Standard National goods vehicle licence
Thames News Services Ltd operator licence OF2010114
Reading an operator licence number
Thames News Services Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OF2010114) in the East of England traffic area, authorising 36 vehicles and 24 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 36
- Trailers authorised
- 24
- Operating centres
- 5
- Continuation date
- 31 Mar 2028
Licence details
- Licence number
- OF2010114
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- East of England
- Vehicles
- 36 authorised32 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 24 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 March 2028The 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
- 01294454 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 March 2028, in 17 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 29 February 2028.
- With 36 vehicles authorised, it is the 29th largest of the 158 company licences with an operating centre in Basildon, and holds 0.4% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 94% of the 10,917 company licences in the East of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 5 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the East of England traffic area.
- Thames News Services Ltd holds 2 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 14 January 1977 (49 years before the register date); nature of business: other transportation support activities; next accounts due 31 December 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 14 January 197749 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 26 March 2027Last made up to 12 March 2026
- Nature of business
- Other transportation support activities (52290)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 01294454 since 1 January 2026, read up to 9 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Company 01294454 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 5
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Thames House Thames Security Shredding Paycocke Road
Basildon, SS14 3AP
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Northampton, NN4 7HT
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Luton, LU4 9TX
Fenton Way Mayne House Southfields Business Park
Basildon, SS15 6TD
North 2 Channel Close Ziegler Uk
Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 9FJ
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . No changes recorded since then.
About Thames News Services Ltd
- Is Thames News Services Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Thames News Services Ltd holds operator licence OF2010114, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026. It holds 2 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Thames News Services Ltd hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OF2010114). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is Thames News Services Ltd's continuation date?
- 31 March 2028. 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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