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John Bywater Transport Ltd operator licence OK0226094

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CurtailedDVSA file 7 Oct 2026

John Bywater Transport Ltd holds a curtailed Standard International goods vehicle operator licence (OK0226094) in the London and the South East of England traffic area, authorising 34 vehicles and 24 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

Vehicles authorised
34
Trailers authorised
24
Operating centres
1
Continuation date
30 Sep 2031

Licence details

Licence number
OK0226094
Status
Curtailed
Licence type
Standard International
Vehicle category
Goods vehicles
Vehicles
34 authorised26 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
24 authorised0 currently specified.
Continuation date
30 September 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
Limited Company
How to read this record
Standard International goods vehicle licence
Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
Curtailed
A traffic commissioner has reduced what the licence allows, for example fewer vehicles, for a period.
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: 30 September 2031, in 4 years and 11 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 August 2031.
  • With 34 vehicles authorised, it is the 10th largest of the 55 company licences with an operating centre in Dover, and holds 2% of the vehicles authorised there.
  • It authorises more vehicles than 94% 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 1 operating centre, the same as the median of 1 for company licences in the London and the South East of England traffic area.
  • Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 13 January 1993 (33 years before the register date); nature of business: freight transport by road; next accounts due 30 September 2027.
  • Traffic Commissioner records name this licence 2 times: 2 entries in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status
Active
Incorporated
13 January 199333 years before the register date
Accounts
Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
Confirmation statement
Next due 11 June 2027Last made up to 28 May 2026
Nature of business
  • Freight transport by road (49410)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02779409 since 1 January 2026, read up to 8 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Company 02779409 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status

Traffic Commissioner decisions 2

Written decisions published on GOV.UK, and entries in the Traffic Commissioner’s weekly publication for this licence. Each links to the official document.

  1. Public inquiry: licence curtailed

    Inquiry held 22 April 2026. Considering regulatory action (s26).

    Applications and Decisions 4468, 7 May 2026 (London and the South East of England, PDF)
  2. Public inquiry listed

    Hearing 22 April 2026 at 10:00, Court Room(SEMTA - Eastbourne), BN21 4QT, Ivy House, Ivy Terrace, Eastbourne. Considering regulatory action (s26), standard licence requirements (s27), disqualification (s28).

    Applications and Decisions 4462, 26 March 2026 (London and the South East of England, PDF)

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Operating centres 1

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

  1. Pike Road 5 Pike Road Ind Estate Eythorne

    Dover, CT15 4ND

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

  1. DVSA file

    • Operating centre removedwas Hythe CT21
  2. History starts from the DVSA file dated .

About John Bywater Transport Ltd

Is John Bywater Transport Ltd licensed?
John Bywater Transport Ltd holds operator licence OK0226094. In the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 its status is curtailed.
What type of operator licence does John Bywater Transport Ltd hold?
Standard International goods vehicle licence (OK0226094). Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
When is John Bywater Transport Ltd's continuation date?
30 September 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 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 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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