Fleet Desk, for trailers and bodybuilders
Track changes in authorised vehicle and trailer capacity.
An operator licence authorises trailers separately from vehicles, and the bulletin prints both.
A licence authorises trailers separately from vehicles, and the bulletin prints both figures.
Vehicles get the attention and trailers get the order. Every operator licence authorises both, the bulletin prints both, and a rise in the trailer figure is a decision already taken weeks before anyone rings a supplier.
A rise in the trailer figure is a decision already taken about capacity, weeks before anything is ordered. The Desk gives you the operators whose trailer or vehicle figure moved, with the sites named, so you can check the account while the decision is open.
Which changes matter to you
Trailer capacity
Trailers authorised is a separate figure from vehicles on every licence, and a rise is a published change in what the operator may pull.
Vehicle capacity
More authorised vehicles can mean more bodies to build, because a chassis is not a finished vehicle.
Site expansion
A new operating centre is a place trailers and vehicles will be kept, which is worth checking against where you deliver.
Licence transfer
A Schedule 4 stage moves a site between licences without changing what is authorised there. It is not evidence of an order.
A real example, read for trailers and bodybuilders
From Fleet Desk. Real, checked against Companies House, at least seven days old.
What changed. Altrad Services Limited applied to increase authorised vehicle capacity on licence OB2090086 from 4 to 14 vehicles, a rise of 10. The same application names 3 sites it has not used before, two at Middlesbrough and one at Scunthorpe. Published 2 September 2026, objections open until 23 September 2026.
Where. Middlesbrough, TS6 6LP, North East of England
Why it may matter. An operator that applied to raise its authorised vehicles has told the regulator it intends to run more than it can today, and it cannot use them until the grant. That is a dated reason to check the account. In this entry the vehicle figure moved and the trailer figure did not, and the briefing prints both either way.
Check. Whether Altrad already buys from you or a competitor, which of the three sites is nearest your works, and the objection date of 23 September 2026.
Three things to check first
Did the trailer figure move, or the vehicle figure
Both are printed on every line, before and after, and they mean different things.
Who holds the account today
It is the first question for the call.
What stage is it at
An application is not a grant, and nothing may be used before one. The stage is on every line.
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Common questions
Does it say what kind of body or trailer?
No. The record carries numbers and sites, never a specification, and the Desk never infers one.
Is a trailer rise more useful than a vehicle rise?
For this trade, usually. It is the figure most suppliers never look at, and it is published in the same line.
What area does it cover?
Goods-vehicle operators in England and Wales, across all seven traffic areas. Choose regional coverage around a location you pick, or the full England and Wales plan.
Can I use this for sales?
Yes. The Desk names companies, never people, and uses depot addresses only. Your own marketing rules still apply, and the Desk is built to make them easy.
What does it cost?
The 14-day trial is free and needs no card. Continuing is monthly by card, cancel any time. Regional coverage is £60 a month plus VAT, £72 in total and national £150 a month plus VAT, £180 in total, an introductory price, held for twelve months.
What happens when the trial ends?
Delivery stops on day fourteen and nothing is taken. Your trial page shows the price and a continue button throughout. If you continue before the end, the free days you have left are kept and the first charge date is shown before you pay.
Also read for
Hire, leasing and asset finance
An operator allowed to run more vehicles is worth checking against the accounts you already hire to, lease to or fund.
For hire, leasing and asset finance →Dealers
When an operator asks to run more vehicles, check whether you already cover the account, before the decision is published.
For dealers →Telematics and fleet tech
Fleet systems are usually reviewed when the size or the sites of a fleet change. The Desk shows both.
For telematics and fleet tech →