--- title: "G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/g-t-bunning-and-sons-ltd-dereham-772693 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 --- # G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd (Dereham) 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 16 September 2016 (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: 16 September 2016 - Legal name: G.T. BUNNING & SONS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Dereham - Companies House number: 02068788 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02068788) - 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/g-t-bunning-and-sons-ltd-dereham-772693 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 24 licensed sponsors in Dereham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/dereham - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Aug 2021: New director appointed: BUNNING, Robert Lawrence. Director change recorded on 25 Aug 2021. 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. - 29 Jun 2021: Director resigned: BUNNING, Robin George. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 2021. 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. - 19 Oct 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Oct 2020. 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. - 30 Sep 2020: Cessation of Mr John Richard Bunning as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Sep 2020. 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. - 30 Sep 2020: Cessation of Mr David William Bunning as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Sep 2020. 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. - 30 Sep 2020: Cessation of Mr Robin George Bunning as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Sep 2020. 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. - 2 Jul 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Jul 2020. 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. - 8 Apr 2019: New director appointed: DRUCE, Christopher Crowther. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 2019. 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. - 21 Jan 2019: New director appointed: DAY, Sarah Michelle. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 2019. 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 Jan 2019: Director resigned: SHEPHERD, Greg. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 2019. 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. - 31 Jul 2017: Secretary resigned: BUNNING, Robin George. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Jul 2017. 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. - 31 Jul 2017: New secretary appointed: DAY, Sarah. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Jul 2017. 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 G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd ### Is G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd in Dereham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd sponsor? G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd based? The register lists G. T. Bunning & Sons Ltd at Dereham. 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/g-t-bunning-and-sons-ltd-dereham-772693 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/g-t-bunning-and-sons-ltd-dereham-772693.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.