--- title: "Act Legal Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/act-legal-ltd-brighton-789818 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 --- # Act Legal Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Act Legal Ltd (Companies House 04449603, Brighton) 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 21 August 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: 21 August 2023 - Legal name: WHITEFIELDS (BIDCO) LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: BRIGHTON - Registered address: 1st Floor Stanford Gate, South Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England, BN1 6SB - Companies House number: 04449603 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04449603) - Website: https://actlegal.co.uk - 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/act-legal-ltd-brighton-789818 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 406 licensed sponsors in Brighton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/brighton - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Sep 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 Sep 2026. 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. - 15 Mar 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 15 Mar 2026. 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 2026: Secretary resigned: THOMPSON, Sheila. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Feb 2026. 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. - 5 Jan 2026: Company name changed, now trading as "WHITEFIELDS (BIDCO) LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 5 Jan 2026, alongside a new majority owner or controller. 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. - 19 Dec 2025: Notification of Mr Molinder Kang as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 19 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr Alan Craven Thompson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 19 Dec 2025: New director appointed: KANG, Molinder. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 16 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr Stephen Russell Crouch as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 26 Aug 2025: Director resigned: LUCIOW, Holly Cherise. Director change recorded on 26 Aug 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. - 17 Mar 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Mar 2025. 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. - 9 Jan 2025: Director resigned: CROUCH, Stephen Russell. Director change recorded on 9 Jan 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. - 13 Dec 2023: New director appointed: LUCIOW, Holly Cherise. Director change recorded on 13 Dec 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. 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 Act Legal Ltd ### Is Act Legal Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Act Legal Ltd in BRIGHTON 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 Act Legal Ltd sponsor? Act Legal Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Act Legal Ltd based? The register lists Act Legal Ltd at 1st Floor Stanford Gate, South Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England, BN1 6SB. 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 04449603. 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/act-legal-ltd-brighton-789818 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/act-legal-ltd-brighton-789818.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.