--- title: "Darkside Developments: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/darkside-developments-barnsley-775030 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 --- # Darkside Developments: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Darkside Developments (Companies House 08902684, Barnsley) 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 26 October 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: 26 October 2017 - Legal name: DARKSIDE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Barnsley - Registered address: Unit 1 Carbon Court, Springvale Road, Park Springs, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, S72 7FF - Companies House number: 08902684 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08902684) - Website: https://www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk - 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/darkside-developments-barnsley-775030 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 121 licensed sponsors in Barnsley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/barnsley - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 3 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 12 Jun 2025: Notification of R S Parkin Cyprus Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Jun 2025. 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. - 12 Jun 2025: Cessation of Mr Scott Parkin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jun 2025. 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. - 12 Jun 2025: Cessation of Mr Ryan Parkin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jun 2025. 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. 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 Darkside Developments ### Is Darkside Developments a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Darkside Developments in Barnsley 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 Darkside Developments sponsor? Darkside Developments is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Darkside Developments based? The register lists Darkside Developments at Unit 1 Carbon Court, Springvale Road, Park Springs, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, S72 7FF. 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 08902684. 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/darkside-developments-barnsley-775030 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/darkside-developments-barnsley-775030.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.