Standard National goods vehicle licence
Royal Mail Group Ltd operator licence OM0030278
Reading an operator licence number
Royal Mail Group Ltd holds a valid Standard National goods vehicle operator licence (OM0030278) in the Scotland traffic area, authorising 571 vehicles and 264 trailers, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 571
- Trailers authorised
- 264
- Operating centres
- 15
- Continuation date
- 28 Feb 2027
Licence details
- Licence number
- OM0030278
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Goods vehicles
- Traffic area
- Scotland
- Vehicles
- 571 authorised365 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 264 authorised0 currently specified.
- Continuation date
- 28 February 2027The 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
- 04138203 on Companies House
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.
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Key facts
- Next continuation: 28 February 2027, in 4 months. The goods continuation fee is due by 31 January 2027.
- With 571 vehicles authorised, it is the largest of the 30 company licences with an operating centre in Wishaw, and holds 41% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 4,092 company licences in the Scotland traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 15 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the Scotland traffic area.
- Royal Mail Group Ltd holds 8 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 10 January 2001 (25 years before the register date); nature of business: postal activities under universal service obligation; next accounts due 28 December 2026.
- Traffic Commissioner records name this licence 1 time: 1 entry in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 10 January 200125 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 28 December 2026Last made up to 30 March 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 25 November 2026Last made up to 11 November 2025
- Nature of business
- Postal activities under universal service obligation (53100)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 04138203 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 04138203 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status
Traffic Commissioner decisions 1
Written decisions published on GOV.UK, and entries in the Traffic Commissioner’s weekly publication for this licence. Each links to the official document.
Variation application published
Applications and Decisions 2490, 28 September 2026 (Scotland, PDF)
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Operating centres 15
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Netherton Industrial Estate Excelsior Park
Wishaw, ML2 0XX
11 Cultins Road
Edinburgh, EH11 4YY
Wellington Circle Aberdeen Mail Centre Altens
Aberdeen, AB12 3TT
65 Sandgate Ayr
Do, KA7 1AA
Baird Avenue Dundee West Do Dryburgh Industrial Estate
Dundee, DD2 3UX
11 Cultins Road Edinburgh Mail Centre
Edinburgh, EH11 4YY
St. Rollox Business & Retail Park Glasgow Mail Centre
Glasgow, G21 1AA
10 Knowe Road Inverclyde Do
Greenock, PA15 4RD
Queens Drive Retail Park Kilmarnock Delivery Office Queens Drive
Kilmarnock, KA1 3AA
214-218 Muir Street Motherwell
Do, ML1 1AA
62 Underwood Road Paisley
Do, PA3 1TN
53 Feus Road Perth Mail Centre
Perth, PH1 1AA
17 Whitehouse Road Stirling Do Springkerse Industrial Estate
Stirling, FK7 7XX
100 Bankhead Crossway North
Edinburgh, EH11 4XX
Wellington Circle Aberdeen Ld Altens
Aberdeen, AB12 3TT
The DVSA file cuts this list off at 1,024 characters, so some centres may be missing.
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 Royal Mail Group Ltd
- Is Royal Mail Group Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Royal Mail Group Ltd holds operator licence OM0030278, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 8 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Royal Mail Group Ltd hold?
- Standard National goods vehicle licence (OM0030278). Carries goods for other people, for payment, within Great Britain. Own goods only when abroad.
- When is Royal Mail Group Ltd's continuation date?
- 28 February 2027. 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 . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 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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