--- title: "Edward Billington & Son Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/edward-billington-and-son-ltd-liverpool-778683 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 --- # Edward Billington & Son Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Edward Billington & Son Ltd (trading as Billington Group; Liverpool) 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 April 2022 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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 April 2022 - Trading as: Billington Group - Legal name: EDWARD BILLINGTON AND SON LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Liverpool - Companies House number: 00059883 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00059883) - Website: https://thebillingtongroup.com/ - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/the-billington-group - 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/edward-billington-and-son-ltd-liverpool-778683 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 741 licensed sponsors in Liverpool: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/liverpool - 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 26 October 2026, newest first: - 18 May 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 May 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. - 25 Mar 2026: New director appointed: WRAGG, Jonathan Leslie. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 30 Sep 2025: Director resigned: KING, Andrew Saulez. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: BARRATT, Susan Verity. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 14 Jan 2025: New director appointed: KERR-MUIR, William. Director change recorded on 14 Jan 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. - 31 Oct 2024: Director resigned: ALLUM, Helen Catherine. Director change recorded on 31 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 Feb 2024: Director resigned: WHITELEY, Lloyd Leslie Russell. Director change recorded on 29 Feb 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. - 5 Apr 2023: New director appointed: BARRATT, Susan Verity. Director change recorded on 5 Apr 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. - 5 Apr 2023: New director appointed: ALLUM, Helen Catherine. Director change recorded on 5 Apr 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. - 23 Feb 2023: Director resigned: MARSHALL, David. Director change recorded on 23 Feb 2023. 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. - 23 Feb 2023: New secretary appointed: HUGHES, Stephen Glynn. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Feb 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. 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 Edward Billington & Son Ltd ### Is Edward Billington & Son Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Edward Billington & Son Ltd in Liverpool is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Edward Billington & Son Ltd sponsor? Edward Billington & Son Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Edward Billington & Son Ltd based? The register lists Edward Billington & Son Ltd at Liverpool. 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. 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/edward-billington-and-son-ltd-liverpool-778683 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/edward-billington-and-son-ltd-liverpool-778683.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.