Is NHS Blood and Transplant licensed?

Yes. NHS Blood and Transplant holds operator licence OH0210497, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 6 licences in that file.

What type of operator licence does NHS Blood and Transplant hold?

Restricted goods vehicle licence (OH0210497). Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.

When is NHS Blood and Transplant's continuation date?

31 July 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.

Restricted goods vehicle licence

NHS Blood and Transplant operator licence OH0210497

How operator licence numbers work

ValidDVSA file 7 Sep 2026

NHS Blood and Transplant holds a valid Restricted goods vehicle operator licence (OH0210497) in the West of England traffic area, authorising 64 vehicles and 3 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

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Vehicles authorised: 64
Trailers authorised: 3
Operating centres: 14
Continuation date: 31 Jul 2031

Licence details

Licence number: OH0210497
Status: Valid
Licence type: Restricted
Vehicle category: Goods vehicles
Traffic area: West of England
Vehicles: 64 authorised24 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers: 3 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date: 31 July 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: Other (e.g. public authority, charity, trust, university)

How to read this record

Restricted goods vehicle licence: Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.
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 July 2031, in 4 years and 9 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 30 June 2031.
With 64 vehicles authorised, it is the 29th largest of the 334 company licences with an operating centre in Slough, and holds 0.7% of the vehicles authorised there.
It authorises more vehicles than 97% of the 7,634 company licences in the West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
It lists 14 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the West of England traffic area.
NHS Blood and Transplant holds 6 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.

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 14

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

St. Marys Road Unit 1 Deseronto Estate
Slough, SL3 7EW
Unit 3 Roundswell Business Park Roundswell
Barnstaple, EX31 3TU
Derriford Road Derriford Hospital
Plymouth, PL6 8DH
59 London Rd Oakes House
Gloucester, GL1 3HF
Creech St. Michael Creech Medical Centre
Taunton, TA3 5QQ
Railway Triangle Unit G2 Walton Road
Portsmouth, PO6 1TQ
33 Daish Way Lifeline House
Newport, PO30 5XJ
Coxford Road
Southampton, SO16 5AF
Golf Course Lane British Aerospace Airbus Ltd
Bristol, BS34 7QS
Southmead Road Blood Transfusion Centre Westbury-On-Trym
Bristol, BS10 5DN
John Radcliffe Hospital Blood Transfusion Centre Headley Way Headington
Oxford, OX3 9DU
Unit 45 Pembroke Centre Cheney Manor Industrial Estate
Swindon, SN2 2PQ
Brassmill Enterprise Centre Unit 1
Bath, BA1 3JN
9 Headley Road Ind Estate Unit 7 Woodley
Reading, RG5 4JB

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 NHS Blood and Transplant

Is NHS Blood and Transplant licensed?: Yes. NHS Blood and Transplant holds operator licence OH0210497, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 6 licences in that file.
What type of operator licence does NHS Blood and Transplant hold?: Restricted goods vehicle licence (OH0210497). Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.
When is NHS Blood and Transplant's continuation date?: 31 July 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. How we read it

Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.

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