Document and Legal courier, signed for
Contracts, court bundles, deeds, passports and payroll delivered by a DBS-checked driver with a signature on delivery. Collected in London within 30 to 60 minutes, 24 hours a day, from £40 + VAT.
Chain of custody for paper that matters
A document courier is for the things a parcel network should never see: signed originals, title deeds, sealed tenders, share certificates, wills, payroll and personnel files, passports and visas. Our driver collects from a named person, carries the envelope in the cab rather than the load space, and hands it to the named person at the other end. Nothing is scanned into a sorting system, nothing is left on a doorstep.
You receive proof of delivery with the receiver's name and the time, and you can follow the driver live on the way. Every driver is DBS-checked, and the same driver can wait for a signature and bring the counterpart back on the same job.
Court, Companies House and deadline runs
Filing deadlines do not move. We run bundles and applications to the Royal Courts of Justice, the Rolls Building, the Central Family Court and the county and magistrates' courts across London, and to counsel in the Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. Tell us the counter and the time it closes; we dispatch to be there with margin, and the driver calls you if a counter is closed or a document is refused.
For the City, Canary Wharf and Holborn a car is with you in 30 minutes to an hour from our base in Kennington, at £40 + VAT for the first 10 miles. Law firms, chambers and finance teams with regular work use a business account: one invoice a month, proof of delivery by email on every job, and a contact who knows your reception.
Same day passport courier
When a passport or visa is ready at the Passport Office in Victoria or at an embassy and the flight is tomorrow, we collect it and deliver it to your home, office or hotel, or meet you at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton or City Airport. We are based ten minutes from Westminster and run 24 hours a day, so a late afternoon collection and an evening delivery is routine.
Most offices release a passport to a third party only with a signed letter of authority and the collector's identity details. Tell us which office; we give you the driver's name and the ID they will carry so you can write the letter, and the driver brings your copy of the receipt or appointment letter. If the office refuses a release on the day, you pay the mileage only, not a wasted journey.
Vehicles for document courier
The vehicles most often booked for this service, with their starting prices.
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Car
Ideal for documents, passports, medical samples and small parcels that need to go now.
from £40 £40 for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 a mile
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Small van (SWB)
Ideal for boxed stock, spare parts, IT equipment and loads up to 869 kg.
from £40 £40 for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 a mile
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All prices exclude VAT. Same rates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no out-of-hours, weekend or fuel surcharge. Congestion Charge and tolls are passed on at cost on one-off jobs.
Questions about document courier
Are your drivers vetted?
Yes. Every driver is DBS-checked, and your document is carried by one driver in one vehicle from collection to delivery.
Will the driver get a signature?
Yes. The driver hands over to a named person and records the name and time, which you receive as proof of delivery. Tell us if you need the receiver to sign a specific form and we will bring it back.
Can the driver wait for documents to be signed and bring them back?
Yes. The first 20 minutes at each end are free; after that waiting is charged per minute, 35p in a car, plus VAT. The return leg is priced on the total mileage of the job.
Can you collect my passport from the Passport Office or an embassy?
Yes, with a signed letter of authority naming our driver, which most offices and embassies require. We send you the driver's name and ID details in advance. Check the office's own rules first; a few release only to the applicant.
How quickly can you get a document across London?
Collection within 30 minutes to an hour from our base in Kennington, then the driving time: the City, Westminster and Holborn are usually under an hour door to door, Canary Wharf similar, Heathrow about an hour and a half.
Do you deliver documents outside London?
Yes, anywhere in the UK by dedicated car or van: Birmingham in 2½ to 3 hours after collection, Manchester in 4 to 4½, and overnight to Scotland with a two-driver crew. The same mileage rate applies.
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