Standard National PSV licence
Arriva Kent Thameside Ltd operator licence PF1116442
How operator licence numbers work
Arriva Kent Thameside Ltd holds a valid Standard National PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PF1116442) in the East of England traffic area, authorising 342 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
- Vehicles authorised
- 342
- Trailers authorised
- 0
- Operating centres
- 7
- Continuation date
- 30 Nov 2028
Licence details
- Licence number
- PF1116442
- Status
- Valid
- Licence type
- Standard National
- Vehicle category
- Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
- Traffic area
- East of England
- Vehicles
- 342 authorised289 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
- Trailers
- 0 authorised
- Continuation date
- 30 November 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
- Earned recognition
- Listed in DVSA’s earned recognition schemeDVSA list updated 1 October 2026. Accredited 28 September 2023.
- Company number
- 02005266 on Companies House
How to read this record
- Standard National PSV licence
- Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
- 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 November 2028, in 2 years and 1 month.
- With 342 vehicles authorised, it is the 3rd largest of the 135 company licences with an operating centre in Harlow, and holds 5% of the vehicles authorised there.
- It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 10,904 company licences in the East of England traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
- It lists 7 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the East of England traffic area.
- Arriva Kent Thameside Ltd holds 2 operator licences in the current DVSA file; this is one of them.
- Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 1 April 1986 (40 years before the register date); nature of business: other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar); next accounts due 30 September 2027.
- Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 28 September 2023.
Company register
Companies House register at 30 September 2026
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 1 April 198640 years before the register date
- Accounts
- Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 17 May 2027Last made up to 3 May 2026
- Nature of business
- Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) (49319)
Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 02005266 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 7
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.
Fourth Avenue Arriva
Harlow, CM20 1DU
Heath Business Park Unit 4 Grange Way
Colchester, CO2 8GU
Hyatt Trading Estate Arriva Babbage Road
Stevenage, SG1 2EQ
Marsh Lane Arriva
Ware, SG12 9QQ
Two Waters Whiteleaf Road
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9PH
Short Street
Southend-on-Sea, SS2 5BY
Unit 11, Hyatt Trading Estate Arriva Babbage Road
Stevenage, SG1 2EQ
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 Arriva Kent Thameside Ltd
- Is Arriva Kent Thameside Ltd licensed?
- Yes. Arriva Kent Thameside Ltd holds operator licence PF1116442, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026. It holds 2 licences in that file.
- What type of operator licence does Arriva Kent Thameside Ltd hold?
- Standard National PSV licence (PF1116442). Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
- When is Arriva Kent Thameside Ltd's continuation date?
- 30 November 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 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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