Same Day Delivery
Same-day is the product, not an extra. One item, one driver, nothing else in the van — collected today, usually within two hours of booking where the diary allows, and delivered today up to about 200 miles.
Within the M25 £55 • outside the M25 from £95 • then £1.90 a loaded mile • 7am–10pm, seven days
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Same-day is the product here: one item, one driver, collected today — usually within two hours of booking where the diary allows — and delivered today up to about 200 loaded miles, overnight beyond that. Within the M25 one item is £55. Outside the M25 the minimum is £95, which covers up to 50 loaded miles, and beyond that it is £1.90 a loaded mile, collection to delivery, with the empty return leg inside the rate and no fuel surcharge. So London to Bristol is £228 and London to Manchester is £380. A second item from the same pickup adds £25; a second person for a heavy piece adds £45.
Same-day is the product: one item, one driver, collected today, delivered today. Not a shared route that might have space, not a booking window that starts tomorrow, and not an urgency surcharge bolted onto a slower service. Your item is the only thing in the van. Collection is usually within two hours of booking where the diary allows, delivery is the same day up to about 200 loaded miles, and anything further goes overnight and lands the next morning. There is nothing to add for “same-day”, because there is no slower version of this to compare it with.
It is priced per loaded mile, which is how every dedicated same-day courier prices it. One item within the M25 is £55. Outside the M25 the minimum is £95 and that covers the first 50 loaded miles; past that it is £1.90 a loaded mile, measured collection to delivery. The empty return leg is inside the rate and there is no fuel surcharge, so the figure we give you before we set off is the figure you pay. A second item from the same pickup adds £25; a second person, where the item genuinely needs two, adds £45.
We are based in Uxbridge UB8 and Chalfont St Peter and run seven days a week, 7am to 10pm. West London, Hillingdon, Bucks, Herts, Berks and Surrey get the quickest turnaround because that is where the vans start the day. The rest of London is routine; the rest of the mainland depends on the hour you ask. Ask early — the honest constraint on same-day is not distance, it is how much of the day is left.
How same-day works here
Three steps, and the first one is the one most couriers skip.
- We check the diary first. Send the item, both postcodes and the deadline. Before we quote anything we look at whether there is genuinely a van that can collect today. If there is not, we say so in the same reply rather than taking the booking and hoping.
- The price is fixed before we move. From a photo or a description, and from the two postcodes: £55 within the M25, or £95 minimum outside it and £1.90 a loaded mile beyond 50 miles. No meter running on the motorway, no re-quote on the doorstep, no fuel surcharge at the end.
- Collection today, usually within two hours. The driver goes to the collection address, loads it himself, and drives it straight to the delivery address. You get a photo and a time-stamped confirmation by WhatsApp or email when it lands.
What makes it fast is what is missing: no depot, no sorting hub, no consolidation with anyone else's load, no handover to a second driver, and no waiting for a driver who happens to be going your way next Thursday. The person who collects your item is the person who delivers it, and you have his number. That is also what makes it dearer than a shared-network headline price, and it is the right trade for anything you would not want on a conveyor.
What £1.90 a loaded mile actually covers
A loaded mile is a mile with your item in the van — measured from the collection address to the delivery address. You are not charged for the drive out to you, and you are not charged for the empty run home. Both of those are inside the rate, which is why the number is a whole fixed figure rather than a range.
- The van is yours for the run. Your item is the only thing in it. Nothing waits for another collection to fill the load, and nothing is dropped off on the way.
- A direct route. Collection address to delivery address. No depot stop, no overnight shelf, no transfer between drivers.
- The driver loads and carries. Through a door, up stairs, into the room you want it in. A parcel network cannot do this at any price.
- Fuel, the return leg and the driver's time. There is no fuel surcharge, no mileage true-up and no waiting charge for the first 20 minutes at each end. After that, waiting is £15 per 15 minutes.
- One person to ring. The driver holding your item, not a tracking number and a contact form.
