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Great Bear Distribution Ltd operator licence OF0224018

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ValidDVSA file 7 Oct 2026

Great Bear Distribution Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OF0224018) in the East of England traffic area, authorising 253 vehicles and 516 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

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Vehicles authorised
253
Trailers authorised
516
Operating centres
10
Continuation date
31 May 2030

Licence details

Licence number
OF0224018
Status
Valid
Licence type
Standard National
Vehicle category
Goods vehicles
Traffic area
East of England
Vehicles
253 authorised120 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
516 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date
31 May 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
Company number
02899719 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: 31 May 2030, in 3 years and 7 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 April 2030.
  • With 253 vehicles authorised, it is the 10th largest of the 156 company licences with an operating centre in Kettering, and holds 2% of the vehicles authorised there.
  • It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 10,917 company licences in the East 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 East of England traffic area.
  • Great Bear Distribution Ltd holds 5 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
  • Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 17 February 1994 (32 years before the register date); nature of business: operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities; next accounts due 30 September 2026.
  • Traffic Commissioner records name this licence 2 times: 2 entries in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status
Active
Incorporated
17 February 199432 years before the register date
Accounts
Next due 30 September 2026Last made up to 31 December 2024
Confirmation statement
Next due 3 March 2027Last made up to 17 February 2026
Nature of business
  • Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities (52103)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02899719 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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Company 02899719 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status

Traffic Commissioner decisions 2

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 5589, 27 May 2026 (East of England, PDF)

  2. Variation application published

    Applications and Decisions 5585, 29 April 2026 (East 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 10

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

  1. Magnetic Park Bear Way Harborough Road Desborough

    Kettering, NN14 2WB

  2. 73 Sadler Road Denby Transport Ltd

    Lincoln, LN6 3JR

  3. Brackmills Industrial Estate Salthouse Road

    Northampton, NN4 7EX

  4. Prologis Park Zone C

    Kettering, NN14 1UB

  5. St Martins Road Cert Octavian House

    Hoddesdon, EN11 0BT

  6. Coventry Road Magna Park

    Lutterworth, LE17 4XH

  7. Station Road Weetabix Ltd Burton Latimer Northamptonshire

    Kettering, NN15 5JR

  8. Daventry Rail Freight Terminal Eddie Stobart Ltd Crick Road Kilsby

    Rugby, CV23 8YL

  9. Unit 6 Panattoni Park Great Bear Distribution Ltd Weedon Road Harpole

    Northampton, NN7 4DE

  10. Watkins Close Active House Burnt Mills Industrial Estate

    Basildon, SS13 1TL

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

  1. DVSA file

    • Vehicles authorised changedwas 113now 120

  2. History starts from the DVSA file dated .

About Great Bear Distribution Ltd

Is Great Bear Distribution Ltd licensed?
Yes. Great Bear Distribution Ltd holds operator licence OF0224018, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026. It holds 5 licences in that file.
What type of operator licence does Great Bear Distribution Ltd hold?
Standard National goods vehicle licence (OF0224018). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
When is Great Bear Distribution Ltd's continuation date?
31 May 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 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 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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