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Standard National goods vehicle licence

John Lewis PLC operator licence OK0217850

What the licence number means

ValidDVSA file 7 Sep 2026

John Lewis PLC holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OK0217850) in the London and the South East of England traffic area, authorising 413 vehicles and 273 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

Vehicles authorised
413
Trailers authorised
273
Operating centres
9
Continuation date
31 Mar 2030

Licence details

Licence number
OK0217850
Status
Valid
Licence type
Standard National
Vehicle category
Goods vehicles
Vehicles
413 authorised296 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
273 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date
31 March 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 15 December 2017. Founder member.
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.

Key facts

  • Next continuation: 31 March 2030, in 3 years and 5 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 28 February 2030.
  • With 413 vehicles authorised, it is the 2nd largest of the 9 company licences with an operating centre in Kingston upon Thames, and holds 19% of the vehicles authorised there.
  • It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 6,675 company licences in the London and the South East of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
  • It lists 9 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the London and the South East of England traffic area.
  • John Lewis PLC holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
  • Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 20 September 1928 (98 years before the register date); nature of business: other retail sale in non-specialised stores; next accounts due 31 July 2027.
  • Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 15 December 2017.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status
Active
Incorporated
20 September 192898 years before the register date
Accounts
Next due 31 July 2027Last made up to 31 January 2026
Confirmation statement
Next due 11 July 2027Last made up to 27 June 2026
Nature of business
  • Other retail sale in non-specialised stores (47190)
  • Activities of head offices (70100)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00233462 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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Company 00233462 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 9

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

  1. Wood Street John Lewis Plc

    Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1TE

  2. Claire Causeway John Lewis Cdh Unit 60 Off Crossways Boulevard Crossways Business Park

    Dartford, DA2 6QA

  3. Units 1&2 John Lewis Cdh 18 Vickers Drive North Brooklands Industrial Park

    Weybridge, KT13 0YU

  4. Old Cavendish Street

    London, W1G 0NE

  5. Bean Road Bluewater

    Greenhithe, DA9 9BZ

  6. Forstal Road Waitrose Distribution Centre

    Aylesford, ME20 7AE

  7. Brent Cross Shopping Centre John Lewis Plc

    London, NW4 3FL

  8. Unit 4 Origin Business Park John Lewis Cdh Rainsford Road Park Royal

    London, NW10 7FW

  9. Site P2b Innova Park John Lewis Cdh Innova Way

    Enfield, EN3 7FL

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

  1. History starts from the DVSA file dated . It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.

About John Lewis PLC

Is John Lewis PLC licensed?
Yes. John Lewis PLC holds operator licence OK0217850, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
What type of operator licence does John Lewis PLC hold?
Standard National goods vehicle licence (OK0217850). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
When is John Lewis PLC's continuation date?
31 March 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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