Standard National goods vehicle licence
Bfs Group Limited operator licence OC2073493
Reading an operator licence number
Bfs Group Limited holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OC2073493) in the North West of England traffic area, authorising 238 vehicles and 13 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 238
- Trailers authorised
- 13
- Operating centres
- 4
- Continuation date
- 30 Jun 2029
Licence details
- Licence number
- OC2073493
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- North West of England
- Vehicles
- 238 authorised215 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 13 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 30 June 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
- 00239718 on Companies House
How to read this record
- Standard National goods vehicle licence
- Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when 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: 30 June 2029, in 2 years and 8 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 May 2029.
- With 238 vehicles authorised, it is the 2nd largest of the 107 company licences with an operating centre in Salford, and holds 9% 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 4 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the North West of England traffic area.
- Bfs Group Limited holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 22 May 1929 (97 years before the register date); nature of business: non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco; next accounts due 31 March 2027.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 7 December 2017.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 22 May 192997 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 March 2027Last made up to 30 June 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 11 June 2027Last made up to 28 May 2026
- Nature of business
- Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (46390)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00239718 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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Traffic Commissioner decisions
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Operating centres 4
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Langley Road South 3663
Salford, M6 6TZ
43 Gilwilly Road Bidfood Gilwilly Industrial Estate
Penrith, CA11 9BL
4 Garston Shore Road Bidfood Liverpool International Business Park Speke
Liverpool, L24 8AA
Access 26 Business Park 3663 First For Foodservice Enterprise Way Langley Mill
Nottingham, NG16 4HY
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 Bfs Group Limited
- Is Bfs Group Limited licensed?
- Yes. Bfs Group Limited holds operator licence OC2073493, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Bfs Group Limited hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OC2073493). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is Bfs Group Limited's continuation date?
- 30 June 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 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.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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