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Helping create a more proactive approach to vehicle registration security.
Protect A Plate is a UK vehicle registration verification platform created to help reduce opportunities for number plate cloning and vehicle identity fraud.
We believe vehicle registration security should be proactive, not reactive. Our technology provides an additional layer of verification by connecting vehicle owners, fleet operators and participating number plate suppliers through the Protect A Plate Verification Network.
Protect A Plate Ltd is a UK technology company focused on vehicle registration verification and helping reduce opportunities for number plate cloning.
The platform allows motorists and fleet operators to enrol vehicle registrations within the Protect A Plate Verification Network. Participating number plate suppliers can use the platform as an additional verification step when dealing with protected registrations.
When an enrolled registration is checked through the network, the platform can notify the registered account holder and record verification activity, creating an additional layer of visibility and accountability.
Protect A Plate does not claim that any single technology can eliminate number plate cloning. Our objective is to make vehicle registration misuse more difficult by encouraging proactive verification and greater collaboration across the automotive industry.
Protect A Plate is the UK's vehicle registration verification network. It protects drivers, suppliers, fleets and insurers from number plate cloning, fraud and misuse by verifying every plate request against a live register before a plate is manufactured — and alerting the registered owner instantly if their registration is ever flagged or reported stolen. The goal is a UK in which a cloned plate simply cannot be manufactured, because the industry itself refuses to be the weak link. ICO-registered and UK-based, Protect A Plate serves drivers, suppliers, fleets and insurers at protect-a-plate.co.uk.
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Too often, motorists discover that their vehicle registration may have been cloned only after receiving an unexpected speeding notice, parking charge, toll charge or other correspondence.
Protect A Plate was created around a different principle:
Why wait for vehicle registration fraud to happen before taking action?
Our mission is to encourage a preventative approach to vehicle registration security. We want motorists, fleets and responsible number plate suppliers to have access to technology that provides an additional verification layer and helps identify potentially suspicious activity earlier.
Our long-term ambition is to contribute to higher standards of vehicle registration verification throughout the UK.
Independently reported figures on number plate cloning in the UK. Each is attributed to its original source.
5,683
number plates reported stolen in 2024, up 68% since 2021
Source: DVLA
12,762
ULEZ charges cancelled in 2022 where cloning was identified
Source: Transport for London
64%
rise in cloning-related fine cancellations in London over three years
Source: BBC News
130+
officially registered suppliers found willing to sell cloned plates
Source: The Guardian, June 2025
197
verified signatures on the public petition calling for it to be illegal to own plate-making equipment without RNPS registration
Vehicle Registration Offences Review Bill Introduced by Sarah Coombes MP, 26 February 2025.
1. REGISTER
A motorist or fleet operator enrols their vehicle registration.
2. VERIFY
Participating suppliers can check whether a registration is enrolled within the network.
3. NOTIFY
Where applicable, Protect A Plate can notify the registered account holder that their protected registration has been checked.
4. RECORD
Verification activity is recorded, providing an auditable history within the network.
An additional verification process when dealing with protected registrations.
For suppliersExploring how registration verification could complement vehicle fraud-prevention and risk-management processes.
For insurersOfficial announcements from Protect A Plate. Full text is published as indexable HTML — no PDF required.
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Anyone outside the register can still lawfully buy plate-making equipment and blank plates. Protect A Plate has proposed a two-stage law change to Parliament: no sales of equipment or blanks outside the RNPS scheme, then no possession without registration, with a defence for show plates.
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Number plate cloning is one of the fastest-growing vehicle crimes in the UK. Here's how it works, what it costs you, and how to stop it.
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We've strengthened our plate checks. Registration lookups are now limited to verified suppliers — here's what that means for owners and manufacturers.
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Protect-A-Plate is now a pending trademark — another step in protecting our name and our customers.
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Protect A Plate launches the UK's vehicle registration verification network, calling on suppliers to verify every plate request before manufacture.
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Robert Blacker
Founder, Protect A Plate
Protect A Plate was founded around a straightforward question: can technology make it harder for someone to misuse another person’s vehicle registration?
The company was created to explore a more preventative approach to number plate cloning. Rather than focusing solely on what happens after a motorist becomes a victim, Protect A Plate is developing technology and industry relationships intended to introduce additional verification earlier in the process.
Robert founded Protect A Plate to stop number plate cloning at its source: cloning doesn't start on the street — it starts at the point of manufacture, where paper-based identity checks are demonstrably failing.
Protect A Plate is built around a simple principle: we want to be proactive rather than reactive. If technology and better verification can make vehicle registration fraud more difficult, then we believe that opportunity deserves to be pursued.
Verified figures from the Protect A Plate Verification Network.
2
attempted clone orders blocked and reported to the DVLA in a single month, August 2026
10
registered suppliers in the founding cohort being onboarded across the UK, with its first supplier already live
Figures correct as of: 13 October 2026
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Journalists, broadcasters, publishers and industry organisations are welcome to get in touch to discuss Protect A Plate, request an interview or arrange a demonstration.
Robert Blacker
Founder
