--- title: "James White Drinks LTD: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/james-white-drinks-ltd-ashbocking-775039 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # James White Drinks LTD: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, James White Drinks LTD (Companies House 02392990, Ashbocking) 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 at least 4 August 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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Ashbocking - Registered address: Whites Fruit Farm, Helmingham Road, Ashbocking, Ipswich Suffolk, IP6 9JS - Companies House number: 02392990 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02392990) - Website: https://jameswhite.co.uk - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/james-white-drinks-ltd-ashbocking-775039 ## Where this sponsor sits - 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 7 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 26 Oct 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 23 Nov 2026. - 27 Sep 2024: Secretary resigned: MALLINSON, Anne. Company secretary change recorded on 27 Sep 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. - 27 Sep 2024: New secretary appointed: ALAM, Shoaib. Company secretary change recorded on 27 Sep 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 Mar 2023: New director appointed: MALLINSON, Phoebe Agnes Henrietta. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2023: New director appointed: MALLINSON, Barnaby Henry Stuart. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2023: New director appointed: MALLINSON, Mathilda Anne Kate. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mr Lawrence Stuart Mallinson 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. 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 White Drinks LTD ### Is James White Drinks LTD a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. James White Drinks LTD in Ashbocking 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 James White Drinks LTD sponsor? James White Drinks LTD is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is James White Drinks LTD based? The register lists James White Drinks LTD at Whites Fruit Farm, Helmingham Road, Ashbocking, Ipswich Suffolk, IP6 9JS. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 02392990. 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-white-drinks-ltd-ashbocking-775039 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/james-white-drinks-ltd-ashbocking-775039.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.