--- title: "Grainmill Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/grainmill-limited-thornton-heath-763857 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 --- # Grainmill Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Grainmill Limited (Companies House 09320806, Thornton Heath) 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 9 December 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: 9 December 2022 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Thornton Heath - Registered address: 489 Kingsbury Road, London, England, NW9 9ED - Companies House number: 09320806 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09320806) - 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/grainmill-limited-thornton-heath-763857 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 64 licensed sponsors in Thornton Heath: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/thornton-heath - 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 23 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Aug 2026: Notification of Mr Vatsal Dharmendrakumar Thakkar as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 10 Aug 2026. 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. - 10 Aug 2026: Notification of Mr Birenkumar Bhupendrabhai Patel as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 10 Aug 2026. 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. - 10 Aug 2026: Cessation of Mr Jatinkumar Natvarlal Patel as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Aug 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. - 10 Aug 2026: Director resigned: PATEL, Jatinkumar Natvarlal. Director change recorded on 10 Aug 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. - 10 Aug 2026: Secretary resigned: THAKKAR, Sunit Suresh. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Aug 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. - 10 Aug 2026: New director appointed: PATEL, Birenkumar Bhupendrabhai. Director change recorded on 10 Aug 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. - 10 Aug 2026: New director appointed: THAKKAR, Vatsal Dharmendrakumar. Director change recorded on 10 Aug 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. - 22 Jul 2026: Director resigned: VASANI, Sanjay Lakhabhai. Director change recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 22 Jul 2026: Director resigned: PATEL, Hirenkumar Nareshbhai. Director change recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 20 Jun 2026: Director resigned: THAKKAR, Samir Suresh. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 6 May 2025: New director appointed: VASANI, Sanjay Lakhabhai. Director change recorded on 6 May 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. - 6 May 2025: New director appointed: PATEL, Hirenkumar Nareshbhai. Director change recorded on 6 May 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. - 4 Mar 2025: Cessation of Mr Samir Suresh Thakkar as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 Mar 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 Oct 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Samir Suresh Thakkar. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 21 Jun 2023: New secretary appointed: THAKKAR, Sunit Suresh. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Jun 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. - 21 Jun 2023: New director appointed: THAKKAR, Samir Suresh. Director change recorded on 21 Jun 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. - 21 Feb 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 Feb 2023. 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. - 1 Feb 2023: New person with significant control: Mr Jatinkumar Natvarlal Patel. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Feb 2023. 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 Feb 2023: Cessation of Jm (Bmk) Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Feb 2023. 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 Feb 2023: New director appointed: PATEL, Jatinkumar Natvarlal. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Feb 2023: Director resigned: SHAH, Kamlesh. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Feb 2023: Director resigned: SHAH, Mahesh Javerchand. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Feb 2023: Director resigned: GUDKA, Bharat. Director change recorded on 1 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. 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 Grainmill Limited ### Is Grainmill Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Grainmill Limited in Thornton Heath 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 Grainmill Limited sponsor? Grainmill Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Grainmill Limited based? The register lists Grainmill Limited at 489 Kingsbury Road, London, England, NW9 9ED. 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 09320806. 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/grainmill-limited-thornton-heath-763857 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/grainmill-limited-thornton-heath-763857.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.