--- title: "Fire Delay Contractors Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fire-delay-contractors-ltd-hutton-691833 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Fire Delay Contractors Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Fire Delay Contractors Ltd (Companies House 04746043, Hutton) 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 May 2022 (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: 27 May 2022 - Legal name: GOLDEN THREAD FIRE DELAY LTD - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Hutton - Registered address: Longacre House, Wilcott, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, SY4 1BJ - Companies House number: 04746043 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04746043) - Website: http://www.firedelay.co.uk/contact/ - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/golden-thread-fire-delay-ltd - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fire-delay-contractors-ltd-hutton-691833 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - 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 31 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Jun 2026: New director appointed: BROWN, Andrew James Huntington. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 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. - 4 Mar 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 4 Mar 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. - 30 Jun 2025: Director resigned: OLIVER, Alan John. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 2 Sep 2024: New director appointed: JARRET, William Webster. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 30 Nov 2022: Class of shares re-designated. Share filing recorded on 30 Nov 2022, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 25 Nov 2022: Notification of Golden Thread Fire Delay Trustees Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 25 Nov 2022. 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. - 25 Nov 2022: Cessation of Mr Sem Kneeshaw as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Nov 2022. 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. - 9 Nov 2022: Company name changed, now trading as "GOLDEN THREAD FIRE DELAY LTD". Company name change recorded on 9 Nov 2022, alongside a new majority owner or controller. 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. - 7 Nov 2022: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share filing recorded on 7 Nov 2022, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 4 Nov 2022: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 4 Nov 2022, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 26 Oct 2022: New director appointed: OLIVER, Alan John. Director change recorded on 26 Oct 2022. 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 Fire Delay Contractors Ltd ### Is Fire Delay Contractors Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Fire Delay Contractors Ltd in Hutton 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 Fire Delay Contractors Ltd sponsor? Fire Delay Contractors Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Fire Delay Contractors Ltd based? The register lists Fire Delay Contractors Ltd at Longacre House, Wilcott, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, SY4 1BJ. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 04746043. 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/fire-delay-contractors-ltd-hutton-691833 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fire-delay-contractors-ltd-hutton-691833.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.