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Please See below the chart of years for British Registration Plates

You can not make a vehicle look newer than it is, for example if Your Registration number is XYZ 123Y it can only be assigned to a vehicle registered ON or AFTER 1st August 1982

Suffix, Prefix & Current

Example:

ABC 1A = Suffix 1963 – 1982

A123 ABC = Prefix 1983 – 2001

AA02 ABC = Current 2002 –

SUFFIX	YEAR OF RELEASE
A	1963
B	1964
C	1965
D	1966
E	1967
F	1967
G	1968
H	1969
J	1970
K	1971
L	1972

SUFFIX	YEAR OF RELEASE
M	1973
N	1974
P	1975
R	1976
S	1977
T	1978
V	1979
W	1980
X	1981
Y	1982

Prefix Letter Age Identifier

YEAR OF RELEASE	PREFIX
1983	A
1984	B
1985	C
1986	D
1987	E
1988	F
1989	G
1990	H
1991	J
1992	K
1993	L
1994	M
1995	N
1996	P
1997	R
1998	S
1999	T
1999	V
2000	W
2000	X
2001	Y

New Style Number Age Identifier

YEAR OF RELEASE	1st MARCH to 31st AUGUST	1st SEPTEMBER to 28/29th FEBRUARY
2001/02		51
2002/03	02	52
2003/04	03	53
2004/05	04	54
2005/06	05	55
2006/07	06	56
2007/08	07	57
2008/09	08	58
2009/10	09	59
2010/11	10	60
2011/12	11	61
2012/13	12	62
2013/14	13	63
2014/15	14	64
2015/16	15	65
2016/17	16	66
2017/18	17	67
2018/19	18	68
2019/20	19	69
2020/21	20	70
2021/22	21	71