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Document Courier Service
When the signature, the original or the bundle has to be in someone's hands today, a single DBS-checked driver collects it from your desk and takes it straight to theirs. No post room, no depot, no other drops on the way.
From £35 including VAT · Typically collected within the hour in London · Open 24 hours, 365 days a year
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Same Day Document Courier Service
Most documents that need a courier have a time on them: a completion at two, a filing before the court office shuts, a tender that closes at noon. Posting it is a gamble on someone else's sorting, and a scan is no use when the other side needs the original.
So the job starts with a collection time, not a delivery window. A driver comes to you, signs for the envelope and goes directly to the address you've given us. If the deadline at the other end looks too tight to make, we tell you before you book rather than after.
How Our Same Day Document Courier Works
- 01 · Give us both addresses Two postcodes in the form price the job straight away, or ring 07300 832129 and tell us the deadline.
- 02 · A driver comes to your desk Typically within the hour across London. Anywhere else, you get a firm collection time before you book.
- 03 · Straight there, nothing else on board Your envelope is the only job in the vehicle. It isn't scanned into a depot or swapped between vans.
- 04 · A name and a time back to you When it's handed over we tell you who took it and when, so you can tell your client it's arrived.
Urgent Document Delivery: Evenings, Weekends and Last-Minute Signatures
Contracts get signed late at night and bundles get finished on a Sunday. We're open around the clock every day of the year, the rate is the same at 3am as it is at 3pm, and there's no account to set up before your first job.
If the papers need signing and coming back, ask for wait and return when you book: on request, the driver waits while they're signed and brings the originals straight back to you. Solicitors use it most, and our legal courier service explains how it works.
Secure Document Courier: Who Handles Your Papers
With a parcel network, an envelope can pass through several pairs of hands before it arrives. Here's what happens to yours instead.
- One driver from start to finish. The person who signs for your envelope at collection is the person who hands it over.
- DBS-checked. Every driver who carries your documents has passed a DBS check.
- No depot, no sorting. Nothing is opened, scanned or left in a cage overnight.
- Proof at the far end. A name and a delivery time, sent back to you as soon as it lands.
- Insured. Goods-in-transit cover on every job.
Same Day Document Delivery: What You Can Send
Anything on paper that matters more than the cost of getting it there, from a single signed page to a box of lever-arch files.
- Signed contracts and completion packs that have to be with the other side before money can move
- Court bundles and filings for a hearing or a filing deadline
- Tender submissions where a late arrival means you're simply out
- Original certificates and title deeds the paperwork where a photocopy won't do
- HR, payroll and board papers confidential files that shouldn't sit in a sorting office
- Passports and ID documents you're sending yourself handed over in person rather than posted
Packing it yourself? A rigid envelope or document wallet keeps papers flat and dry; our guide on how to package a parcel covers the rest.
Published prices
Document Courier Prices
A first-class stamp is cheaper, and for a letter that can take a few days it's the right choice. When the original has to arrive today, these are our real same day prices for one envelope in one vehicle: no account, no minimum spend and no night or weekend surcharge.
Our rate
Prices include VAT and are based on one-way mileage (collection to delivery). This is our entry rate for a car or small van — larger vehicles are priced higher, and we'll always confirm your exact price before you commit.
What that works out at
| From the City of London (EC4) to… | About | From |
|---|---|---|
| Canary Wharf | 5 miles | £35 |
| Croydon | 12 miles | £37.60 |
| Heathrow | 18 miles | £45.40 |
| Reading | 45 miles | £80.50 |
| Cambridge | 57 miles | £96.10 |
| Oxford | 62 miles | £102.60 |
| Bristol | 120 miles | £178 |
| Birmingham | 125 miles | £184.50 |
| Leeds | 195 miles | £275.50 |
| Manchester | 200 miles | £282 |
Indicative road miles. Indicative, VAT included, car or small van. Longer or heavier jobs and out-of-hours work are quoted individually.
Distance
The one-way mileage from your collection postcode to the delivery address.
Vehicle
The rate below is for a car or small van. Larger vans, Lutons and 7.5t are priced higher.
Urgency
A dedicated same-day run, or a scheduled next-day or timed delivery.
Document Delivery Service for Business
Most of the document courier services we run are for offices where a missed deadline costs far more than the courier. If you send documents every week, a business courier account gives you monthly invoicing and one contact.
- Solicitors and conveyancers: completion packs, signed contracts and court papers against the clock. · legal document courier
- Estate agents and lenders: signed agreements and original deeds that need to change hands today.
- Accountants and finance teams: year-end files, signed accounts and anything with a filing date on it.
- Bid and procurement teams: printed tenders that have to be on a reception desk by noon.
- HR and company secretaries: contracts of employment, settlement agreements and board packs.
Document Courier Service UK: London to Every City
Our base is in Colindale, north-west London, and our drivers deliver to every city in the UK. A London to Manchester run takes around four hours by road, so a contract collected at breakfast can be signed in Manchester the same afternoon.
Same Day Document Courier London
Inside the capital most document jobs are short: chambers to a solicitor's office, Holborn to Canary Wharf, an agent's branch to a buyer's lender. If you've been looking for a document courier near me in north London, Colindale is a few minutes from Hendon, Edgware and the North Circular.
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Sending papers outside the UK? Our international courier service collects here and arranges onward delivery into Europe.
Overnight Document Courier and Next Day Options
If the papers are needed first thing tomorrow rather than today, an evening collection with delivery before the office opens can cost less than a daytime run. How our overnight courier works →
For anything that can wait a day, our next day courier collects today and delivers tomorrow, tracked and insured.
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Document Courier FAQs
How fast can a document courier collect?+
Typically within the hour across London, at any time of day or night. For collections further out we give you a firm time when you book, so you can plan around it.
How much does a document courier cost?+
From £35 for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 per mile, including VAT. A same day run from the City of London to Reading is about £80.50, and to Manchester about £282. The price is the same at night and at weekends.
Are my documents kept confidential?+
Yes. One DBS-checked driver collects and delivers, the envelope goes straight to the address and never through a depot, and we send you the name of the person who signed for it.
Can you deliver documents across the UK the same day?+
Yes. A driver can take your papers from London to any UK city the same day, and we'll tell you the realistic arrival time before you book.
Do you deliver documents at night and at weekends?+
Yes. We run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, which is often when a signed contract or a court bundle needs to move.
Can the driver wait for a signature and bring the documents back?+
Yes, on request. Ask for wait and return when you book and we'll confirm the price for the whole job before you commit.
Can you send documents abroad?+
We collect anywhere in the UK and arrange onward delivery into Europe through trusted partners. International jobs are quoted separately.
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One driver · DBS-checked · 24/7 · from £35 inc. VAT.
Nationwide coverage
One base. Every UK city.
From our North London HQ, 40+ professional drivers are on the road every day — delivering same-day, direct and dedicated, with no depots and no sorting hubs, to every city, borough and county in the UK.
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