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March 2025 plate

What year is a 25 plate?

A 25 plate car was first registered between 1 March 2025 and 31 August 2025. Checked 10 November 2026.

UKAB25 CDE
Issued from
1 March 2025
Issued until
31 August 2025
First MOT due
Mar–Aug 2028
Half
March

How to read it

Reading a 25 plate

UKABMemory tagRegion + office25Age identifierThe yearCDERandom lettersUnique to the carRear plate: yellow · Front plate: white · Black characters in the standard font

A March plate carries the year's last two digits, so 2025 gives 25. A 25 plate car is about 1 year old now.

The two letters before the number show where the car was first registered, and the last three are random.

Cars this new don't need an MOT yet, so its history lives in the finance, keeper and write-off records a full history check reads.

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What year is a 25 plate?

A 25 plate car was first registered between 1 March 2025 and 31 August 2025.

What plate comes after the 25 plate?

The 51 plate, from 1 September 2001.

When is a 25 plate car's first MOT due?

Three years after it was first registered: between 1 March 2028 and 31 August 2028, depending on its exact registration date.

Why is it called a 25 plate?

March plates carry the last two digits of the year: 2025 gives 25.

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