Range holder · Basingstoke
Served Up Limited in Basingstoke
01256 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom
About Served Up Limited’s Basingstoke allocation
When Served Up Limited is the range holder for +44 1256 it means Ofcom recorded Served Up Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 8 Basingstoke-facing blocks sit against Served Up Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.
Basingstoke’s Hampshire telecoms estate is shaped by Basingstoke's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Served Up Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01256 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Served Up Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Basingstoke rather than elsewhere on the national plan.
Treat this allocation as a starting point, not a verdict on any specific caller. UK numbers are portable, so the current carrier on a given 01256 digit string may differ from the range holder shown — read Range Holder vs current provider for the distinction, and How Ofcom allocates UK phone numbers for the wider context behind the table below.
Served Up Limited on 01256: by the numbers
- Basingstoke blocks
- 8
- In active service
- 100%
- Share of 01256
- 1%
- Holders on code
- 112
Of the 8 blocks Served Up Limited runs on the 01256 code, 8 (100%) are marked as actively allocated in the current Ofcom snapshot.
By number family these blocks are 100% geographic (01 / 02) — a profile that tells you what kind of caller a Basingstoke Served Up Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.
Served Up Limited runs 8 of the 840 allocated blocks on the 01256 dialling code — roughly 1% of Basingstoke’s mapped allocation, shared with 111 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.
Allocated ranges
Served Up Limited blocks on the 01256 (Basingstoke) dialling code.
| Prefix | Status |
|---|---|
| +44 1256555 | Allocated |
| +44 1256555 | Allocated |
| +44 1256557 | Allocated |
| +44 1256557 | Allocated |
| +44 1256558 | Allocated |
| +44 1256558 | Allocated |
| +44 1256559 | Allocated |
| +44 1256559 | Allocated |
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FAQs about Served Up Limited on 01256
Why does Served Up Limited appear on Basingstoke (01256) numbers?
Served Up Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 8 number blocks on the 01256 dialling code, which covers Basingstoke. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Served Up Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.
Are calls from a Basingstoke Served Up Limited-allocated number safe?
An Ofcom allocation only tells you which provider the block was issued to; it is not a safety verdict. UK numbers can be ported between networks, and any UK area code can be spoofed by an overseas caller. Paste the specific 01256 number into the lookup above to combine the Served Up Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.
Has Served Up Limited's 01256 block been updated recently?
Yes — the table above is sourced from Ofcom's public UK Numbering Data feed, which we re-ingest every week (typically Wednesday). Any block that has been re-assigned, withdrawn or marked free will appear with its new status on the next refresh. Numbers within an allocated block can still be ported to another carrier in between Ofcom updates; see our range-holder-vs-current-provider guide for the distinction.