Operator licence held by a company in distress: what it means
Why Senserity flags transport operators in liquidation, administration or facing strike-off, what it means for the licence, and what to do.
- Severity
- High
- Category
- Compliance
- Plan
- Free and above
- Test code
- COM-119
- Source
- Traffic Commissioners' register of operator licences, Companies House register
What this test checks
Flags live goods vehicle and public service vehicle operator licences held by a company in liquidation, administration, receivership or a voluntary arrangement, or facing a proposal to strike off.
Holding a standard operator licence depends on financial standing, so a company in an insolvency process may lose its licence as well as its ability to trade. Dissolved companies are reported by COM-118 instead.
What a fail looks like
A licensed operator is in an insolvency process or facing strike-off. Continuity of service is in doubt.
Harmless explanations
- An operator in administration may keep running and be sold as a going concern, sometimes with its licence transferred.
- A members' voluntary liquidation is a solvent closure.
What to do
- Line up an alternative carrier for anything time-critical.
- Ask the operator, or the administrator, about continuity of service.
Related tests
- COM-118Operator Licence Held by a Dissolved Company
- OPS-079Operator Licence Curtailed or Suspended
- LEG-001Active Insolvency Proceedings
Part of the test catalogue. Every check Senserity runs, with its severity and the plan it is available on.
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