Dateless Number Plates

What are Dateless Number Plates?

Dateless number plates are number plates that do not use numbers or letters as age identifiers, so you can hide the age of your vehicle. They are also valuable and popular with car owners as dateless number plates can be unique, creative, and flexible. Dateless number plates can have anywhere between 1 and 6 characters.

Because these plates are dateless, they ignore the DVLA rules on how number plates cannot make your vehicle appear younger or older than it is. Therefore, you can use them for any vehicle no matter how old, making them favorable to drivers.

Find the Perfect Dateless Number Plate with Absolute Reg

Finding dateless number plates is very straightforward, through our registration search function. You can type in the terms or names you want personalised and then search through our selection of thousands of dateless number plates.

Dateless number plates range between 1 – 6 letters, so be on the lookout for the best dateless number plate that suits you. As an example, if you're looking for a personalised plate with “John”, you might get the result “JOH II”.

Why You Should Buy Your Dateless Number Plate from Absolute Reg

Largest Stock

We have the most license plates of any dealer – 50 million altogether, including the DVLA!

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You can be sure you're getting the best deal on private registration plates through Absolute Reg's price promise.

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Our friendly after-sales team is always ready to assist you, whether it's two weeks after your purchase or two years down the road.

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Purchase your private number plate online or by phone today and find out why our private number plates are so popular! You can also view all our accolades on reviews.co.uk.

Finance Your Dateless Number Plate Purchase

You can also apply for finance for registration plates that you would like to purchase that exceed your budget. As a recognised reseller of DVLA registrations, we also offer a price match guarantee. 

Therefore, if you find the same dateless number plate elsewhere, we will either match the price or beat it by £5 where we can. So, you get the registration plates of your dreams as well as the industry-best customer service offered by Absolute Reg!

Other Popular Number Plate Styles

Current/New Style

Current registration plates also referred to as “new-style registrations”, were introduced in September 2001. New-style number plates identify the year of issuance with a number. For example, 01 = Mar 2001, the first month of issue.

Suffix Style

The suffix number plate was introduced in 1963 and they contain three letters and three numbers. The last letter indicates the year the vehicle was registered, for example, A = August 1963.

Prefix Style

Prefix style number plates were first issued in August 1983 after seeing the suffix registration marks expire from the issue. Prefix registrations are most popular across the private number plate market.

Northern Irish

Over the years, the Northern Irish registration plates have remained the same and are used across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland for private plates. Northern Irish registration marks will always contain I or Z to represent the area of Northern Ireland when they were first issued.

Dateless Number Plates FAQ

What do dateless number plates mean?

When a car registration is dateless, It means the number plate does not reflect the age of the vehicle, unlike prefix and suffix number plates. Thus, they can be attached to any vehicle.

When did dateless number plates start being issued?

The first dateless number plates were issued in 1903, and new dateless plates stopped being issued in 1963. 

Due to the variety and rise in traffic in registration plates, the DVLA decided that car number plates should be easy to identify. Making way for the suffix-style number plates that were then introduced.

Are dateless number plates a good investment? 

Dateless number plates can be a great investment and some are extremely valuable to collectors since dateless number plates are so varied. Dateless number plates that have three or fewer characters are the most valuable, as they are the rarest. 

Some combinations can be valuable as well such as clear names or phrases. So, dateless number plates can be a very lucrative investment.

Do you have to pay to put a dateless number plate on a car?

It is free to apply to change your number plate. The only thing you need to do is fill out the application and submit it for review. 

Do not forget to apply to remove your old number plate, or it will not be deemed valid. Otherwise, you will not be able to replace it with your dateless plate.