation date
31 Jan 2029

Licence details

Licence number
OC2071127
Status
Valid
Licence type
Standard International
Vehicle category
Goods vehicles
Traffic area
North West of England
Vehicles
1,297 authorised528 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
1,935 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date
31 January 2029The 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 7 December 2017. Founder member.
Company number
02155951 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 January 2029, in 2 years and 3 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 December 2028.
  • With 1,297 vehicles authorised, it is the largest of the 237 company licences with an operating centre in Wigan, and holds 21% 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 13 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
  • Wincanton Holdings Limited holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
  • Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 20 August 1987 (39 years before the register date); nature of business: activities of distribution holding companies; next accounts due 30 September 2026.
  • Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 7 December 2017.
  • Traffic Commissioner records name this licence 5 times: 5 entries in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status
Active
Incorporated
20 August 198739 years before the register date
Accounts
Next due 30 September 2026Last made up to 31 December 2024
Confirmation statement
Next due 14 January 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
Nature of business
  • Activities of distribution holding companies (64204)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02155951 since 1 January 2026, read up to 7 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Company 02155951 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status

Traffic Commissioner decisions 5

Written decisions published on GOV.UK, and entries in the Traffic Commissioner’s weekly publication for this licence. Each links to the official document.

  1. Variation granted

    Applications and Decisions 7173, 11 September 2026 (North West of England, PDF)

  2. Variation application published

    Applications and Decisions 7169, 14 August 2026 (North West of England, PDF)

  3. Variation granted

    Applications and Decisions 7163, 3 July 2026 (North West of England, PDF)

  4. Variation application published

    Applications and Decisions 7159, 5 June 2026 (North West of England, PDF)

  5. Variation granted

    Applications and Decisions 7139, 16 January 2026 (North West of England, PDF)

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All Traffic Commissioner decisions on GOV.UKOffice of the Traffic Commissioner, GOV.UK. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Operating centres 13

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

  1. Kitt Green C/O H J Heinz Co Ltd

    Wigan, WN5 0JL

  2. Churchill Way C/O Manchester Fuel Terminal Trafford Park

    Manchester, M17 1BS

  3. Stanlow Terminal Gate No 2 C/O Shell Uk Ltd Oil Sites Road

    Ellesmere Port, CH65 4BD

  4. Parklands Heywood Distribution Park

    Heywood, OL10 2TT

  5. Lows Lane C/O Saint Gobain Pipelines Plc Stanton-By-Dale

    Ilkeston, DE7 4QU

  6. Martland Park Fourmarts Road

    Wigan, WN5 0LR

  7. Trafford Park Road Ocean Estates Trafford Park

    Manchester, M17 1AT

  8. Tenax Circle Unit 2 Trafford Park

    Manchester, M17 1AZ

  9. Wendover Millers Of Longton Gill Lane Longton

    Preston, PR4 4SR

  10. C/O Man E R F Ltd Middlewich Gsk E R F Way

    Middlewich, CW10 0TN

  11. Cale Lane Redland New Springs

    Wigan, WN2 1HG

  12. Sterndale Moor Dowlow Works Litton

    Buxton, SK17 6QP

  13. Pepper Road The Adidas Centre Hazel Grove

    Stockport, SK7 5SA

The DVSA file cuts this list off at 1,024 characters, so some centres may be missing.

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

  1. History starts from the DVSA file dated . No changes recorded since then.

About Wincanton Holdings Limited

Is Wincanton Holdings Limited licensed?
Yes. Wincanton Holdings Limited holds operator licence OC2071127, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
What type of operator licence does Wincanton Holdings Limited hold?
Standard International goods vehicle licence (OC2071127). Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
When is Wincanton Holdings Limited's continuation date?
31 January 2029. 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.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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