--- title: "Acro Aircraft Seating Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/acro-aircraft-seating-limited-crick-772484 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 --- # Acro Aircraft Seating Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Acro Aircraft Seating Limited (Companies House 05859680, Crick) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 6 June 2019 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 6 June 2019 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Crick - Registered address: Acro Aircraft Seating Limited Eldon Way, Crick Industrial Estate, Crick, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, NN6 7SL - Companies House number: 05859680 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05859680) - Website: https://www.acro.aero - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acro-aircraft-seating/ - 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/acro-aircraft-seating-limited-crick-772484 ## 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 25 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Sep 2024: Director resigned: CAIRNS, Neil. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2024. 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Secretary resigned: CAINES, Michael Alan. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: New secretary appointed: FANG, Jessica Yinxuan. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 10 Jun 2023: Director resigned: STROTHERS, Paul. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2023: New director appointed: PLANT, Tommy George. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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 Dec 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Dec 2022. 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. - 11 May 2022: Director resigned: SHI, Jing. Director change recorded on 11 May 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. - 30 Jun 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 Jun 2021. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Feb 2021: New director appointed: SHI, Jing. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 11 Feb 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 11 Feb 2021. 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. - 25 Nov 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Nov 2020. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 16 Nov 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 16 Nov 2020. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Sep 2020: New director appointed: CAIRNS, Neil. Director change recorded on 28 Sep 2020. 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. - 29 Jul 2020: Director resigned: LAI, Ling Muk. Director change recorded on 29 Jul 2020. 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. - 29 Jul 2020: Director resigned: WANG, Xiaojie. Director change recorded on 29 Jul 2020. 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. - 20 Feb 2020: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 20 Feb 2020. 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. - 2 Dec 2019: Director resigned: LEESE-WOOD, Christopher. 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. - 7 Nov 2019: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 7 Nov 2019. 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. - 30 Oct 2019: New secretary appointed: CAINES, Michael Alan. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Oct 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. - 9 Sep 2019: New director appointed: STROTHERS, Paul. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 9 Sep 2019: New director appointed: LAI, Ling Muk. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 9 Sep 2019: New director appointed: WANG, Xiaojie. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 9 Sep 2019: New director appointed: LEESE-WOOD, Christopher. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 11 Jul 2019: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 11 Jul 2019. 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. - 10 Jul 2019: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 10 Jul 2019. 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 Acro Aircraft Seating Limited ### Is Acro Aircraft Seating Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Acro Aircraft Seating Limited in Crick is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Acro Aircraft Seating Limited sponsor? Acro Aircraft Seating Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Acro Aircraft Seating Limited based? The register lists Acro Aircraft Seating Limited at Acro Aircraft Seating Limited Eldon Way, Crick Industrial Estate, Crick, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, NN6 7SL. 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 05859680. 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/acro-aircraft-seating-limited-crick-772484 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/acro-aircraft-seating-limited-crick-772484.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.