--- title: "David Wood Baking Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/david-wood-baking-ltd-leeds-763558 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 --- # David Wood Baking Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, David Wood Baking Ltd (trading as David Wood Foods; Companies House 06541251; Leeds) 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 13 May 2015 (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: 13 May 2015 - Trading as: David Wood Foods - Legal name: DAVID WOOD BAKING LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Leeds - Registered address: 1 Calverley Road, Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 8JD - Companies House number: 06541251 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06541251) - Website: https://www.davidwoodfoods.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/david-wood-baking-ltd-leeds-763558 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,083 licensed sponsors in Leeds: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leeds - 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 9 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Oct 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 2 Nov 2026. - 30 Sep 2026: Director resigned: WILLIAMS, Lloyd. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 28 Sep 2026: New director appointed: KORICAN, Bruce Thomas. Director change recorded on 28 Sep 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. - 10 Apr 2026: Director resigned: WOOD, David Anthony. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 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. - 14 Jun 2024: New director appointed: KENT, Michael Ian. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - 26 Apr 2024: New director appointed: WILLIAMS, Lloyd. Director change recorded on 26 Apr 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr David Anthony Wood. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Cessation of Mr David Anthony Wood as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of David Wood Baking Uk Ltd 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. 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 David Wood Baking Ltd ### Is David Wood Baking Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. David Wood Baking Ltd in Leeds is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can David Wood Baking Ltd sponsor? David Wood Baking Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is David Wood Baking Ltd based? The register lists David Wood Baking Ltd at 1 Calverley Road, Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 8JD. 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 06541251. 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/david-wood-baking-ltd-leeds-763558 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/david-wood-baking-ltd-leeds-763558.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.