How it works

What Is Trade Plate Delivery?

Trade plate delivery is a driver taking one roadworthy car or van on trade plates from the collection address to the delivery address. Trade plate deliveries are the same product, booked one registration at a time. OVM does that Nationwide for dealers, auction buyers and fleets. Instant quote on this page or call 0141 459 1302.

OVM Ltd, Companies House SC834621. Digital proof of collection and delivery provided. 0141 459 1302.

Last updated 2 September 2026.

Written by the OVM office.

OVM Ltd, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BP. Telephone 0141 459 1302.

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Registration, both postcodes, date, name, company, phone and email.

Company or individual
What moves
Roadworthy cars and vans
How
Driven on trade plates
Proof
Digital POC and POD
Office
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  • Our own software

    Every job is booked, tracked and closed in software we built for the motor trade.

  • Always driven

    Moved under trade plates by a driver, never loaded onto a transporter.

  • Fully insured

    Motor trade road risk while the vehicle is driven on our plates.

  • POC and POD on every job

    Digital proof of collection and delivery provided when the vehicle is handed over.

On this page
  1. A driver, plates and a roadworthy vehicle
  2. Who books it. What it is not
  3. Proof closes the job
  4. Door to door, not depot to depot
  5. What actually happens
  6. Common questions

A driver, plates and a roadworthy vehicle

A trade plate driver collects the car or van from where it sits, drives it on OVM trade plates and hands it over at the delivery address. One person has the vehicle from end to end. There is no depot stop and no wait for a lorry to fill a deck.

OVM only takes the job if the vehicle is legal to drive: valid MOT, drivable, ready for the road. Dealers, auction buyers and fleets use this when they need a single vehicle moved between two postcodes.

That is the whole product. We are not a transporter firm with a sideline in driven work. If the vehicle cannot legally be driven, we will tell you a transporter is the right tool.

The operational meaning is what a driven trade plate vehicle movement actually is. The choice against a truck is trade plate delivery versus a transporter. When to book this product is when a trade plate driver is the right product.

Cars and vans

Roadworthy cars, estates, SUVs and light commercials. Height, weight and fuel are checked before a van is quoted.

Trade plates are ours

The driver carries OVM plates, insurance and identification. You do not need to supply any of that.

What a driven trade plate vehicle movement actually isTrade plate delivery versus a transporterWhen a trade plate driver is the right product

Who books it. What it is not

Dealers book site transfers and retail handovers. Auction buyers book collection once the release is confirmed. Fleets book lease returns and de-fleets of vehicles that still drive. The quote form on this page is the same for all of them: registration, both postcodes, date required.

It is not salvage collection. It is not a non-runner. It is not a loaded low-loader. Those jobs need a truck, not a driver on plates. We will say so rather than take a booking we cannot complete.

Dealers and retail

Stock between sites, or a named handover at a customer's door, with the walkaround done properly.

Auctions and fleets

Compound collection after release. Fleet moves where the condition record has to stand up later.

Dealer deliveryAuction collectionDriven vs a transporter

Proof closes the job

At collection the driver photographs the vehicle, records the mileage and notes the condition. At delivery the same record is taken again and the person receiving it signs on the device. You get digital proof of collection and delivery provided together.

That digital proof is how the office and the customer close the job. It is not an extra. It is on every movement.

Proof of collection and deliveryWhat paperwork you need
A roadworthy car handed over on OVM trade plates

In practice

Door to door, not depot to depot

Collected where the vehicle actually is, delivered where it needs to be. One driver, one set of photographs, one signature.

How it runs

What actually happens

Four steps. Most of them are ours rather than yours.

  1. 01

    Send the registration and both postcodes

    Plus the date you need it moved. That is usually enough to quote.

  2. 02

    We confirm the vehicle can be driven

    Valid MOT, drivable, legal for the road. If it is not, we stop there.

  3. 03

    A driver collects on trade plates

    Photographs, mileage and condition recorded before the wheels turn.

  4. 04

    Handover and the proof

    Signature at delivery. Proof of collection and proof of delivery emailed when the job closes.

Questions

Common questions

Prefer to speak to someone? Call the team.

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Are trade plate deliveries one car at a time, or a loaded run?

Trade plate deliveries are one registration at a time. A driver takes a roadworthy car or van on trade plates from where it sits to the delivery address. Three cars going the same way are three driven jobs, or they belong on a transporter. Instant quote on this page or call 0141 459 1302.

Who supplies the plates on a trade plate delivery?

OVM does. You do not lend plates to the driver. The vehicle still needs a valid MOT and has to be drivable. GOV.UK trade licence rules only allow plates on vehicles that are roadworthy, insured and have a valid MOT or are exempt. OVM still only takes the ones with a valid MOT.

Can a private household book a trade plate delivery?

No. This is motor-trade work: dealers, auction buyers, fleets and leasing companies. A household man-and-van is not what the office quotes. If you are trade, send the registration and both postcodes on the instant quote, or call 0141 459 1302.

Need a roadworthy car or van moved?

Send the registration and both postcodes. If it cannot legally be driven, we will say so.

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