Standard International goods vehicle licence
Cowan Recovery Ltd operator licence OF0215918
Reading an operator licence number
Cowan Recovery Ltd holds a valid Standard International goods vehicle operator licence (OF0215918) in the East of England traffic area, authorising 33 vehicles and 25 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 33
- Trailers authorised
- 25
- Operating centres
- 3
- Continuation date
- 31 Dec 2026
Licence details
- Licence number
- OF0215918
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard International
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- East of England
- Vehicles
- 33 authorised30 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 25 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 December 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
- Earned recognition
- Listed in DVSA’s earned recognition schemeDVSA list updated 1 October 2026. Accredited 19 March 2018. Founder member.
- Company number
- 01339144 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 December 2026, in 2 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 November 2026.
- With 33 vehicles authorised, it is the 4th largest of the 38 company licences with an operating centre in Newport Pagnell, and holds 6% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 93% of the 10,917 company licences in the East 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 East of England traffic area.
- Cowan Recovery Ltd holds 2 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 17 November 1977 (48 years before the register date); nature of business: other business support service activities n.e.c.; next accounts due 30 September 2027.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 19 March 2018.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 17 November 197748 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 1 June 2027Last made up to 18 May 2026
- Nature of business
- Other business support service activities n.e.c. (82990)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 01339144 since 1 January 2026, read up to 10 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Company 01339144 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
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.
M1 Motorway Motorway Service Area
Newport Pagnell, MK16 8JP
340 Grendon Road Cmg Earls Barton
Northampton, NN6 0RB
Wolverton Road Walnut Farm Blakelands
Milton Keynes, MK14 5AA
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . No changes recorded since then.
About Cowan Recovery Ltd
- Is Cowan Recovery Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Cowan Recovery Ltd holds operator licence OF0215918, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026. It holds 2 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Cowan Recovery Ltd hold?
- Standard International goods vehicle licence (OF0215918). Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
- When is Cowan Recovery Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 December 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 10 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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