--- title: "H&K Equipment Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/h-and-k-equipment-limited-rugby-696773 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 --- # H&K Equipment Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, H&K Equipment Limited (Companies House 04394979, Rugby) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Rugby - Registered address: 1 Cosford Lane, Swift Valley, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1QN - Companies House number: 04394979 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04394979) - Website: https://hki.com/locations/europe - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/h&k-international/ - 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/h-and-k-equipment-limited-rugby-696773 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 135 licensed sponsors in Rugby: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/rugby - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 17 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 20 Oct 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 17 Nov 2026. - 16 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr David Charles Bobbett as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 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. - 16 Dec 2025: Cessation of Ms Ann Bobbett as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 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. - 14 Mar 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Mar 2022. 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. - 13 Jan 2021: New director appointed: SCALLAN, Nick. Director change recorded on 13 Jan 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. - 8 Oct 2020: Director resigned: CASSIDY, Keith. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 2020. 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. - 8 Oct 2020: Director resigned: SPAIN, David. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 2020. 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. - 8 Oct 2020: New director appointed: MORGAN, John Daniel. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 2020. 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. - 8 Oct 2020: New director appointed: ELLIOT, Anthony Terence. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 2020. 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. - 19 Dec 2018: Notification of Mr David Charles Bobbett as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Dec 2018. 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. - 19 Dec 2018: Notification of Ms Ann Bobbett as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Dec 2018. 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. - 19 Dec 2018: Cessation of H & K Distribution Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Dec 2018. 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. - 8 Apr 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of H & K Distribution Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 31 Mar 2016: Director resigned: HUDSON, Edward. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2016. 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 Mar 2016: Director resigned: BOBBETT, David. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2016. 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 Mar 2015: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Mar 2015. 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. 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 H&K Equipment Limited ### Is H&K Equipment Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. H&K Equipment Limited in Rugby is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can H&K Equipment Limited sponsor? H&K Equipment Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is H&K Equipment Limited based? The register lists H&K Equipment Limited at 1 Cosford Lane, Swift Valley, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1QN. 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 04394979. 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/h-and-k-equipment-limited-rugby-696773 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/h-and-k-equipment-limited-rugby-696773.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.