--- title: "Bakkavor (London) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bakkavor-london-limited-lincolnshire-775661 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 --- # Bakkavor (London) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bakkavor (London) Limited (Companies House 04256198, Lincolnshire) 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 11 May 2016 (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: 11 May 2016 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Lincolnshire - Registered address: Fitzroy Place 5th Floor, 8 Mortimer Street, London, England, W1T 3JJ - Companies House number: 04256198 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04256198) - Website: https://www.bakkavor.com - 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/bakkavor-london-limited-lincolnshire-775661 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 32 licensed sponsors in Lincolnshire: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/lincolnshire - 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 20 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Sep 2026: Director resigned: FINNEY, Lee. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 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. - 23 Sep 2026: New director appointed: MCDONALD, Ruth Ann Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 2026. 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. - 6 Aug 2026: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Aug 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. - 9 Mar 2026: New director appointed: FINNEY, Lee. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 2026. 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 Mar 2026: Secretary resigned: TAGOE-BANNERMAN, Annabel. Company secretary change recorded on 9 Mar 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. - 9 Mar 2026: Director resigned: EDWARDS, Michael. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 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. - 9 Mar 2026: New director appointed: BECK, Kirsty. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 2026. 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 Mar 2026: New director appointed: PARTON, Andy. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 2026. 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 Mar 2026: New secretary appointed: EVANS, Michael. Company secretary change recorded on 9 Mar 2026. 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 Nov 2024: New director appointed: MILEY, Lee. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 2024. 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 Oct 2024: Director resigned: WALDRON, Benjamin Jay. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 13 Dec 2023: Cessation of Bakkavor Finance (2) Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Dec 2023. 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 Nov 2022: New director appointed: EDWARDS, Michael. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 2022. 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 Nov 2022: Director resigned: GUDMUNDSSON, Agust. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 6 Oct 2022: New director appointed: WALDRON, Benjamin Jay. Director change recorded on 6 Oct 2022. 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. - 12 Dec 2019: Notification of Bakkavor Finance (2) Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 12 Dec 2019: Cessation of Bakkavor Finance (3) Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 6 Dec 2019: Share capital filing. Share filing recorded on 6 Dec 2019, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 21 Jun 2019: New secretary appointed: TAGOE-BANNERMAN, Annabel. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Jun 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. - 21 Jun 2019: Secretary resigned: WITHAM, Simon. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Jun 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. 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 Bakkavor (London) Limited ### Is Bakkavor (London) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bakkavor (London) Limited in Lincolnshire is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bakkavor (London) Limited sponsor? Bakkavor (London) 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 Bakkavor (London) Limited based? The register lists Bakkavor (London) Limited at Fitzroy Place 5th Floor, 8 Mortimer Street, London, England, W1T 3JJ. 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 04256198. 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/bakkavor-london-limited-lincolnshire-775661 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bakkavor-london-limited-lincolnshire-775661.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.