--- title: "Crane Electronics Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/crane-electronics-ltd-hinckley-746310 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 --- # Crane Electronics Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Crane Electronics Ltd (Companies House 01029811, Hinckley) 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 27 July 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 27 July 2017 - Legal name: CRANE ELECTRONICS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Hinckley - Registered address: 3 Watling Drive, Sketchley Meadows, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 3EY - Companies House number: 01029811 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01029811) - 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/crane-electronics-ltd-hinckley-746310 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 47 licensed sponsors in Hinckley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hinckley - 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 11 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Mar 2026: New director appointed: BEVAN, Christopher John. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 29 Aug 2025: New director appointed: WEEKS, David Spencer. Director change recorded on 29 Aug 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. - 29 Aug 2025: New director appointed: JAYNE, Paul Darryl. Director change recorded on 29 Aug 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. - 4 Dec 2024: New director appointed: BREEN, Alexander Peter. Director change recorded on 4 Dec 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. - 7 Dec 2023: New director appointed: GYNANE, Sean. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 2023. 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 Mar 2023: New director appointed: THEINERT, Andreas. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 2023. 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 Mar 2022: Director resigned: MCDONALD, Neil Andrew. Director change recorded on 30 Mar 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. - 10 Dec 2021: Director resigned: EGGER, Gordon Herbert. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 29 Oct 2020: New director appointed: EGGER, Gordon Herbert. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 16 May 2018: Secretary resigned: CORBY, David Charles. Company secretary change recorded on 16 May 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. - 16 May 2018: New director appointed: MOURANT, Michael Rupert John. Director change recorded on 16 May 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. 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 Crane Electronics Ltd ### Is Crane Electronics Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Crane Electronics Ltd in Hinckley 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 Crane Electronics Ltd sponsor? Crane Electronics Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Crane Electronics Ltd based? The register lists Crane Electronics Ltd at 3 Watling Drive, Sketchley Meadows, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 3EY. 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 01029811. 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/crane-electronics-ltd-hinckley-746310 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/crane-electronics-ltd-hinckley-746310.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.