--- title: "John King Chains Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/john-king-chains-limited-leeds-788669 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 King Chains Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, John King Chains Limited (Companies House 02232268, Leeds) 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 19 March 2025 (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: 19 March 2025 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Leeds - Registered address: New Climax Works Lancaster Close, Sherburn In Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6NS - Companies House number: 02232268 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02232268) - Website: https://www.johnkingchains.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/john-king-chains-limited-leeds-788669 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,083 licensed sponsors in Leeds: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leeds - 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 1 change worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 19 Oct 2026: Director resigned: WADSWORTH, Rosemary Ann. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 16 Nov 2026. 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 King Chains Limited ### Is John King Chains Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. John King Chains Limited in Leeds is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can John King Chains Limited sponsor? John King Chains Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is John King Chains Limited based? The register lists John King Chains Limited at New Climax Works Lancaster Close, Sherburn In Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6NS. 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 02232268. 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-king-chains-limited-leeds-788669 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/john-king-chains-limited-leeds-788669.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.