--- title: "G Whitfield Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/g-whitfield-limited-houghton-le-spring-693726 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 Whitfield Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, G Whitfield Limited (Houghton-le-Spring) 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 17 May 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: 17 May 2022 - Legal name: G. WHITFIELD LIMITED - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Houghton-le-Spring - Companies House number: 00579190 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00579190) - Website: https://whitfieldspharmacy.co.uk - 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-whitfield-limited-houghton-le-spring-693726 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 18 licensed sponsors in Houghton Le Spring: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/houghton-le-spring - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 3 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Dec 2025: New person with significant control: Mrs Valerie Catmore Whitfield. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mrs Karen Valerie Gaines as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mrs Fiona Claire Kerry as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Dec 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. 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 Whitfield Limited ### Is G Whitfield Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. G Whitfield Limited in Houghton-le-Spring 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 G Whitfield Limited sponsor? G Whitfield Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is G Whitfield Limited based? The register lists G Whitfield Limited at Houghton-le-Spring. 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-whitfield-limited-houghton-le-spring-693726 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/g-whitfield-limited-houghton-le-spring-693726.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.