The £95 minimum outside the M25 exists because a short run out of London still takes a van and a driver off the road for a couple of hours. It covers the first 50 loaded miles, so anything inside that band — Reading, Guildford, St Albans, Luton, Basingstoke — is £95 and not a mile more. Past 50 miles the rate takes over and the price rises in a straight line you can check yourself: miles times £1.90, rounded up to the pound.
Realistic windows, and what actually breaks a same-day job
We work 7am to 10pm, seven days a week. There is no hard cut-off published, because a hard cut-off would be a fiction — what matters is how much driving your job needs and how much of the day is left when you ask.
- Ask in the morning and a London job is comfortable, including a collection and a delivery at opposite ends of the city. So is most of the Home Counties.
- Ask at lunchtime and London is usually still fine; a 100- to 200-mile run depends on the route and the traffic.
- Ask mid-afternoon and a long run becomes an overnight: collected today, driven through, delivered first thing tomorrow at the same per-mile rate. We will say that rather than promise a 10pm doorstep in Manchester.
- Timed deliveries — before a shop opens, after it closes, within a stated hour — are worth asking for, and worth asking for early.
We will give you a realistic window rather than the window you want to hear, and we will tell you the moment it is at risk. Traffic, a seller who is not in, a locked loading bay and a lift that needs booking are the four things that actually break a same-day job, and three of them are at the addresses rather than on the road. Tell us about the access at both ends when you ask and most of that disappears. Waiting time is free for the first 20 minutes at each end, then £15 per 15 minutes, which is there to cover a seller who has gone out rather than to catch you out.
What moves same day
This is a van with a person in it, so the useful test is: can one or two people carry it, and does it fit in a van?
- Furniture. Sofas, beds, mattresses, wardrobes, tables, desks — bought this morning, needed tonight. See furniture delivery and sofa delivery.
- Appliances. Fridges, freezers, washing machines, cookers, strapped upright and carried in. Appliance delivery covers the detail.
- Marketplace buys. An eBay, Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree item where the seller wants it gone today — marketplace delivery is £45 for a local collection.
- Store collections. IKEA and other click-and-collect orders picked up and carried in the same day — IKEA delivery.
- Trade materials. A missing box of tiles, a door, a worktop, plasterboard, a part that has stopped a job. See commercial deliveries.
- Exhibition and event kit. Stands, display units, samples and boxes that have to be on site before the doors open.
- Fragile and awkward pieces. Artwork, glass, antiques, instruments — blanket-wrapped and strapped rather than stacked. See fragile items.
Anything heavy or awkward gets a second person for £45, and a second item from the same pickup going to the same address adds £25 rather than a second job price. If the whole job is really a room of things rather than an item, that is the hourly service at £89 an hour with two movers and a 2-hour minimum — see small removals.
Same day beyond London
Distance does not change the product, only the number of loaded miles and, past a point, whether it lands tonight or first thing tomorrow.
- Up to 50 loaded miles — £95. The minimum outside the M25, covering Bucks, Herts, Berks, Surrey and the near Home Counties. Collected today, delivered today.
- 50 to about 200 loaded miles — £1.90 a mile. Oxford, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester are all inside a same-day drive if you ask early enough. London to Bristol is £228; London to Manchester is £380.
- Beyond about 200 miles — the same rate, overnight. Collected today, driven through, delivered next morning. London to Edinburgh at 400 miles is £760. Nothing changes except the hour it arrives.
- Both directions. Collecting something from the Midlands or the North and bringing it back to London is the same job in reverse and the same price.
A long run is one van and one driver from door to door — no trunking, no depot in between, no second driver. That is exactly why it can be same-day at all, and why we will tell you plainly when a 400-mile job asked for at four in the afternoon is an overnight rather than pretending otherwise. If you need a whole van load moved rather than an item, that is a day rate with two movers instead: £450 to the Midlands and £600 to the North. See long distance and the London to Manchester route page.
