--- title: "Abbey & Co Associates Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abbey-and-co-associates-ltd-bolton-789016 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 --- # Abbey & Co Associates Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Abbey & Co Associates Ltd (Companies House 04718280, Bolton) 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 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: ABBEY & CO ASSOCIATES LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Bolton - Registered address: 1st Floor Abbey House, 270-272 Lever Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 6PD - Companies House number: 04718280 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04718280) - 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/abbey-and-co-associates-ltd-bolton-789016 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 590 licensed sponsors in Bolton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bolton - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 7 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Apr 2021: Notification of Abbey Investment Solutions Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Apr 2021. 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. - 1 Apr 2021: Cessation of Mrs Abeda Faruk Patel as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Apr 2021. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jul 2016: New person with significant control: Mrs Abeda Faruk Patel. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 2016. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jul 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Faruk Yakoob Patel. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 2016. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jan 2015: Secretary resigned: PATEL, Yunus Yakoob. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 2015. 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 Jan 2015: New secretary appointed: PATEL, Taslima. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 22 May 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 May 2014. 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 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 Abbey & Co Associates Ltd ### Is Abbey & Co Associates Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Abbey & Co Associates Ltd in Bolton 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 Abbey & Co Associates Ltd sponsor? Abbey & Co Associates Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Abbey & Co Associates Ltd based? The register lists Abbey & Co Associates Ltd at 1st Floor Abbey House, 270-272 Lever Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 6PD. 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 04718280. 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/abbey-and-co-associates-ltd-bolton-789016 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abbey-and-co-associates-ltd-bolton-789016.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.