--- title: "Bairds Malt Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bairds-malt-limited-witham-797205 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 --- # Bairds Malt Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bairds Malt Limited (Companies House 03580592, Witham) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 21 September 2017 (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 - First seen on the register: 21 September 2017 - Legal name: SBM SCOTGRAIN LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Witham - Registered address: Station Maltings, Witham, Essex, CM8 2DU - Companies House number: 03580592 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03580592) - Website: https://www.bairds-malt.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://lk.linkedin.com/company/bairds-malt - 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/bairds-malt-limited-witham-797205 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 35 licensed sponsors in Witham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/witham - 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 16 Aug 2024: Director resigned: KOVATS, Laura Jean. Director change recorded on 16 Aug 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. - 15 Jul 2024: Company name changed, now trading as "SBM SCOTGRAIN LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 15 Jul 2024. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Jul 2024: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 12 Jul 2024. 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 Jul 2024: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Jul 2024. 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. - 6 May 2021: New director appointed: KOVATS, Laura Jean. Director change recorded on 6 May 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. - 27 Apr 2021: Director resigned: RASANAYAGAM, Johann Stanislaus. Director change recorded on 27 Apr 2021. 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 2020: Director resigned: WOODLEY, Roger Graham. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 1 Aug 2020: New director appointed: BROADBENT, Richard Euan, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Apr 2020: New director appointed: RASANAYAGAM, Johann Stanislaus. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2020: Director resigned: BELL, Alistair Garrard. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2020: Director resigned: SMITH, Darren. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2020: New director appointed: WEIMANN, Brett Alan. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 27 Sep 2019: Notification of United Malt Uk Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 27 Sep 2019. 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. - 27 Sep 2019: Cessation of Maltco 3 Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Sep 2019. 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 Dec 2018: New director appointed: SMITH, Darren. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2018. 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. - 31 Dec 2018: Director resigned: FRIBERG, Greg Allan. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2018. 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. 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 Bairds Malt Limited ### Is Bairds Malt Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bairds Malt Limited in Witham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bairds Malt Limited sponsor? Bairds Malt Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Bairds Malt Limited based? The register lists Bairds Malt Limited at Station Maltings, Witham, Essex, CM8 2DU. 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 03580592. 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/bairds-malt-limited-witham-797205 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bairds-malt-limited-witham-797205.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.