Private Plates for Beginners

A handy guide when you don’t know where to start.

Price

A good starting point would be price.

If you’re looking for a relatively cheap private plate, we would suggest searching for your initials within the Prefix number plates. Remember, you can’t add a reg number to your vehicle if it makes it appear newer than it is. Our Prefix DVLA private plate numbers will filter out the unsuitable ones based on the age of the vehicle.

Our website is designed to give you a number of options, and if you are on a budget, we offer a range of Finance Plans to ensure you’re really happy with the numberplate you choose. At British Car Registrations, we treat our customers in the same way, regardless of how much they’re spending. This is where we price ourselves on excellent customer service and value.

Some of the cheapest private plates are number plates originally issued in Northern Ireland, which start from £59 online. Please see our Bargain Basement next to the search box at the top of the home page.

If you have slightly more to spend, then use our database to search for names, initials, numbers represented as Cherished Plates – usually in a format which has no year indicator.

Start your Search

Start your search for your private registration with us. You can either search online or call our team of friendly experts who will guide you through the process. You can also do both! To put your mind at rest, we have more than 30 years experience within the DVLA private number plates industry, we were awarded the coveted ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 9002, which adds another stamp of authority onto our business.

View our range of private, personalised, cherished number plates online. Have a play with the search function and see what comes up!

Want to sell your number plate?

If you’ve already got a private registration and you’re not sure on its value, then try our free no obligation facility to enquire (see SELL at the top of the home page). Should you decide that you definitely do wish to sell it, we will handle the whole process for you, complete with handling all documents to and from the DVLA. To receive a number plate valuation, it only takes a few minutes. We can also take your valuations details over the telephone; call us on 0121 355 6777. If you would  like us to sell it for you, we have opportunities to advertise your personalised car registration plate on our website, within our Showroom and within the national papers. Why not give someone else the joy of having your plate?

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