--- title: "Bourns Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bourns-limited-bedford-800304 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 --- # Bourns Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bourns Limited (Companies House 03016831, Bedford) 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 5 January 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; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 5 January 2017 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Bedford - Registered address: Manton Lane, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7BJ - Companies House number: 03016831 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03016831) - Website: https://www.bourns.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bourns - 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/bourns-limited-bedford-800304 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 332 licensed sponsors in Bedford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bedford - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 2 Jun 2026: Director resigned: BOURNS, Gordon Lee. Director change recorded on 2 Jun 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. - 18 Jan 2023: Cessation of Bourns Acquisition (Uk) Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Jan 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. - 8 Mar 2021: Secretary resigned: ROJO DE LA VEGA REYES, Ana Laura, Ms.. Company secretary change recorded on 8 Mar 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. - 8 Mar 2021: Director resigned: MEIJER, Lars Erik Gunnar, Mr.. Director change recorded on 8 Mar 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. - 8 Mar 2021: New director appointed: YOST, Albert Scott, Mr.. Director change recorded on 8 Mar 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. - 8 Mar 2021: New secretary appointed: HYDE, George Jeremy, Mr.. Company secretary change recorded on 8 Mar 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. - 17 Jan 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Jan 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. - 4 Mar 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Mar 2019. 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. - 4 Dec 2018: Secretary resigned: PHELPS, Steven, Mr.. Company secretary change recorded on 4 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. - 21 Aug 2018: New secretary appointed: ROJO DE LA VEGA REYES, Ana Laura, Ms.. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Aug 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. - 7 Oct 2017: New secretary appointed: PHELPS, Steven, Mr.. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 6 Oct 2017: Secretary resigned: SMALLEY, Christopher Michael, Mr.. Company secretary change recorded on 6 Oct 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. 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 Bourns Limited ### Is Bourns Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bourns Limited in Bedford 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 Bourns Limited sponsor? Bourns 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 Bourns Limited based? The register lists Bourns Limited at Manton Lane, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7BJ. 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 03016831. 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/bourns-limited-bedford-800304 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bourns-limited-bedford-800304.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.