--- title: "Abbotsound Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abbotsound-ltd-salford-789107 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 --- # Abbotsound Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Abbotsound Ltd (Companies House 03148789, Salford) 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 2 February 2023 (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: 2 February 2023 - Legal name: ABBOTSOUND LIMITED - Industry: Financial Services - Town: Salford - Registered address: The Links Resource Centre, 21 Cromwell Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0QT - Companies House number: 03148789 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03148789) - 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/abbotsound-ltd-salford-789107 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 239 licensed sponsors in Salford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/salford - One of 7,429 in Financial Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/financial-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 9 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 16 Oct 2026: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 16 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 13 Nov 2026. - 31 Jan 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Michael James Hampson. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Jan 2026. 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. - 31 Jan 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Mark Leslie Hampson. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Jan 2026. 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. - 31 Jan 2026: Cessation of Mr Leslie Hampson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Jan 2026. 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. - 31 Jan 2026: Cessation of Mrs Lesley Collette Hampson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Jan 2026. 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. - 23 Jul 2025: Notification of Abbotsound Investments Ltd. as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 Jul 2025. 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. - 23 Jul 2025: Cessation of Abbotsound Investments Ltd. as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Jul 2025. 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. - 18 Jul 2025: Director resigned: WARING, Nicholas Graham. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 1 Jun 2025: Cessation of Mrs Lesley Collette Hampson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jun 2025. 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. 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 Abbotsound Ltd ### Is Abbotsound Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Abbotsound Ltd in Salford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Abbotsound Ltd sponsor? Abbotsound Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Abbotsound Ltd based? The register lists Abbotsound Ltd at The Links Resource Centre, 21 Cromwell Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0QT. 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 03148789. 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/abbotsound-ltd-salford-789107 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abbotsound-ltd-salford-789107.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.