How to buy and transfer private number plates or year prefix car registrations

Personally Yours car registrations and private number plates, over 35 million available from only £199, all on certificate issued by Swansea.

1   If you are looking to purchase a dateless cherished number e.g. ABC 123

  you first need to choose one from this  database  Then you can secure you chosen number with a credit/debit card part payment via our sales team on  Tel 08700 111 911, Mon - Fri, 9-30 - 4pm  . We will then confirm the sale in by first class post.

We can do the whole transfer for you to your vehicle through Swansea , this usually takes around 3 or 4 weeks but could take longer if the donor vehicle needs inspecting or if we are awaiting requisite documents. OR we can supply the cherished number on a government V778-V750 government certificate so you can transfer up to 12 months later on (ideal for a gift or if you are awaiting delivery of a new vehicle).

2   If you are looking to purchase a low cost prefix registration e.g. J9 ABC costing around £250

 First of all you need to choose one from this  database.  You can then purchase any time using our 100 % secure automated on line ordering system. Please allow 7 working days before receiving your certificate. 

To transfer this type of registration number, once you have the V750 certificate you can then take/post it the same day with your V5 logbook and MoT (if applicable) to your local vehicle registration office (address & Tel No provided), they should transfer over the counter if all details are correct, or alternatively hold the number on the V750 government certificate (issued by ) for up to 12 months (Ideal gifts to enclose inside cards).

Below are a few examples of different formats available for transfer and purchase at the moment in the UK.

J7 ABC

ABC 789Y

ABC 789

JW 3456

A 7654

£250.00p

1991

1983

1940's

1925 ish

1910 ish

£1,000.00p

£3,000.00p

£2,500.00p

The value of all of the above formats would increase with less numbers ( JW 55 may currently be worth around £15,000 & ABC 5 would be around £7000) also the older the number usually more expensive (similar to antiques &) Number plates have historically been investments, see this article from the financial times.