--- title: "Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hamilton-waste-and-recycling-ltd-musselburgh-768158 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 --- # Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd (Companies House SC233908, Musselburgh) 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 November 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 November 2022 - Legal name: HAMILTON WASTE & RECYCLING LIMITED - Industry: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: Musselburgh - Registered address: West Fortune, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 5LL - Companies House number: SC233908 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC233908) - Website: https://hamiltonwaste.com - 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/hamilton-waste-and-recycling-ltd-musselburgh-768158 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 23 licensed sponsors in Musselburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/musselburgh - One of 1,957 in Energy, Utilities & Sustainability: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/energy-utilities-sustainability - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 22 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Nov 2024: New director appointed: ANGELL, Marc Anthony. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 31 Oct 2024: Director resigned: JAMES, Paul Anthony. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 2024. 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 Aug 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Aug 2024. 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. - 28 Nov 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Notification of Biffa Waste Services Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 24 Nov 2023. 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Cessation of Mr James Haig Hamilton Jnr as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Cessation of Mr Keir Maxwell Hamilton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Cessation of Mr David Hamilton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: New director appointed: JAMES, Paul Anthony. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HAMILTON, Lorna Anne. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HAMILTON JNR, James Haig. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HAMILTON, Keir Maxwell. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HAMILTON, David Brewster. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HAMILTON, James Haig. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HAMILTON, Nicola. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HAMILTON, Clare Louise. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HAMILTON, Pauline. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: New secretary appointed: PARSONS, Sarah Christine. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Nov 2023: New director appointed: TOPHAM, Michael Robert Mason. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 4 Sep 2023: Share capital filing. Share filing recorded on 4 Sep 2023, 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. - 21 Aug 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Aug 2023. 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. - 1 Aug 2023: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 1 Aug 2023. 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. 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 Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd ### Is Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd in Musselburgh 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 Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd sponsor? Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd based? The register lists Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd at West Fortune, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 5LL. 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 SC233908. 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/hamilton-waste-and-recycling-ltd-musselburgh-768158 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hamilton-waste-and-recycling-ltd-musselburgh-768158.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.