Standard National goods vehicle licence
John Lewis PLC operator licence OH0145158
How operator licence numbers work
John Lewis PLC holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OH0145158) in the West of England traffic area, authorising 461 vehicles and 354 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 461
- Trailers authorised
- 354
- Operating centres
- 13
- Continuation date
- 30 Apr 2031
Licence details
- Licence number
- OH0145158
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- West of England
- Vehicles
- 461 authorised216 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 354 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 30 April 2031The 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 15 December 2017. Founder member.
- Company number
- 00233462 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 April 2031, in 4 years and 6 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 March 2031.
- With 461 vehicles authorised, it is the 2nd largest of the 45 company licences with an operating centre in Bracknell, and holds 24% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 7,634 company licences in the 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 West of England traffic area.
- John Lewis PLC holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 20 September 1928 (98 years before the register date); nature of business: other retail sale in non-specialised stores; next accounts due 31 July 2027.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 15 December 2017.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 20 September 192898 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 July 2027Last made up to 31 January 2026
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 11 July 2027Last made up to 27 June 2026
- Nature of business
- Other retail sale in non-specialised stores (47190)
- Activities of head offices (70100)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00233462 since 1 January 2026, read up to 3 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 13
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Doncastle Road Central Vehicle Workshop
Bracknell, RG12 8YB
Collection Mill Lane John Lewis
Reading, RG1 2HT
Broad Street John Lewis
Reading, RG1 2BB
Churchill Way West Waitrose Ltd
Salisbury, SP2 7TS
Surface Car Park Waitrose Ltd Oldbury
Bracknell, RG12 7DE
Doncastle Road Waitrose Ltd
Bracknell, RG12 8YA
West Quay Shopping Centre John Lewis Plc
Southampton, SO15 1QA
The Mall John Lewis Plc Cribbs Causeway Regional Shopping Centre Patchway
Bristol, BS34 5QU
Leckford Leckford Estate
Stockbridge, SO20 6JF
Area C, At Home Building John Lewis Home Outlet Swindon Designer Outlet Kemble Drive
Swindon, SN2 2DY
John Lewis C S B John Lewis Cdh Packgate Road
Bristol, BS11 0FD
Taylor House Waitrose Ltd Willoughby Road
Bracknell, RG12 8FP
Unit 2b Hill Barton Business Park John Lewis Exeter Cdh Blackmore Road Clyst St. Mary
Exeter, EX5 1BA
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.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.
About John Lewis PLC
- Is John Lewis PLC licensed?
- Yes. John Lewis PLC holds operator licence OH0145158, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does John Lewis PLC hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OH0145158). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is John Lewis PLC's continuation date?
- 30 April 2031. 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 . 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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