What we do not do, and why cheap prices online are cheap
Three things, and being straight about them saves everybody a phone call.
- Documents and small parcels. An envelope, a passport, a set of keys, a box you could post — a van is the wrong vehicle and the wrong price. A pushbike or motorbike courier will be quicker across central London and considerably cheaper, and a parcel network is cheaper still if it can wait until tomorrow. We will tell you that rather than take £55 off you for an envelope.
- Anything hazardous, or anything we are not allowed to carry. Fuel, gas cylinders, chemicals, livestock. Ask before you assume — the answer takes thirty seconds.
- Shared loads. We do not fill the van with ten other people's jobs and deliver yours when the route happens to suit. That is a different product, and it is the one behind most of the low headline prices you will have seen.
Why those prices are cheap. A consolidator or a backload marketplace sells you space in a van that is already going somewhere, on a multi-day window the driver chooses. Ten jobs share one set of miles, so each job carries a tenth of the cost — and a date nobody has promised you. That is genuinely good value if your sofa can sit in the seller's hallway for a fortnight. It is not the same purchase as a van that leaves for you today with nothing else in it, and comparing the two headline numbers without saying so would be dishonest.
Our courier service page carries the same ladder in full, and large item courier covers the biggest single pieces. Ask us for the current insurance certificate, cover limits and exclusions that apply to your job before you book. The Congestion Charge (£18) is passed through only where the route crosses the zone in charging hours; the vans are ULEZ-compliant.
Same day delivery prices
One item, one driver, collected today. Within the M25 it is a flat price; outside it is a minimum and then a rate per loaded mile, fixed before we set off.
One item collected and delivered across London today by one driver.
The minimum outside London, covering the first 50 loaded miles.
Beyond 50 miles, collection to delivery. Return leg included, no fuel surcharge.
Two things from one address going to one address, on the same run.
Add £45 for a second person where the item needs two. Waiting is free for the first 20 minutes at each end, then £15 per 15 minutes. Congestion Charge (£18) passed through only where it applies; vans are ULEZ-compliant. See our full price list.
Same-day prices by distance
One ladder, and same-day is inside every line of it. Nothing on this page carries an urgency surcharge, because there is no slower version of the service.
| Job | What it covers | Fixed price |
|---|---|---|
| One item within the M25 | Collected and delivered across London today, one driver | from £55 |
| Marketplace collection, local | Seller wants it gone today — eBay, Facebook, Gumtree | from £45 |
| Store or click-and-collect, local | Picked up from the store and carried in | from £55 |
| Appliance or white goods, local | Fridge, freezer, washer, cooker — strapped upright | from £55 |
| Outside the M25, up to 50 loaded miles | The minimum charge — Bucks, Herts, Berks, Surrey | £95 |
| Beyond 50 loaded miles | Collection to delivery, empty return leg included | £1.90 a mile |
| Second item from the same pickup | One extra thing, same collection, same delivery | add £25 |
| Second person | Heavy, awkward, or stairs at either end | add £45 |
| Waiting after the first 20 minutes at each end | A seller who is out, a lift that is booked | £15 per 15 min |
| A room of things rather than an item | Van and two movers, 2-hour minimum | £89/hr |
Prices are fixed before collection. There is no fuel surcharge and no charge for the empty return leg — both are inside the mile rate.
Worked examples: what a same-day run costs
Every figure below is the same sum: loaded miles × £1.90, rounded up to the pound, with £95 as the floor. Check it yourself before you ring.
| Run from London | Loaded miles | Price | When it lands |
|---|---|---|---|
| London → Oxford | 55 | £105 | Collected today, delivered today |
| London → Brighton | 60 | £114 | Collected today, delivered today |
| London → Bristol | 120 | £228 | Collected today, delivered today |
| London → Birmingham | 125 | £238 | Collected today, delivered today |
| London → Leeds | 195 | £371 | Collected today, delivered today |
| London → Manchester | 200 | £380 | Collected today, delivered today |
| London → Edinburgh | 400 | £760 | Collected today, delivered next morning |
| Anywhere inside 50 loaded miles | up to 50 | £95 | Collected today, delivered today |
| Anywhere within the M25 | — | £55 | Collected today, usually within two hours |
Add £25 for a second item from the same pickup, £45 for a second person, and £15 per 15 minutes of waiting after the first 20 at each end. Runs beyond about 200 miles are collected today and delivered next morning at the same per-mile rate.
