Standard International goods vehicle licence
R.Swain & Sons Limited operator licence OK0007845
Reading an operator licence number
R.Swain & Sons Limited holds a valid Standard International goods vehicle operator licence (OK0007845) in the London and the South East of England traffic area, authorising 198 vehicles and 170 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 198
- Trailers authorised
- 170
- Operating centres
- 3
- Continuation date
- 31 Aug 2028
Licence details
- Licence number
- OK0007845
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard International
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- London and the South East of England
- Vehicles
- 198 authorised117 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 170 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 31 August 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
- 00371501 on Companies House
How to read this record
- Standard International goods vehicle licence
- Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and 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 August 2028, in 22 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 July 2028.
- With 198 vehicles authorised, it is the 2nd largest of the 28 company licences with an operating centre in Chatham, and holds 18% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 6,673 company licences in the London and the South East of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 3 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the London and the South East of England traffic area.
- R.Swain & Sons Limited holds 4 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 26 December 1941 (84 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 30 September 2027.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 26 December 194184 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 27 December 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 17 August 2027Last made up to 3 August 2026
- Nature of business
- Freight transport by road (49410)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00371501 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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Company 00371501 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
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 3
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
1 Badger Road Cpi Brooks Lordswood
Chatham, ME5 8TU
BEDDINGTON LANE c/o CPI BOOKS
Croydon, CR0 4TD
Priory Road Medway Freight Centre Strood
Rochester, ME2 2BD
Change history
What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.
DVSA file
- Vehicles authorised changed
was 119now 117
- Vehicles authorised changed
History starts from the DVSA file dated .
About R.Swain & Sons Limited
- Is R.Swain & Sons Limited licensed?
- Yes. R.Swain & Sons Limited holds operator licence OK0007845, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026. It holds 4 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does R.Swain & Sons Limited hold?
- Standard International goods vehicle licence (OK0007845). Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
- When is R.Swain & Sons Limited's continuation date?
- 31 August 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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