--- title: "John Cotton Group Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/john-cotton-group-limited-mirfield-704350 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 --- # John Cotton Group Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, John Cotton Group Limited (Companies House 00273492, Mirfield) 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 31 May 2017 (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: 31 May 2017 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Mirfield - Registered address: No 1 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5AB - Companies House number: 00273492 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00273492) - Website: https://johncotton.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/john-cotton-group-ltd - 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/john-cotton-group-limited-mirfield-704350 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 16 licensed sponsors in Mirfield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/mirfield - 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 6 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Mar 2025: New director appointed: HARRINGTON, Michael. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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 Dec 2018: Director resigned: GRANT, Anthony Ernest. 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. - 19 Dec 2018: New director appointed: CRUDDOS, David Keith. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 2018. 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 Oct 2018: Director resigned: GUNN, Fiona Catherine. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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 May 2018: New director appointed: GUNN, Fiona Catherine. Director change recorded on 1 May 2018. 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. - 24 Apr 2018: New director appointed: HURST, Jonathan Paul Fenton. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 2018. 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 John Cotton Group Limited ### Is John Cotton Group Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. John Cotton Group Limited in Mirfield is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can John Cotton Group Limited sponsor? John Cotton Group Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is John Cotton Group Limited based? The register lists John Cotton Group Limited at No 1 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5AB. 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 00273492. 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/john-cotton-group-limited-mirfield-704350 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/john-cotton-group-limited-mirfield-704350.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.