--- title: "Baldwin and Francis Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/baldwin-and-francis-limited-sheffield-778567 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 --- # Baldwin and Francis Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Baldwin and Francis Limited (Sheffield) 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 23 March 2022 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 23 March 2022 - Legal name: BALDWIN & FRANCIS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Sheffield - Companies House number: 12246054 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12246054) - Website: https://www.baldwinandfrancis.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/baldwin-and-francis-limited-sheffield-778567 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 695 licensed sponsors in Sheffield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/sheffield - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 22 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Aug 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 3 Jul 2026: Director resigned: SHAILER, Neil Richard. Director change recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 6 May 2026: New secretary appointed: FRENCH, Richard. Company secretary change recorded on 6 May 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 May 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 May 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. - 9 Apr 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 9 Apr 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. - 7 Apr 2026: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 7 Apr 2026, 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. - 3 Apr 2026: Notification of Brush Group Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 3 Apr 2026. 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. - 3 Apr 2026: Cessation of Ideso Group Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 3 Apr 2026: Director resigned: NICHOLSON, George Elliott. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 3 Apr 2026: Director resigned: MORGAN, John Paul. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 3 Apr 2026: Director resigned: QUARENDON, Brian Leslie. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 3 Apr 2026: Director resigned: PANNELL, Stuart Ian. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 3 Apr 2026: New director appointed: AMES, Elaine Kathryn. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 3 Apr 2026: New director appointed: HILEY, Richard Alexander. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 3 Apr 2026: New director appointed: FRENCH, Richard Anthony Lister. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 30 Jul 2025: New director appointed: SHAILER, Neil Richard. Director change recorded on 30 Jul 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. - 30 Jul 2025: Director resigned: HUDSON, Lee. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 9 Jun 2025: New director appointed: PANNELL, Stuart Ian. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. - 9 Jul 2024: Director resigned: STORER, Christopher David. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 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. - 1 Jan 2024: Notification of Ideso Group Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Jan 2024. 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. - 1 Jan 2024: Cessation of Seafox Pioneer Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 2024. 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. - 21 Sep 2023: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 21 Sep 2023. 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 Baldwin and Francis Limited ### Is Baldwin and Francis Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Baldwin and Francis Limited in Sheffield is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Baldwin and Francis Limited sponsor? Baldwin and Francis Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Baldwin and Francis Limited based? The register lists Baldwin and Francis Limited at Sheffield. 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. 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/baldwin-and-francis-limited-sheffield-778567 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/baldwin-and-francis-limited-sheffield-778567.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.