Fleet Desk, for hire, leasing and asset finance
Find fleet-capacity changes at the accounts you hire to, lease to or fund.
A rise in authorised vehicles is authorised capacity rising, and the gap between the authorisation and the vehicles arriving is where hire, lease and finance conversations happen.
An operator that applied for more capacity has said so in public, and dated it.
By the time a fleet manager rings round for hire or asks about a lease, three of your competitors are already in the conversation. The application that started it was public weeks earlier, in a bulletin that runs to dozens of pages a fortnight.
The Desk gives you the operators whose authorised capacity rose last week, ranked by the strength of the evidence, so your team decides which accounts to research first rather than hearing once the vehicles are on the road.
Which changes matter to you
Capacity expansion
A rise in authorised capacity is the kind of change that goes with a funding question, which makes this worth checking whether the account is already covered.
Site expansion
A change in where vehicles are based is worth checking whether the account is already covered, because site changes and funding reviews often fall in the same period. Verified where the bulletin printed a licence total.
Network change
Capacity moving between sites is worth checking against the accounts you already fund in the areas named.
Licence transfer
A Schedule 4 stage or a repeated publication is a licensing formality rather than a change in fleet size. It is not evidence of a funding requirement, and the Desk ranks it accordingly.
A real example, read for hire, leasing and asset finance
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. A rise in authorised capacity is the kind of change that goes with a funding question, which makes this worth checking whether the account is already covered.
Check. Whether Altrad is on your book or a competitor's, how ten vehicles compares with the total the licence now allows, and the objection date of 23 September 2026, the earliest a grant can follow.
Three things to check first
Is the account already covered
Check the operator against your own book and your partners' before anyone picks up the phone.
How big is the rise against the total
The verified increase and the new authorised total are printed on every line, so a rise of ten on a licence of fourteen reads differently from ten on a hundred.
When does the window close
The objection date printed with every application. A grant can follow it, and vehicles cannot be used before a grant.
Try it for 14 days, free
No card required. Your first briefing, then two weekly briefings. Choose whether to subscribe when your trial ends.
Common questions
Can I see only rises above a certain size?
Yes. A minimum verified increase is a setting, in whole vehicles, so a one-van change never reaches you unless you want it to.
Does it show who funds the fleet today?
No. Nothing in the public record does, and the Desk says so on every line rather than guessing.
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
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 →Fuel and payment
A higher authorised total is a dated change on an account you may already hold.
For fuel and payment →