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A Utopia Plates shortened rear number plate featuring the word "SHORT"
A Utopia Plates short front number plate featuring the word "SHORT"
A Utopia Plates shortened rear number plate featuring the word "SHORT"
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Enhance Your Vehicle's Look with Utopia Plates' Shortened Number Plates

Elevate the style of your vehicle with Utopia Plates' custom shortened number plates, expertly crafted to offer a sleek and refined appearance. Designed to perfectly fit your registration, our short plates stand out with a precise 16mm margin on all sides, distinguishing them from standard options.

Tailored for a Perfect Fit Our shortened number plates are custom cut to eliminate unnecessary excess, creating a minimalistic look that enhances your vehicle's modern aesthetic. With no minimum length requirement—just a strict adherence to the 16mm margin rule—our plates are made to measure, ensuring a perfect fit for any car.

Customisation at Its Best Personalise your vehicle with a range of lettering styles including 4D, 3D Gel Resin, and Ghost options. Each style adds a unique touch to your short reg plates, making your car truly one-of-a-kind.

Fully Legal and Compliant Rest assured, all our small number plates comply with the BS AU 145e standard, meeting all legal specifications for UK roads. Choose our shortened number plates for a combination of style, safety, and legal compliance.

Affordable and High-Quality Opt for our premium short number plates available at just £5 extra, offering exceptional value without compromising on quality. Utopia Plates guarantees that each plate not only meets legal requirements but also exceeds your expectations in quality and aesthetics.

Order Your Custom Shortened Number Plates Today Whether you're looking for short number plates for sale or custom size number plates, Utopia Plates is your go-to provider. Enhance your vehicle’s appearance and express your style with our bespoke plates that are both elegant and compliant. Perfect for drivers who demand the best in customisation and quality.

Drive in style and confidence with Utopia Plates' shortened number plates, the ultimate choice for those seeking a sophisticated and streamlined look for their vehicle. Visit us online to design your personalised number plate and make a statement on the road.

All our number plates are:

BS AU 145e compliant!

100% Road Legal

Adds next-level depth to your plates

Safe to pressure wash

Doesn't fade in the sun

Professionally laser cut

Industrial strength adhesive bonding

12 month warranty

When will I get my plates?

Orders will be manufactured from Monday to Friday.

Tracked 24: Your plates will be dispatched within 24 hours after you provide evidence of ownership of the registration. The Royal Mail aims to deliver these parcels the next day, so this is our quickest turnaround.

Tracked 48: Your plates will be dispatched within 48 hours after you provide evidence of ownership of the registration. The Royal Mail aims for a two day delivery timeframe on Tracked 48.

Tracked 24 and Tracked 48 both provide a tracking number, which we will email to you, so you will know where your order and your documents are at all times on their way back to you.

Please note we do not dispatch on a Sunday or during Bank Holidays so please adjust your expectations accordingly. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Are these number plates road legal?

Please note that by law we include our company name, postcode and BSAU number on the plate. The font style for all our plates is Charles Wright which is the legal UK road font, compliant with the law. The DVLA confirm that three-dimensional characters are legal and compliant with road laws, this includes ‘4D’ number plates, as 4D is only an industry standard name, and they are still classed as three-dimensional.

What legal documents do I need?

When buying number plates online, the only way to operate fully legally is for the Registered Number Plate Supplier to see the original physical documents in person. If you aren't local to us in County Durham, you will need to send us the documents in the post. The process is simple and the steps to take are explained in depth after you have placed your order. Once we have received your documents, we will produce your number plates and return the documents securely along with the number plates, using a tracked postal service.

What size plate can I have?

The standard UK size for number plates are 520mm by 111mm. Please note this will vary if you opt for a shortened plate option. Shortened plates are cut down to a unique size depending on the length of your registration. Unlike our competitors, we cut these to whichever size you require rather than using pre-made short plates. We produce them to have a 16mm margin on all edges of the number plate, which leaves a nice even clean finish to your plate. If you require a specific size, please state this in the special requests box after clicking purchase. Legally, your number plates cannot have a margin any less than 11mm.

What if I want show plates?

Utopia Plates does not sell show plates, as they could be used on the road, even though the manufacturer may sell them on the basis that they will not be. To avoid this, we will not sell show plates (this includes tinted plates, blank plates or those with non-standard spacing). We will only produce fully road legal plates, with standard spacing (as it appears on your V5C).

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What our customers say about us

Kenny Macleod

If only I could give you six stars!

From start to finish, Utopia made my first experience of buying a private registration plate incredibly easy. Even when I forgot to order the actual plates, a quick call was all it took. I received my plates today with all paperwork handled by Utopia - I'm beyond delighted with the service. If only I could give you six stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Chris Lines

Utopia's 'do-it-for-you' service completely eased my mind

I was a bit apprehensive about buying a private plate online, but Utopia's 'do-it-for-you' service completely eased my mind. Everything was sorted in less than a week—new plates look great on the car. Highly recommend Utopia Plates!

