--- title: "Hankook Tyre UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hankook-tyre-uk-limited-daventry-771979 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 --- # Hankook Tyre UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hankook Tyre UK Limited (trading as Hankook Tire; Daventry) 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). ## 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 - Trading as: Hankook Tire - Legal name: HANKOOK TYRE U.K. LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Daventry - Companies House number: 02813126 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02813126) - Website: https://www.hankooktire.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/hankook-tyre-uk-limited-daventry-771979 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 44 licensed sponsors in Daventry: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/daventry - 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 31 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: CHEA, Ho Seok. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: HAN, Chang Yool. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2025. 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 Dec 2024: Notification of Mr Jongho Park as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Dec 2024. 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. - 1 Dec 2024: Cessation of Mr Sanghoon Lee as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 5 Nov 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Nov 2024. 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 Nov 2023: New secretary appointed: SNELSON, Sally. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 23 Mar 2023: Secretary resigned: OZOLINA, Lelde. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Mar 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 Jul 2022: New secretary appointed: OZOLINA, Lelde. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jul 2022. 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. - 30 Jun 2022: Secretary resigned: BEERE, Patrica Julie. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Jun 2022. 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 Jan 2022: Director resigned: JEON, Min Kyoon. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 2022. 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 Jan 2022: New director appointed: JUNG, Soogeun. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 2022. 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 Jul 2020: New director appointed: EMERY, Paul Bryan. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jan 2020: Notification of Mr Sanghoon Lee as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Jan 2020. 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 Dec 2019: Cessation of Mr Han Jun Kim as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2019. 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. - 31 Dec 2019: Director resigned: LEE, Gangseung. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 15 Oct 2019: New director appointed: HAN, Chang Yool. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. - 30 Sep 2019: Director resigned: EMERSON, Brett. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 12 Sep 2019: New director appointed: JEON, Min Kyoon. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 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. - 12 Sep 2019: New director appointed: LEE, Gangseung. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 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. - 1 Jan 2019: New director appointed: EMERSON, Brett. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Dec 2018: Director resigned: EMERSON, Brett. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2018. 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 Dec 2018: Director resigned: PARK, Jong Jin. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2018. 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 Jan 2018: New person with significant control: Mr Han Jun Kim. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 13 Sep 2017: New secretary appointed: BEERE, Patrica Julie. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Sep 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. - 13 Sep 2017: Secretary resigned: PARK, Junyoung. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Sep 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. - + 6 earlier changes on the web page 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 Hankook Tyre UK Limited ### Is Hankook Tyre UK Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hankook Tyre UK Limited in Daventry 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 Hankook Tyre UK Limited sponsor? Hankook Tyre UK 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 Hankook Tyre UK Limited based? The register lists Hankook Tyre UK Limited at Daventry. 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/hankook-tyre-uk-limited-daventry-771979 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hankook-tyre-uk-limited-daventry-771979.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.