Restricted goods vehicle licence
The Sofa Project operator licence OH1016173
How operator licence numbers work
The Sofa Project holds a valid Restricted goods vehicle operator licence (OH1016173) in the West of England traffic area, authorising 5 vehicles and 0 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 5
- Trailers authorised
- 0
- Operating centres
- 2
- Continuation date
- 31 Jan 2028
Licence details
- Licence number
- OH1016173
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Restricted
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- West of England
- Vehicles
- 5 authorised2 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 0 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 January 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
- 01697726 on Companies House
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 January 2028, in 15 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 December 2027.
- With 5 vehicles authorised, it is the 493rd largest of the 1,000 company licences with an operating centre in Bristol, and holds 0.0% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 57% of the 7,634 company licences in the West of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 2 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the West of England traffic area.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 8 February 1983 (43 years before the register date); nature of business: wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, CD's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them); next accounts due 31 December 2026.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 8 February 198343 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 December 2026Last made up to 31 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 8 November 2026Last made up to 25 October 2025
- Nature of business
- Wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, CD's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them) (46439)
- Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores (47540)
- Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (47599)
- Retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques) (47799)
- Registered name
- Sofa Project(The)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 01697726 since 1 January 2026, read up to 7 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 2
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
St. Philips Industrial Warehouse Days Lane
Bristol, BS2 0QA
St. Philips 48-54 West Street
Bristol, BS2 0BL
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
History starts from the DVSA file dated . No changes recorded since then.
About The Sofa Project
- Is The Sofa Project licensed?
- Yes. The Sofa Project holds operator licence OH1016173, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- What type of operator licence does The Sofa Project hold?
- Restricted goods vehicle licence (OH1016173). Carries the holder's own goods in connection with its own business. Not for hire or reward.
- When is The Sofa Project's continuation date?
- 31 January 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 8 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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