Is Royal Mail Group Ltd licensed?

Yes. Royal Mail Group Ltd holds operator licence OH0209424, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.

What type of operator licence does Royal Mail Group Ltd hold?

Standard National goods vehicle licence (OH0209424). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.

When is Royal Mail Group Ltd's continuation date?

31 January 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.

Standard National goods vehicle licence

Royal Mail Group Ltd operator licence OH0209424

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ValidDVSA file 7 Sep 2026

Royal Mail Group Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OH0209424) in the West of England traffic area, authorising 954 vehicles and 557 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

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Vehicles authorised: 954
Trailers authorised: 557
Operating centres: 11
Continuation date: 31 Jan 2031

Licence details

Licence number: OH0209424
Status: Valid
Licence type: Standard National
Vehicle category: Goods vehicles
Traffic area: West of England
Vehicles: 954 authorised669 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers: 557 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date: 31 January 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
Company number: 04138203 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 January 2031, in 4 years and 3 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 December 2030.
With 954 vehicles authorised, it is the 4th largest of the 1,000 company licences with an operating centre in Bristol, and holds 3% 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 11 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the West of England traffic area.
Royal Mail Group Ltd holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 10 January 2001 (25 years before the register date); nature of business: postal activities under universal service obligation; next accounts due 28 December 2026.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status: Active
Incorporated: 10 January 200125 years before the register date
Accounts: Next due 28 December 2026Last made up to 30 March 2025
Confirmation statement: Next due 25 November 2026Last made up to 11 November 2025
Nature of business: Postal activities under universal service obligation (53100)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 04138203 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

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 11

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

Central Avenue Severnbanks Hallen
Bristol, BS10 7SD
Dorcan Industrial Estate Commercial Parking At Yard On The North Side Of Edison Road
Swindon, SN3 5JX
Greendale Business Park Compound 61
Exeter, EX5 1EW
Hurricane Way Unit 4 Axis Park
Slough, SL3 8AG
Filton Airfield 2 Acre Storage Compound Gloucester Road North Filton
Bristol, BS34 7ST
Witney Road Dorset Sorting Office Nuffield Industrial Estate
Poole, BH17 0AA
Hurricane Road Gloucester North Delivery Office Brockworth
Gloucester, GL3 4FF
Exeter Mail Centre Royal Mail Osprey Road Sowton Industrial Estate
Exeter, EX2 7XX
Plymouth Mail Centre Royal Mail Breakwater Road Plymstock
Plymouth, PL9 7XX
Slough Delivery Office Royal Mail 15 Wexham Rd
Slough, SL1 1AA
Mitchell Way Southampton Mail Centre Southampton International Airport
Southampton, SO18 2XX

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 7 September 2026. It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.

About Royal Mail Group Ltd

Is Royal Mail Group Ltd licensed?: Yes. Royal Mail Group Ltd holds operator licence OH0209424, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
What type of operator licence does Royal Mail Group Ltd hold?: Standard National goods vehicle licence (OH0209424). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
When is Royal Mail Group Ltd's continuation date?: 31 January 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 7 September 2026, read 30 September 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 October 2026. How we read it

Company facts: Companies House register at 30 September 2026. 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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