Standard International goods vehicle licence
Bfs Group Limited operator licence OK2073299
How operator licence numbers work
Bfs Group Limited holds a valid Standard International goods vehicle operator licence (OK2073299) in the London and the South East of England traffic area, authorising 175 vehicles and 12 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 175
- Trailers authorised
- 12
- Operating centres
- 3
- Continuation date
- 30 Jun 2029
Licence details
- Licence number
- OK2073299
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard International
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- London and the South East of England
- Vehicles
- 175 authorised153 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 12 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 30 June 2029The 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 7 December 2017. Founder member.
- Company number
- 00239718 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: 30 June 2029, in 2 years and 8 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 May 2029.
- With 175 vehicles authorised, it is the 7th largest of the 125 company licences with an operating centre in Tonbridge, and holds 4% 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 3 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the London and the South East of England traffic area.
- Bfs Group Limited holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 22 May 1929 (97 years before the register date); nature of business: non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco; next accounts due 31 March 2027.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 7 December 2017.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 22 May 192997 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 31 March 2027Last made up to 30 June 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 11 June 2027Last made up to 28 May 2026
- Nature of business
- Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (46390)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 00239718 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 3
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Transfesa Road 3663 First For Foodservice Paddock Wood Distribution Centre Paddock Wood
Tonbridge, TN12 6UU
Battersea 78 Silverthorne Road
London, SW8 3HJ
Chartwell Road Bidfood
Lancing, BN15 8TU
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 Bfs Group Limited
- Is Bfs Group Limited licensed?
- Yes. Bfs Group Limited holds operator licence OK2073299, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Bfs Group Limited hold?
- Standard International goods vehicle licence (OK2073299). Carries goods for other people, for payment, in Great Britain and abroad.
- When is Bfs Group Limited's continuation date?
- 30 June 2029. 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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