--- title: "F Bender Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/f-bender-ltd-wrexham-690664 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 --- # F Bender Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, F Bender Ltd (Companies House 01816910, Wrexham) 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 24 July 2024 (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: 24 July 2024 - Legal name: F BENDER LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Wrexham - Registered address: Gresford Industrial Park, Chester Road, Wrexham, Clwyd, LL12 8LX - Companies House number: 01816910 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01816910) - Website: https://www.benders.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/benders-paper-cups - 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/f-bender-ltd-wrexham-690664 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 94 licensed sponsors in Wrexham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/wrexham - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Sep 2026: Cessation of Mr Daniele Simonazzi as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Sep 2026. 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. - 25 Sep 2026: Director resigned: SIMONAZZI, Daniele. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Sep 2026: New director appointed: KIRKLAND, Claire Louise. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 18 Dec 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 18 Dec 2025. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 12 Nov 2025: Cessation of Mr Andrew Harvey Cunliffe as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 27 Oct 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Daniele Simonazzi. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Francesco Canzonieri. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Luca Prevedini. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: New director appointed: SIMONAZZI, Daniele. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: Director resigned: CUNLIFFE, Andrew Harvey. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: Director resigned: CREMASCHI, Antonio. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: Director resigned: SIMONAZZI, Daniele. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: Director resigned: IVKOV, Zlatislav. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: Director resigned: KIRKLAND, Claire Louise. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: New director appointed: PREVEDINI, Luca. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 27 Oct 2025: New director appointed: IVKOV, Zlatislav. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 28 Feb 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 Feb 2025. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 12 Sep 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Zlatislav Ivkov. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Sep 2024. 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 Sep 2024: New director appointed: IVKOV, Zlatislav. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 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. 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 F Bender Ltd ### Is F Bender Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. F Bender Ltd in Wrexham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can F Bender Ltd sponsor? F Bender Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is F Bender Ltd based? The register lists F Bender Ltd at Gresford Industrial Park, Chester Road, Wrexham, Clwyd, LL12 8LX. 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 01816910. 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/f-bender-ltd-wrexham-690664 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/f-bender-ltd-wrexham-690664.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.