--- title: "James Dewhurst Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/james-dewhurst-ltd-accrington-768820 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 --- # James Dewhurst Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, James Dewhurst Ltd (Companies House 00506170, Accrington) 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 27 April 2018 (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: 27 April 2018 - Legal name: JAMES DEWHURST LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Accrington - Registered address: Altham Lane, Altham, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 5YA - Companies House number: 00506170 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00506170) - Website: https://www.jamesdewhurst.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/james-dewhurst-ltd-accrington-768820 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 61 licensed sponsors in Accrington: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/accrington - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Sep 2025: Director resigned: ASSELMAN, Geert. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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 Sep 2025: New director appointed: JORIS, Jean-Charles Jacques. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Director resigned: VERANNEMAN, Frank. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 21 Feb 2022: Director resigned: FORD, Ian Jonathon. Director change recorded on 21 Feb 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 Feb 2022: New director appointed: BURNETT, Clive Ashley. Director change recorded on 21 Feb 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 Nov 2021: New secretary appointed: BURNETT, Clive. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 31 May 2021: New person with significant control: Michele Sioen. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 2021. 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 May 2021: New person with significant control: Danielle Sioen. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 2021. 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 May 2021: New person with significant control: Pascale Sioen. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 2021. 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 May 2021: Cessation of Jade Equity Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 2021. 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. - 30 Jun 2020: Director resigned: BLACKWELL, Malcolm. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 14 May 2019: New director appointed: FORD, Ian Jonathon. Director change recorded on 14 May 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. 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 James Dewhurst Ltd ### Is James Dewhurst Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. James Dewhurst Ltd in Accrington is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can James Dewhurst Ltd sponsor? James Dewhurst Ltd 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 James Dewhurst Ltd based? The register lists James Dewhurst Ltd at Altham Lane, Altham, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 5YA. 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 00506170. 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/james-dewhurst-ltd-accrington-768820 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/james-dewhurst-ltd-accrington-768820.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.