Lee Hardy

Fantastic service at very reasonable prices

I bought a private plate for my daughter's birthday, and the transfer was done as soon as I uploaded my logbook—on her birthday! Fantastic service at very reasonable prices. I’ll be coming back soon for my own plate.

David Bedford

Excellent service all around

The 'Done-For-You' service made buying a private registration for my partner and setting it up on the car incredibly easy. Excellent service all around.

James Thompson

I’ve ordered from Utopia a few times now, and gosh where do I start?!

The quality of these plates are top notch, and there is never any fault. At first, I was a bit hesitant to send off my documents, but there is honestly nothing to worry about at all. The customer service at this place is also very good, which is very reassuring when your plates are being made & shipped.

As soon as Utopia received my documents, they made the plates and they were shipped back to me straight away.. what more could you ask for? They even went out of the way to upgrade my shipping so I received it quicker with it being the Christmas season.

I’ve had cheap 4D plates in the past and it’s never ended well, so spend the extra few quid for the peace of mind that it’s in good hands, and that you’re going to get a super high quality number plate.

Amaar Malik

Thanks Utopia Plates for sourcing our new plate!

We chose Utopia Plates to act as broker for a registration we found from a private seller. After reading about so many scams online for number plate sales we asked Utopia to step in and act as the middle man. The whole process was smooth and we had our new number a few hours later. The registration is perfect for our Car Care business - W444 SSH - Happy Customer!

Jamie Bryce

Just picked up my private plates I customised myself on their website

Top class customer service from start to finish and very good prices. 10/10 would use utopia plates again. Thank you

Andrew Thorne

Fantastic job on my number plates!

Utopia Plates how can I explain what Fantastic job on my number plates! Incredible is all I have to say, thank you very much and I'll be shopping with you in the near future, thank you again for a lovely job that is on my number plates very very chuffed and they look so smart

Thank you to your wonderful team ❤️

Louise Constable

Ordering my plates was very easy

Ordering my plates was very easy. I ordered on line on the Sunday, I sent my documents special delivery on the Monday and received my plates and documents back by Thursday. I was kept in touch by email every step of the way. I would definitely recommend this company 👌

Matthew Hubbard

Great Plates, Great Service

Ordered some 5mm 4D plates for my new private reg using email docs eV948 and bank statement to relive wait on sending documents off. Plates arrived within 2 days and are fantastic. Would deffo use again

Chris

Great service and speedy turnaround…

Great service and speedy turnaround from order to delivery. My son and wife love their new plates. Was concerned about sending the docs, but did as suggested on their website and all was fine, returned with the plates. Would recommend and I'd definitely use again.

David Bedford

Really easy process

Buying my partner a private registration and having it all done for you ready to go straight on the car as soon as it arrives made this a really easy process. Great Service!

Thank You :)

Mr Jason Watson-O'Neill

I was dubious about sending my…

I was dubious about sending my documents through to get the plates made however the guys at Utopia Plates reassured me that it was safe and necessary. The plates are of a significantly hi quality and reasonably priced in comparison to other companies.

Plates and Documents dispatched the same day my documents arrived at Utopia Plates and were on my hand 2 days later. Could not recommend Utopia Plates HIGHLY ENOUGH

Lucie Edwards Showjumping

Who says they’re just for cars!

Awesome quality, who say’s they’re just for cars? Lol, Super quick turnaround and product is spot on. Thank you for a great service

A horse box with a 4D 5mm rear number plate

Richard Craig-Langley

Absolutely fantastic

Absolutely fantastic. My plates arrives within 48 hours of sending the paperwork off. I must say they look very smart on my car. I am very pleased with them. Great company to deal with, would definitely recommend and would definitely use them in future.

Graham Stanley

Extremely happy!

Extremely happy! Very professional and would highly recommend. My new 3D gel number plates arrived well packaged and look amazing on my car.

Cheers Utopia Plates!

Close-up of a 3D Gel front number plate

Ashleigh Marie Morgan

Can't thank you enough!

Can't thank you enough for helping me out today after my plates were stolen this morning! I had new plates printed and on my car this afternoon Can't fault the service. Thankyou again

Jonny Setchell

Absolutely fantastic.

Absolutely fantastic. Initially I was a bit dubious once I realised I had to send my documents away but previous reviews and comments put my mind at ease. Highly recommend and definitely will be using again. My order arrived extremely quick and very well packaged, literally can not fault, Thanks once again

Exotic

Fantastic service provided and a wide range of choices

Fantastic service provided and a wide range of choices, I live close enough as to where I could go down in person to their unit and purchase these in person. Honest and professional service and was all done in a matter of 15 minutes. I asked about other services and they answered the questions I fired at them and gave me quotes on the other services I enquired about. I would highly recommend this business to others and I myself will hopefully be using them in the future also.

The front of an Audi RS3 with our hex number plate style