--- title: "Hanover Displays Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hanover-displays-ltd-lewes-741956 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 --- # Hanover Displays Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hanover Displays Ltd (Companies House 01876684, Lewes) 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 5 November 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 5 November 2013 - Legal name: HANOVER DISPLAYS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Lewes - Registered address: Southerham House, Southerham Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6JN - Companies House number: 01876684 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01876684) - 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/hanover-displays-ltd-lewes-741956 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 29 licensed sponsors in Lewes: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/lewes - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Apr 2026: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Apr 2026. 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. - 9 Jan 2023: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Director resigned: MARK, Timothy Simon. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 21 Dec 2022: Secretary resigned: COLQUHOUN, Richard Lyons. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Dec 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. - 21 Dec 2022: New secretary appointed: STEWART, Craig William. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Dec 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. - 2 Aug 2021: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Aug 2021. 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. - 16 Jul 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 16 Jul 2021. 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 May 2021: New director appointed: WINTER, Sean Anthony. Director change recorded on 28 May 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. - 5 Dec 2020: Director resigned: APLIN, Stephen Charles. Director change recorded on 5 Dec 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mr David Gavin Williams 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. - 14 Nov 2013: New director appointed: STEWART, Craig William. Director change recorded on 14 Nov 2013. 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. - 14 Nov 2013: New director appointed: WILLIAMS, David Anthony. Director change recorded on 14 Nov 2013. 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. 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 Hanover Displays Ltd ### Is Hanover Displays Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hanover Displays Ltd in Lewes is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hanover Displays Ltd sponsor? Hanover Displays Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hanover Displays Ltd based? The register lists Hanover Displays Ltd at Southerham House, Southerham Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6JN. 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 01876684. 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/hanover-displays-ltd-lewes-741956 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hanover-displays-ltd-lewes-741956.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.