--- title: "Hilights Southern Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hilights-southern-limited-rochester-698869 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 --- # Hilights Southern Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hilights Southern Limited (Companies House 08176685, Rochester) 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 16 February 2023 (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: 16 February 2023 - Legal name: HILIGHTS SOUTHERN LTD - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Rochester - Registered address: THE GRANARY, Hermitage Court, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9NT - Companies House number: 08176685 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08176685) - Website: https://www.hilightssouthernlimited.co.uk/ - 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/hilights-southern-limited-rochester-698869 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 109 licensed sponsors in Rochester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/rochester - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 8 Apr 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Apr 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. - 27 Oct 2025: Director resigned: GOODGER, David Leonard. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 22 May 2025: Secretary resigned: SMITH, Charlotte. Company secretary change recorded on 22 May 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. - 27 Feb 2025: New director appointed: GOODGER, David Leonard. Director change recorded on 27 Feb 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. - 18 Dec 2024: New secretary appointed: SHEPHERD, Caley. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 20 Sep 2023: Secretary resigned: LUCAS, Juliet Frances. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Sep 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 Hilights Southern Limited ### Is Hilights Southern Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hilights Southern Limited in Rochester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hilights Southern Limited sponsor? Hilights Southern Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hilights Southern Limited based? The register lists Hilights Southern Limited at THE GRANARY, Hermitage Court, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9NT. 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 08176685. 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/hilights-southern-limited-rochester-698869 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hilights-southern-limited-rochester-698869.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.