So I see the UK has some Bureaucratic idiots too! (meaning no offense)
I'm a small manufactured here in the states, more specific Pennsylvania.
It is like Blood letting to get a title in this state.
I have often said " I have never tried so hard to give somebody money for nothing in my life"
But that's my problem.
One of the ways I got around it was to find a commercial trailer frame Manufacturer, who's willing to put up with all that Bull $hi#@.
And I just build a "Box" that will fit there frame.
When a customer contacts me for a build I tell them to go and buy an "XYZ" frame Item number XXXXXXX From the ABC company. Get it registered/titled on there own, and in there name, then bring it to me and I will mount the "Box" to the frame.
And away they go.
If its a complex build I have them drop it off early.
At that point my "Box" is just a Load that is placed on somebody Else's trailer. Same as bolting racks to it for a Landscaper, or for hauling lumber or what ever.
In the long run it saves the customer and me a lot of money and time by not having to do the L o n g, expensive registration process twice.
I figure I can knock $500 off of the final price...and that doesn't include the cost of the frame.
$500's worth of BS.
$175 title
$35 tags
$30 transfer tax X 2
1 1/2 days of my time (which I have to pass on to the customer)
Only to have to have the customer do/pay it all over again when he/she takes possession.
Good Luck, and remember "They Can't stop us, there's always a back door to get in"
Happy Trails
Len
I use the trailers original lights, Fenders and hook ups