Standard National goods vehicle licence
Tesco Distribution Ltd operator licence OH0216970
How operator licence numbers work
Tesco Distribution Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OH0216970) in the West of England traffic area, authorising 752 vehicles and 1,168 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 752
- Trailers authorised
- 1,168
- Operating centres
- 5
- Continuation date
- 31 May 2030
Licence details
- Licence number
- OH0216970
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- West of England
- Vehicles
- 752 authorised665 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 1,168 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
- Earned recognition
- Listed in DVSA’s earned recognition schemeDVSA list updated 1 October 2026. Accredited 4 June 2021.
- Company number
- 02972724 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 752 vehicles authorised, it is the 6th largest of the 489 company licences with an operating centre in Southampton, and holds 4% 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 5 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the West of England traffic area.
- Tesco Distribution Ltd holds 6 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 30 September 1994 (32 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 26 November 2026.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 4 June 2021.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 30 September 199432 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 26 November 2026Last made up to 22 February 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 21 June 2027Last made up to 7 June 2026
- Nature of business
- Freight transport by road (49410)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02972724 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 5
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Canberra Road Nursling Industrial Estate Nursling
Southampton, SO16 0WB
Collett Road Southmead Industrial Park
Didcot, OX11 7PN
Hawksworth Road Xpo Logistics Southmead Industrial Park
Didcot, OX11 7HR
Imperial Way
Reading, RG2 0PN
Severn Beach Lanson Roberts Road Avonmouth
Bristol, BS35 4BR
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 Tesco Distribution Ltd
- Is Tesco Distribution Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Tesco Distribution Ltd holds operator licence OH0216970, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 6 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Tesco Distribution Ltd hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OH0216970). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is Tesco 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 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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