Typical same-day items and what they cost
The item decides whether one person or two can handle it; the distance decides the price. Both are settled before we collect.
| Item | Within the M25 | London → Oxford (55 mi) | London → Manchester (200 mi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two- or three-seat sofa | £55 | £105 | £380 |
| Double bed and mattress | £55 | £105 | £380 |
| Fridge, freezer or washing machine | £55 | £105 | £380 |
| Wardrobe, desk or dining table | £55 | £105 | £380 |
| Marketplace buy from a private seller | £45 | £105 | £380 |
| IKEA or store click-and-collect | £55 | £105 | £380 |
| Trade materials or a stalled-job part | £55 | £105 | £380 |
| Exhibition stand or display kit | £55 | £105 | £380 |
| Several sellers or a bulk buy, local | £195 | Quoted per route | Quoted per route |
Outside the M25 the price is the distance, not the item — a fridge and a wardrobe going to the same address cost the same, because the van and the driver are the same. Add £45 where a piece genuinely needs two people.
How we compare on same-day
What the same urgency costs elsewhere, and what each price actually buys. The question worth asking any of them is whether the van is yours for the run, and whose date it goes on.
| Provider | Job | Published price | Dedicated van? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Thats Quick | One item London → Manchester, collected today | £380 | Yes — one driver, today, loading included |
| AMV Couriers (rate card) | Dedicated same-day van, per loaded mile | Small van £1.20 · SWB £1.50 · LWB £1.80 · XLWB £1.90 · Luton £2.20 (min £45–£125) | Yes — same model as ours |
| Dispatchit Couriers (rate card) | Transit van, per mile one way | £1.70/mile, £30 minimum; waiting £30/hr after 10 min; weekends +20% | Yes |
| HG Same Day (cost guide) | Small / MWB / LWB / Luton, per mile | £1.30 / £1.40 / £1.60 / £1.80 | Yes — industry guide |
| Transport Executive | One item London → Manchester, fixed date | £175–£230 | Dedicated, booked date — not collected today |
| Porta Delivery | Sofa London → Manchester, collected today by 5pm | from £185 (from £120 flexible date) | Same-day only with three add-ons |
| AnyVan | Two-seat sofa, national | £58–£184 | No — shared network, multi-day window |
| Shiply | Backload examples (fridge Hampshire → Plymouth) | £40–£60 | No — spare space on someone else’s route |
Figures read 2026-09-11 from each provider’s published pages. Same-day dedicated couriers price per loaded mile — our £1.90 is the published rate for an extra-long-wheelbase Transit, and we send a Transit or Luton, not a small van. Shared-network prices depend on a driver already passing your route, on their date.
How it works
Send it now
The item, both postcodes and the time it has to be there. A photo is quicker than a description.
We check today
Whether there is genuinely a van free. If there is not, we say so in the same reply.
Price fixed, van goes
Within the M25 £55; outside it, the miles at £1.90 with a £95 floor. Agreed before anything moves.
Photo on delivery
A photo and a time-stamped confirmation by WhatsApp or email when it lands.
Same Day Delivery — your questions answered
How much is same day delivery in London?
One item within the M25 is £55, collected today. Outside the M25 the minimum is £95, covering up to 50 loaded miles, and beyond that it is £1.90 a loaded mile — so London to Bristol is £228 and London to Manchester is £380. There is nothing extra for same-day: it is the product. A second person adds £45.
Is there a surcharge for same-day?
