--- title: "ABB Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abb-limited-daresbury-768219 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 --- # ABB Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, ABB Limited (Companies House 03780764, Daresbury) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Daresbury - Registered address: Daresbury Park, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4BT - Companies House number: 03780764 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03780764) - Website: https://new.abb.com/uk/about/locations - LinkedIn: https://ch.linkedin.com/company/abb - 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/abb-limited-daresbury-768219 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 20 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Oct 2025: Director resigned: COTTON, Daniel. Director change recorded on 23 Oct 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. - 23 Oct 2025: New director appointed: PRENDERGAST, Craig. Director change recorded on 23 Oct 2025. 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. - 20 Oct 2023: New director appointed: COTTON, Daniel. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 2023. 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. - 20 Oct 2023: Director resigned: PRENDERGAST, Craig. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 2023. 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. - 16 Dec 2022: New director appointed: PRENDERGAST, Craig. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 16 Dec 2022: Director resigned: HUGHES, David John. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 2 Dec 2019: New director appointed: HUGHES, David John. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 2019. 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. - 2 Dec 2019: Director resigned: FUNNELL, Ian Grant. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 2019. 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. - 2 Dec 2019: Director resigned: ANDERSSON, Lena Maria. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 2019. 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. - 2 Dec 2019: New director appointed: MOUSSA, Malgorzata Elzbieta. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 2019. 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. - 2 Dec 2019: New director appointed: MAC LEAN, Victoria Ann. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 2019. 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. - 30 Apr 2019: Director resigned: RENNIE, Ian Donald. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2019. 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 Dec 2016: Director resigned: GREGORY, Trevor John. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Abb Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 13 Feb 2015: New director appointed: FUNNELL, Ian Grant. Director change recorded on 13 Feb 2015. 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. - 8 Dec 2014: New director appointed: ANDERSSON, Lena Maria. Director change recorded on 8 Dec 2014. 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. - 1 Apr 2014: Director resigned: MCLAUGHLIN, William. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2014. 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. - 1 Mar 2014: Secretary resigned: BENN, David. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Mar 2014. 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. - 1 Mar 2014: New secretary appointed: MAC LEAN, Victoria Ann. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Mar 2014. 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. - 21 Nov 2013: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Nov 2013. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed 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 17 live vacancies tracked for this employer (61 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Continuous Improvement Specialist · Mebane, NC · live · https://jooble.org/jdp/-635178441460775051 - Warranty Customer Care Representative · New Berlin, WI · live · https://jooble.org/jdp/-4663533847313139395 - Sales Development Leader - South Texas · Myrtle Point, OR · live · https://jooble.org/jdp/-6238986786505408115 - Service Repair Technician · New Berlin, WI · live · https://jooble.org/jdp/-5449241435814021550 - Force Measurement Sales Specialist - Midwest · Myrtle Point, OR · live · https://jooble.org/jdp/453547307488609141 - VFD Support Specialist II · New Berlin, WI · live · https://jooble.org/jdp/2141957950262378738 - R&D Senior Engineer · UK · £49,051 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5210481347?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Channel Account Manager - Central Florida · Myrtle Point, OR · live · https://jooble.org/jdp/7617949743861876883 All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=768219&employer=ABB%20Limited A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about ABB Limited ### Is ABB Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. ABB Limited in Daresbury is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can ABB Limited sponsor? ABB Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Does ABB Limited have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 17 live vacancies from ABB Limited on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is ABB Limited based? The register lists ABB Limited at Daresbury Park, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4BT. 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 03780764. 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/abb-limited-daresbury-768219 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abb-limited-daresbury-768219.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.