--- title: "Bighams Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bighams-ltd-park-royal-746285 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 --- # Bighams Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bighams Ltd (trading as Charlie Bighams; Companies House 03233191; Park Royal) 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 19 October 2013 (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: 19 October 2013 - Trading as: Charlie Bighams - Legal name: BIGHAMS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Park Royal - Registered address: 2 Mcnicol Drive, London, NW10 7AW - Companies House number: 03233191 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03233191) - Website: https://www.bighams.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/bighams-ltd-park-royal-746285 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 22 licensed sponsors in Park Royal: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/park-royal - 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 26 Apr 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Apr 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. - 30 Sep 2020: Director resigned: MOHAMED NAHEEM, Haseen. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 8 Sep 2020: New director appointed: BOXER, Jason Edward. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 19 Jun 2020: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 8 Jan 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Jan 2018. 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. - 17 May 2017: Director resigned: KELLEY, Rachel. Director change recorded on 17 May 2017. 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 Mar 2017: New director appointed: CAIRNS, Patrick David. Director change recorded on 6 Mar 2017. 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. - 22 Dec 2016: Director resigned: ALLCHURCH, Thomas David. Director change recorded on 22 Dec 2016. 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. - 22 Dec 2016: Director resigned: THOMPSON, Andrea Jayne. Director change recorded on 22 Dec 2016. 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. - 14 Apr 2016: New director appointed: THOMPSON, Andrea Jayne. Director change recorded on 14 Apr 2016. 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 Apr 2016: Notification of Mr Charlie Richard Petty Bigham as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 29 May 2015: Director resigned: WHYTE, Paul Daniel. Director change recorded on 29 May 2015. 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. - 25 Feb 2015: Director resigned: LEIGHTON, Allan Leslie. Director change recorded on 25 Feb 2015. 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 Feb 2015: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 5 Feb 2015. 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. - 13 Nov 2014: New director appointed: WHYTE, Paul Daniel. Director change recorded on 13 Nov 2014. 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. - 26 Mar 2014: Director resigned: PUCELLE, Boris Robert Paul. Director change recorded on 26 Mar 2014. 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 Bighams Ltd ### Is Bighams Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bighams Ltd in Park Royal is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bighams Ltd sponsor? Bighams Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Bighams Ltd based? The register lists Bighams Ltd at 2 Mcnicol Drive, London, NW10 7AW. 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 03233191. 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/bighams-ltd-park-royal-746285 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bighams-ltd-park-royal-746285.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.