--- title: "AB World Foods Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ab-world-foods-ltd-leigh-788970 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # AB World Foods Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, AB World Foods Ltd (Companies House 01400901, Leigh) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 15 February 2021 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 15 February 2021 - Legal name: AB WORLD FOODS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Leigh - Registered address: Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY - Companies House number: 01400901 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01400901) - Website: https://abworldfoods.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ab-world-foods-ltd/ - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ab-world-foods-ltd-leigh-788970 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 41 licensed sponsors in Leigh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leigh - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 4 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 30 Jun 2025: Director resigned: KEE, Adrian Kean Foong. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2022: New director appointed: KEE, Adrian Kean Foong. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2022: Director resigned: WILDMAN, Paul Michael. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 May 2021: New secretary appointed: CAHILL, Raymond Gerrard. Company secretary change recorded on 26 May 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about AB World Foods Ltd ### Is AB World Foods Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. AB World Foods Ltd in Leigh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can AB World Foods Ltd sponsor? AB World Foods Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is AB World Foods Ltd based? The register lists AB World Foods Ltd at Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 01400901. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ab-world-foods-ltd-leigh-788970 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ab-world-foods-ltd-leigh-788970.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.