--- title: "Clifton Packaging Group: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/clifton-packaging-group-leicester-684706 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 --- # Clifton Packaging Group: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Clifton Packaging Group (Companies House 04623230, Leicester) 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 21 July 2020 (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: 21 July 2020 - Legal name: CLIFTON PACKAGING GROUP LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Leicester - Registered address: Centurion Way, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1WH - Companies House number: 04623230 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04623230) - Website: http://cliftonpackaging.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/clifton-packaging-group-leicester-684706 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,415 licensed sponsors in Leicester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leicester - 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 17 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 29 Oct 2024: Notification of Cp Uk Holdco Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 29 Oct 2024: Cessation of Mr Shahid Rashid Sheikh as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 29 Oct 2024: Cessation of Mr Zahid Javed Sheikh as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 29 Oct 2024: Cessation of Tahir Javed Sheikh as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 29 Oct 2024: Director resigned: SHEIKH, Zahid Javed. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Oct 2024: Director resigned: SHEIKH, Tahir Javed. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Oct 2024: Director resigned: SHEIKH, Shahid Rashid. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Oct 2024: Director resigned: ALLAM, Maxsoom. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Oct 2024: New director appointed: D'SOUZA, Shane Francis, Mr.. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 29 Oct 2024: New director appointed: SARACONI, Federico, Mr.. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 29 Oct 2024: New director appointed: BARRITT, Philip David Lewis, Mr.. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 4 Jan 2023: New person with significant control: Mr Shahid Rashid Sheikh. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 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. - 10 Jan 2022: New director appointed: SHEIKH, Shahid Rashid. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 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. - 10 Jan 2022: New director appointed: ALLAM, Maxsoom. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 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. - 10 Feb 2021: Cessation of Mr Shahid Rashid Sheikh as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Feb 2021. 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. - 10 Feb 2021: Director resigned: SHEIKH, Shahid Rashid. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 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. - 6 Jan 2021: Secretary resigned: SHEIKH, Shahid Rashid. Company secretary change recorded on 6 Jan 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. 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 Clifton Packaging Group ### Is Clifton Packaging Group a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Clifton Packaging Group in Leicester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Clifton Packaging Group sponsor? Clifton Packaging Group is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Clifton Packaging Group based? The register lists Clifton Packaging Group at Centurion Way, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1WH. 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 04623230. 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/clifton-packaging-group-leicester-684706 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/clifton-packaging-group-leicester-684706.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.