--- title: "Cranfield Management Development Ltd: UK sponsor licence history" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cranfield-management-development-ltd-bedford-784419 register_status: removed 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 --- # Cranfield Management Development Ltd: UK sponsor licence history > As of 30 October 2026, Cranfield Management Development Ltd (Companies House 02760241, Bedford) is not on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors: it was removed on 19 October 2026, having appeared on the register since 1 June 2015 with an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). It cannot sponsor new visa applications while off the register. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves, so it was not necessarily revoked. ## Key facts - Register status: Removed: no longer on the register since 19 October 2026. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 1 June 2015 - Removed from the register: 19 October 2026 - Legal name: CRANFIELD MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT LIMITED - Industry: Education - Town: Bedford - Registered address: B111 Cranfield School Of Management College Road, Cranfield, Bedford, England, MK43 0AL - Companies House number: 02760241 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02760241) - 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/cranfield-management-development-ltd-bedford-784419 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 332 licensed sponsors in Bedford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bedford - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 23 changes worth checking, checked 19 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Aug 2026: New director appointed: BELL, Graham George. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: TOSE, Sarah Ann. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: THRELFALL, Mark Stuart. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2026: New secretary appointed: DRISCOLL, Karen Louise. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Jul 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 May 2025: Director resigned: WILSON, Neil Philip. Director change recorded on 30 May 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. - 6 Mar 2025: New director appointed: RYALS, Lynette Joy, Professor. Director change recorded on 6 Mar 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. - 5 Mar 2025: New director appointed: TOSE, Sarah Ann. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 5 Mar 2025: Secretary resigned: WILSON, Neil Philip. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 5 Mar 2025: Director resigned: OGLETHORPE, David Richard, Professor. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 30 Oct 2024: Director resigned: ASPINALL, Philip John. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 15 Jun 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 15 Jun 2020. 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. - 26 Sep 2019: New director appointed: OGLETHORPE, David Richard, Professor. Director change recorded on 26 Sep 2019. 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 Sep 2019: Director resigned: RYALS, Lynette Joy, Dr. Director change recorded on 26 Sep 2019. 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. - 17 Jun 2019: New director appointed: DENYER, David, Professor. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 2019. 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. - 25 Sep 2018: Director resigned: BUTCHER, David Julian, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2017: Director resigned: GLEN, John Thomas, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Jul 2017: Director resigned: PEIPERL, Maury Alan, Prof. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 7 Jul 2017: New director appointed: THRELFALL, Mark Stuart. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 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. - 15 Jun 2017: New director appointed: RYALS, Lynette Joy, Dr. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 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 Apr 2016: Notification of Cranfield University 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. - 6 Nov 2015: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Nov 2015. 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. - 30 Sep 2015: New director appointed: GLEN, John Thomas, Dr. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2015. 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. - 15 Sep 2015: Director resigned: FRIEND, Clifford Michael, Professor. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. 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 Cranfield Management Development Ltd ### Is Cranfield Management Development Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? No. Cranfield Management Development Ltd in Bedford was removed from the Home Office register of licensed sponsors on 19 October 2026 and cannot sponsor new visa applications. Companies House does not confirm that the company has closed. ### When did Cranfield Management Development Ltd leave the sponsor register? Cranfield Management Development Ltd no longer appears on the register, having been listed until 19 October 2026. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves: the licence may have been revoked, surrendered, replaced after an ownership change, or lapsed. If your visa is sponsored by this employer, contact them and get immigration advice. If a licence has been revoked, workers usually get 60 days to find a new sponsor. ### What visa routes can Cranfield Management Development Ltd sponsor? Cranfield Management Development Ltd was licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Cranfield Management Development Ltd based? The register lists Cranfield Management Development Ltd at B111 Cranfield School Of Management College Road, Cranfield, Bedford, England, MK43 0AL. 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 02760241. 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/cranfield-management-development-ltd-bedford-784419 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cranfield-management-development-ltd-bedford-784419.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.