No. Same-day is what this service is: one item, one driver, nothing else in the van, collected today. There is no slower tier to discount from and no urgency fee to add. The price is the distance — £55 within the M25, £95 minimum outside it, then £1.90 a loaded mile.
How quickly can you collect?
Usually within two hours of booking where the diary allows, and we check before we quote. Send the item, both postcodes and the deadline and we will look at whether a van can genuinely do it today. If it cannot, we say so in the same reply rather than taking the booking. The constraint is almost never distance — it is how much of the day is left when you ask.
How far can you deliver the same day?
About 200 loaded miles — Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Bristol and everything nearer — if you ask early enough in the day. Beyond that it is an overnight run at the same per-mile rate: collected today, driven through, delivered next morning. London to Edinburgh at 400 miles is £760.
What does £1.90 a loaded mile mean?
A loaded mile is a mile with your item in the van, measured from the collection address to the delivery address. You are not billed for the drive out to you or the empty run home — both are inside the rate. The sum is miles × £1.90, rounded up to the pound, with £95 as the floor outside the M25. There is no fuel surcharge.
Is it a dedicated van or a shared route?
Dedicated. One driver, one van, your item and nothing else in the back. No depot, no sorting hub, no consolidation with somebody else's load, no handover to a second driver. That is what makes collecting today possible at all, and it is what separates the price from a shared-network headline figure.
Why are the prices I have seen online cheaper?
Because they are usually a different product. A consolidator or a backload marketplace sells space in a van that is already going somewhere, with ten jobs sharing one set of miles and a multi-day window the driver picks. That is good value if your item can wait a fortnight. Ours is a van that leaves for you today with nothing else in it, priced per loaded mile like every dedicated same-day courier.
What is the cut-off time?
There is no published cut-off, because a fixed one would be a fiction. We run 7am to 10pm, seven days. Ask in the morning and a London job or a Home Counties run is comfortable; ask at lunchtime and a 100- to 200-mile run depends on the traffic; ask mid-afternoon and a long run becomes an overnight delivered first thing tomorrow. We will tell you which of those you are in.
What if the item is heavy or needs two people?
Add £45 and a second person comes. That covers sofas up a staircase, appliances, wardrobes and anything with an awkward turn in it. If the job is really a room of furniture rather than one item, the hourly service at £89 with two movers and a 2-hour minimum is the right buy — see small removals.
Can you take two things at once?
Yes. A second item from the same pickup going to the same delivery address adds £25, not a second job price, because it is the same run. Several items from several sellers is a van load instead — £195 locally — and a whole room of furniture is an hourly booking.
Do you charge waiting time?
The first 20 minutes at each end are free, which covers a seller finding the keys or a lift being in use. After that it is £15 per 15 minutes. It exists for the address where nobody is in, not to catch you out — and telling us about a tricky access before we set off usually means it never applies.
Do you collect from a shop, a warehouse or a private seller?
All three, and it is most of what we do. Give us the address, the contact and any order or collection reference and we will deal with their counter ourselves. A local marketplace collection is £45, an IKEA or store click-and-collect is £55, and a run outside the M25 is the mileage price.
How do I know it has been delivered?
You get a photo and a time-stamped confirmation by WhatsApp or email when it lands, and you have the driver's number the whole way. There is no tracking portal and we are not going to pretend there is — what there is instead is one person carrying your item who answers his phone.
Can you deliver an envelope or a small parcel today?
We would rather you did not pay us for that. A van is the wrong vehicle for a document or a boxed item you could post — a bike courier will be quicker across central London and much cheaper, and a parcel network is cheaper again if it can wait. This service is for things too big, heavy or fragile for a parcel network.
Are you insured?
Ask us for the current insurance certificate, the cover limits and the exclusions that apply to your job before you book, and we will send them over. If the item is unusually valuable, say what it is when you ask so the answer is about your actual delivery rather than a general statement.
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Need it moved today?
Send the item, both postcodes and the deadline. We will tell you in minutes whether there is a slot left today, and what it costs, before anything moves.